2568 ABA Journal Florida articles.
A proposal to settle a class action against Sharper Image with $19 coupons for buyers of its Ionic Breeze purifers has been rejected by a federal judge.
U.S. District Judge…
Oct 12, 2007 11:06 AM CDT
A Florida man did not violate an unusual municipal ordinance against feeding the homeless when he served up food at a public park in Orlando, a jury decided yesterday.
Although…
Oct 10, 2007 8:21 PM CDT
An anti-porn crusading lawyer says he is no longer at risk of being referred to a court ad hoc grievance committee for attaching gay-sex photos to a court filing.
Florida…
Oct 10, 2007 6:42 PM CDT
A lawyer for banking regulators pointed to a fax in an effort to show intentional wrongdoing by a former Greenberg Traurig lawyer accused of hiding…
Oct 10, 2007 11:18 AM CDT A former partner at Miami-based Greenberg Traurig goes before an administrative judge today to contest allegations that he suppressed material evidence to hide $20 million in losses for a bank…
Oct 9, 2007 11:47 AM CDT In what may be a first-in-the-nation case, a Florida man reportedly is to go on trial today for violating an unusual Orlando ordinance that bans feeding a group of homeless…
Oct 8, 2007 6:11 PM CDT The showdown between an anti-porn crusading lawyer and the Florida Bar is headed for a hearing tomorrow when a federal judge considers the bar’s motion to dismiss the suit. Florida…
Oct 8, 2007 4:16 PM CDT A federal prosecutor accused of traveling to Detroit to have sex with a 5-year-old girl has committed suicide in prison. J. D. Roy Atchison, a U.S. attorney in Pensacola, killed…
Oct 8, 2007 10:27 AM CDT No lawyers apparently were among the 11 borrowers, sellers and real estate industry professionals arrested today in three separate alleged mortgage fraud schemes in South Florida. But attorneys are likely…
Oct 5, 2007 6:42 PM CDT Details of Rush Limbaugh’s 2004 divorce settlement will remain secret because of a Florida appeals court ruling yesterday. The court denied a motion for…
Oct 4, 2007 12:27 PM CDT Anti-porn crusader Jack Thompson has had his share of disputes with judges. The South Florida lawyer is vocal in his criticism—so vocal that The Florida Bar is considering two complaints…
Oct 3, 2007 12:10 AM CDT Tobacco companies lost a bid for U.S. Supreme Court review of a decision that will aid Florida smoking plaintiffs in future lawsuits. The court refused to hear the case yesterday,…
Oct 2, 2007 2:11 PM CDT As a new statute takes effect that will triple some penalties and criminalize behavior that isn’t criminal elsewhere, Florida’s laws against committing sex crimes involving children have become some of…
Oct 1, 2007 7:18 PM CDT In the latest turmoil at Ave Maria School of Law, the alumni board of directors of the Michigan institution has issued a vote of no confidence in the school’s top…
Oct 1, 2007 3:35 PM CDT An attorney has been charged with 17 others in a $42 million South Florida mortgage fraud case that authorities say is part of an expected explosion of such prosecutions. In…
Sep 28, 2007 8:54 PM CDTFL Lawyer Accused of Hiding Bank Losses
Man on Trial for Feeding Homeless
Lawyer’s Dispute With Bar, Judge Heads for Hearing
Prosecutor Charged in Sex Sting Commits Suicide
Mortgage Enforcement Targets Lawyers
Rush Limbaugh Divorce Details Secret, But Salary Isn’t
‘Bar-Certified Sane Lawyer’ in New Judge Dispute
Court Declines Tobacco Appeal
Florida Ups Ante on Child Sex Crimes
New Turmoil at Ave Maria
FL Expects Surge of Mortgage Fraud Cases
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