The chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court announced today that he is resigning for family reasons, giving the state’s governor a rare chance to reconfigure it.
A federal lawsuit filed yesterday claims the Democratic Party is required to count all of Florida’s delegates because of the state’s history of discrimination.
A referee has scheduled a sanctions hearing against outspoken Florida lawyer Jack Thompson after concluding he disparaged and humiliated litigants and other lawyers.
The referee, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dava Tunis,…
The former general counsel of Florida Gulf Coast University sued her former client in federal court in April, alleging systemic employment discrimination and violation of…
Two well-known law firms based in Florida and Philadelphia are reportedly getting serious about a proposal to combine forces to create a national platform and join the BigLaw ranks.
A costumed dancing dumpling who attracted attention to a Clearwater, Fla., restaurant by waving a saute pan at passing motorists has reportedly disappeared from the premises after the eatery’s owner…
Prosecutors are expected to issue a subpoena seeking the names of wealthy U.S. clients using the services of Swiss bank UBS AG to avoid income taxes. Ultimately the probe could…
A fledgling law school at Florida A&M University reportedly is facing a tough accreditation battle, after a negative report by the American Bar Association earlier this year. But it’s a…
An unidentified man brought a semiautomatic weapon into a St. Petersburg, Fla., courthouse lobby today and opened fire before being shot and killed by two Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies.
Plaintiffs’ counsel had hoped for $50 million or so. But a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., jury effectively awarded less than $5 million to 58,000 Broward County homeowners who had sought additional…
The jury apparently is still out in a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., class action over the destruction of more than 130,000 citrus trees in Broward County that could require the state…
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