Fed-up with mistakes and missed appearances, a judge on the west coast of Florida called the heads of two east coast foreclosure law firms into court to explain themselves.
A former name partner in the law firm of convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein is going to be able to settle a $10 million suit filed by the bankruptcy trustee…
As some media organizations today appealed a Florida judge’s rules for offsite jury selection in an upcoming high-profile murder trial, an appeals court in a different state yesterday reversed an…
A Florida lawyer recently sued by the Colorado attorney general over his “debt management” work on behalf of clients there is now suspended in his home state, based on apparently…
Anticipating that the upcoming trial of Casey Anthony for the 2008 murder of her two-year-old daughter will be the biggest courtroom media event in state history, a Florida judge is…
A 38-year-old Florida attorney is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail after being charged with burglary concerning a February break-in at a neighbor’s mobile home.
Following widespread news coverage about a Florida judge who was ordered out of her sister’s home on Easter Sunday and briefly held with the rest of the family at gunpoint…
A South Florida law firm known for its high volume of mortgage foreclosure work is making another 146 layoffs as part of a plan to exit the practice area.
The Colorado attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit in state court over alleged unauthorized practice of law by a Florida attorney and his firm. It seeks a court order…
Finding that the Florida attorney general isn’t authorized to regulate a law firm under the state’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, a state appeals court has nixed an effort…
Sent to the wrong address on Easter Sunday concerning a reported burglary in progress, officers from the Broward County sheriff’s department held a Florida judge briefly at gunpoint, along with…
A South Florida bankruptcy lawyer has filed a scathing response to a judge’s threat to sanction him, accusing the judge of drawing conclusions “from the ether” and making “half-baked findings.”
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