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‘Phenomenal Year’ for Florida Lawyers

Defying predictions of a law practice slowdown, attorneys in South Florida report their business is booming. “It was a phenomenal year to be a lawyer,” John C. Sumberg, managing partner of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, an 85-attorney firm in Miami, tells the Daily Business Review. “We had many…

Jun 18, 2007 9:16 PM CDT

Foreclosures Explode in South Florida; Poor, Minorities Hit Hardest

Although South Florida is still a bit below the national average for the total percentage of mortgages in foreclosure, that may not be true much longer. The number of foreclosure lawsuits filed to force non-mortgage-paying owners from their properties has doubled and tripled in some counties, compared to last year.…

Jun 15, 2007 11:20 PM CDT

Suit Claims Racist Tobacco Marketing

A Miami attorney has filed a $1 billion suit that claims tobacco companies targeted blacks with racist marketing tactics. Solo practitioner J.B. Harris filed the suit on behalf of Coral Springs, Fla., woman whose mother and grandmother died of smoking-related illness, the Daily Business Review reports. The suit claims the…

Jun 6, 2007 1:47 PM CDT

Is Florida Paternity Register Working?

It may be time for some unmarried men in Florida to forget the classic post-coital cigarette, a state supreme court justice said this week. Instead, those who want to be dads should hasten to the Florida Department of Health and announce, “I want the state to know that I’ve just…

Jun 6, 2007 1:07 AM CDT

Big Labor Boutique Raids Orlando Rival

The nation’s biggest labor boutique has set up shop in Orlando, Florida, with six attorneys raided from the local office of a rival multistate employment firm. Littler Mendelson, headquartered in San Francisco, opened an Orlando office on June 1 staffed with six attorneys from Fisher & Phillips, which has offices…

Jun 5, 2007 9:25 PM CDT

Busting a Move

Woman Sues After Boss’s Hubby’s Heave-Ho Causes Her to Hit Hard in Dance Floor Debacle

Jun 5, 2007 8:41 AM CDT

Condo Owner Fraud Squad Local Heroes in Florida

A successful effort by condominium residents near Miami to bring to justice those involved in management malfeasance has made the whistleblowers local heroes. Calls are coming in from all around South Florida, congratulating the residents and asking them how they did it, reports the Miami Herald. Four men have been…

May 30, 2007 7:32 PM CDT

Pulling on a Fine Line

Case raises questions about when a N.Y. lawyer may advise snowbirds in Florida

Jan 5, 2007 12:06 AM CST

Vouchers Tested

School Vouchers Are Facing a Different Set of Legal Challenges in State Courts

Jun 24, 2006 6:31 AM CDT

‘Phenomenal Year’ for Florida Lawyers

Foreclosures Explode in South Florida; Poor, Minorities Hit Hardest

Suit Claims Racist Tobacco Marketing

Is Florida Paternity Register Working?

Big Labor Boutique Raids Orlando Rival

Busting a Move

Condo Owner Fraud Squad Local Heroes in Florida

Pulling on a Fine Line

Vouchers Tested

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