2557 ABA Journal Florida articles.
There were some unexpected legal developments today in a long-running divorce battle in South Florida.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Paul Siegel apparently blew a stop sign and drove into a local…
Aug 30, 2007 12:18 AM CDT
Former astronaut Lisa Nowak is expected to claim insanity in her trial for attacking a romantic rival with pepper spay in an Orlando parking lot.
A notice made public yesterday…
Aug 29, 2007 1:34 PM CDT
These days, it isn’t all that unusual for a lawyer, or even a judge, to serve on a jury. But there are still a few justice system figures who apparently…
Aug 27, 2007 10:15 PM CDT
A major international law firm that started out in Florida has endowed a scholarship at one of the state’s law schools that not only pays a second-year student’s tuition but…
Aug 24, 2007 8:09 PM CDT
Stealing $50,000 doesn’t put the perpetrator on the FBI’s Most-Wanted list. But an alleged embezzlement of that amount by a condominium board president is big news in South Florida.
That’s…
Aug 24, 2007 5:22 PM CDT
Lawsuits filed by shareholders of Citrix Systems in a Florida federal court contend the software company granted backdated stock options that gave windfalls to company executives.
The company has notified…
Aug 24, 2007 12:11 PM CDT
With a lot of help from his friends and well-wishers, a star Miami student facing deportation with his family for overstaying their visitor visa has developed a new legal strategy.
…Aug 23, 2007 5:12 PM CDT
A Florida appeals court has upheld a $1.04 million malpractice verdict against a law firm sued by heirs of the Gannett newspaper fortune.
The suit claimed Gunster Yoakley & Stewart…
Aug 23, 2007 11:11 AM CDT
Concerned about perceived problems, law students at Florida A & M University are criticizing—and in some cases leaving—the five-year-old taxpayer-funded institution.
Vilma Martinez, for instance, has transferred from FAMU, in…
Aug 22, 2007 7:09 PM CDT
A Florida lawyer is one of five finalists on a list of the world’s best-dressed “real” men put together by Esquire magazine in connection with its annual best-dressed list featuring…
Aug 22, 2007 5:53 PM CDT
As a star student and popular football player, Juan Gomez got a lot of attention over his recent arrest as an illegal immigrant shortly after his high school graduation. But…
Aug 20, 2007 9:49 PM CDT
Things are hardly going swimmingly right now for a group of Florida mermaids. Their historic tourist attraction, Weeki Wachee Springs, is in a lawsuit battle with a state agency known…
Aug 17, 2007 3:39 PM CDT
One of the jurors who voted to convict Jose Padilla on terrorism charges says the former gang member was “just a small pawn.”
“He was guilty–believe me,” the juror told…
Aug 17, 2007 1:20 PM CDT
A group of Miami-area lawyers wants to help the Broward County judiciary regain public respect.
The Daily Business Review describes the group’s objective: “Help bring respect…
Aug 17, 2007 12:11 PM CDT
Think you’ve heard it all? Even seasoned practitioners may not be aware of what a British newspaper lists as the world’s 25 oddest laws.
For example, a French pig may…
Aug 16, 2007 10:59 PM CDT
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