2610 ABA Journal Florida articles.
As if struggling homeowners didn’t already have enough to worry about, insolvent lenders could saddle some with unexpected bills.
In a bankruptcy court battle in Delaware between American Home Mortgage…
Sep 12, 2007 10:12 PM CDT
A mold problem in a Miami federal courthouse has spurred studies and warnings from the chief judge, who told clerks they should use masks and gloves when handling documents that…
Sep 12, 2007 11:16 AM CDT
Young attorneys working as assistant prosecutors and public defenders in South Florida make only about $40,000 annually when they first start work. So, within five years, most have moved on…
Sep 11, 2007 7:01 PM CDT
A federal judge has delayed the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France following a defense claim that the government planned to sneak him out of the country…
Sep 6, 2007 12:44 PM CDT
A longtime attorney for a county on Florida’s Gulf Coast has lost her job over her involvement as a legal adviser in a controversial land deal between Pinellas County and…
Sep 5, 2007 12:21 AM CDT
A Florida lawyer whose job as Broward Sheriff made him one of the most powerful political figures in the Miami area has resigned and reportedly plans to plead guilty to…
Sep 4, 2007 4:27 PM CDT
A would-be lawyer with a green pickup has succeeded in overturning a Florida city ordinance that barred him from parking overnight in residential areas.
Lowell Kuvin, who is waiting for…
Aug 31, 2007 2:40 PM CDT
Should a judge face an ethics complaint based simply on what he writes in a court opinion? No way, says Bruce Rogow, a law professor at Florida’s Nova Southeastern University.…
Aug 30, 2007 7:01 PM CDT
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
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