In what the law school dean at the University of Miami is billing as a groundbreaking program to help jobless grads, it has established a new program that will pay…
Charged with vehicular homicide after a 28-year-old Iraq war veteran died in a Florida car crash, Andrew Gaudioso, who reportedly had drugs in his system at the time and allegedly…
A Florida Bar grievance committee has dismissed a complaint against a court-appointed criminal defense lawyer accused of billing the state for more than 24 hours on 41 different days.
Talk of a possible posthumous pardon for former Doors front man Jim Morrison in a 40-year-old Florida indecent exposure case has put his sole surviving defense…
A South Florida lawyer reportedly has been disbarred and is now facing criminal forgery charges for allegedly lying to a mortgage-rescue client and falsely claiming to have obtained a dismissal…
More than 40 years after a notorious incident at a 1969 Miami concert, Florida officials say they may be ready to pardon Doors front man Jim Morrison, who was convicted…
A Florida mortgage broker is scheduled to go on trial for fraud in December for seizing and renting out foreclosure properties in a bid to obtain title through adverse possession.
Talk show host Nancy Grace and CNN have settled a suit brought by the family of a young woman who committed suicide in 2006 after being aggressively interviewed by Grace…
Some Florida foreclosure lawyers are charging contingency fees and securing them with second mortgages on the homes they helped save from bank repossession.
Updated: A South Florida law firm being investigated by the state attorney general over its mortgage foreclosure work has announced new layoffs today, after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pulled…
A friend and former law partner of imprisoned ex-attorney and convicted swindler Scott Rothstein has been sued by a Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee for Rothstein’s former South Florida law firm.
Updated: As of yesterday, two assistant public defenders in Florida reportedly were simply seeking to subpoena a jury forewoman’s Facebook records following published comments questioning her impartiality by another member…
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