A litigation support company for a South Florida law firm known for its high number of foreclosure filings has announced another 198 layoffs, after losing business following criticism of its…
A small bankruptcy law firm housed in a Florida strip mall next to a dentist helped uncover foreclosure paperwork problems that led GMAC to suspend foreclosure sales and spurred a…
A former client claims in a defamation lawsuit that his lawyer yelled at him and called him a deadbeat during an encounter at a Lowe’s home improvement store in Florida.
Florida foreclosure lawyer David J. Stern lived the American dream before his high-volume operations came under investigation by the Florida Attorney General’s office.
Stern’s firm received more than 6,000 foreclosures…
Slapped down by a Palm Beach County Circuit Court judge when he tried to subpoena documents from one “foreclosure mill” law firm, Florida’s attorney general has tried again in Broward…
A federal judge in Florida has given the green light to a challenge by 20 states of the recent health care reform legislation backed by the Obama administration.
Following news from Bloomberg that a major lender has stopped sending new cases to a South Florida law firm known for its foreclosure work, a lawyer for its…
A judge has found a Florida law firm in “deliberate, willful and flagrant” contempt and fined it $49,000 for setting—and then missing—two foreclosure hearings.
A Florida lawyer who serves as a magistrate in Duval County drug court is still hearing cases there after taking a plea to a reduced charge in his own drunken-driving…
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