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TD Bank Aided Rothstein Fraud, Investors Say in Suit
20 (Bloomberg) -- TD Bank was “complicit” in a fraud scheme allegedly run by South Florida attorney Scott Rothstein, investors alleged in a lawsuit against ...
Snipes Appeals Overly Taxing Prison Sentence
... place in New York and not Florida. Nevermind that the 47-year-old actor's housing records showed that he lived in both states or that his legal team had ...
Investors sue Fla. lawyer in fraud probe for $100M
MIAMI — Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile South Florida attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday contending that the lawyer ...
Philip Morris hit with record 300 million dollar fine
WASHINGTON — A Florida jury has ordered tobacco giant Philip Morris to pay almost 300 million dollars (200 million euros) in damages to a former smoker ...
Five Miami-based Broad & Cassel attorneys honored as “LEGAL ELITE” BY Florida ...
Out of nearly 62000 members of the Florida Bar, less than two percent were chosen for the 2009 “Florida Legal Elite” listing. Several of Broad and Cassel's ...
Second lawsuit attacks Florida school funding
and asks the court to answer that question," said former Florida House Speaker Jon Mills, who is part of the plaintiffs' legal team. ...
Other law firms scoop up Scott Rothstein's colleagues
... they're not sure where any liability, lawsuits or distractions may come from,'' said Abbe Mald Bunt, president of Bunt Legal Search in Hollywood. ...
Lawsuit accuses Florida of short-changing public schools
But Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith said he was disappointed with the legal action, saying it casts the state's education system in an ...
Memphis won't release NCAA vacated win response
In a similar public records case, a Florida court ruled last month the NCAA must release documents on Florida State University's appeal of an academic ...
Second lawsuit attacks Florida school funding
and asks the court to answer that question," said former Florida House Speaker Jon Mills, who is part of the plaintiffs' legal team. ...
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US Legal News

Ditching the Billable Hour: 'Everyone Wants to Do It'
More companies are paying their outside counsel off the clock, according to the Hildebrandt 2009 Law Department Survey. Just over half of the 231 companies surveyed said they either have started or will start negotiating non-hourly billing arrangements with their outside counsel. The results weren't surprising to Lauren Chung, director of Hildebrandt's law department consulting practice and the survey's editor. "Everyone wants to do it," she says. "But the question is: to what extent?"

Ditching the Billable Hour: 'Everyone Wants to Do It'
More companies are paying their outside counsel off the clock, according to the Hildebrandt 2009 Law Department Survey. Just over half of the 231 companies surveyed said they either have started or will start negotiating non-hourly billing arrangements with their outside counsel. The results weren't surprising to Lauren Chung, director of Hildebrandt's law department consulting practice and the survey's editor. "Everyone wants to do it," she says. "But the question is: to what extent?"

Coudert Estate Pursues Fees Earned From Former Clients
The liquidation plan administrator for the Coudert Brothers estate is claiming that Baker & McKenzie breached an agreement with the defunct law firm by failing to hand over a portion of a contingency fee earned from work for former Coudert clients. The claims against Baker & McKenzie, contained in an amended complaint filed in bankruptcy court last week, involve a contingency fee that could be as high as $17 million.

Guilty Verdict for McKesson Chairman, but GC Acquitted
The government made the right call. In retrying former McKesson HBOC Chairman Charles McCall, prosecutors decided not to put one-time cooperator and former CEO Albert Bergonzi on the stand. That forced McCall's lawyers to summon Bergonzi instead, and the jury didn't think much of his testimony. The jury convicted McCall on Thursday on four securities fraud counts and one charge of circumventing accounting controls. They acquitted the company's former GC, Jay Lapine, on each of the three counts he faced.

Externalize Document Storage in SharePoint
A controversy has been brewing in law firms as more documents find their way into Microsoft SharePoint's SQL Server: Is SharePoint a viable replacement for a DMS? Mark Gerow, of Fenwick & West, discusses the case for moving documents out of SQL Server using an "External Blob Store."

Florida Bar Press Releases
December 2003 - FLORIDA SUPREME COURT PROHIBITS THE UNLICENSED PRACTICE OF LAW 12/11/03
January 2004 - Notice of Worker Compensation Commission Vacancy - FLORIDA LAWERS AND PHYSICIANS TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE LIVING WILLS
January 2004 - Judge of Compensation Claims vacancy in the Miami District office - Judge of Compensation Claims vacancy in the Tampa District office.
January 2004 - TWENTIETH JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR COUNTY COURT JUDGE IN LEE COUNTY - FLORIDA LAWYERS AND PHYSICIANS TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE LIVING WILLS
January 2004 - ORLANDO ATTORNEY RECEIVES YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION LEGAL AID PUBLIC SERVICE - MIAMI LAW FIRM RECEIVES LEGAL SERVICES AWARD FROM FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
January 2004 - TAMPA ATTORNEY EDWARD M. WALLER, JR. RECEIVES TOP LEGAL SERVICES HONOR FROM FLORIDA SUPREME COURT - TWENTIETH JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR COUNTY COURT JUDGE IN LEE COUNTY
January 2004 - Circuit Judge Opening in Sixth Circuit - THE FLORIDA BAR REPORTS THAT PRO BONO LEGAL WORK IS ON THE RISE IN FLORIDA
March 2004 - INTERVIEWS FOR FIRST JUDICIAL COUNTY COURT VACANCY - THE FLORIDA BAR OFFERS SPEAKERS ON LIVING WILLS AND HEALTH CARE SURROGATES
March 2004 - Twentieth Judical Circuit Judicial Vancy - THE FLORIDA BAR INCREASES ITS ABILITY TO SERVE FLORIDA'S HISPANIC POPULATION
March 2004 - FLORIDA SUPREME COURT PROHIBITS THE UNLICENSED PRACTICE OF LAW 3/9/04
March 2004 THREE NEWLY ELECTED TO FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS; TWO INCUMBENTS RE-ELECTED - SEVENTEENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL VACANCY
April 2004 - Notice of Judicial Vacancy for Hamilton County Court in Third Circuit - Thirteenth Circuit Court Judicial Vacancy
April 2004 - CIRCUIT COURT JUDICIAL VACANCY RESULTING FROM THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. SIMMS - MIAMI ATTORNEY BENEDICT P. KUEHNE WINS FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNOR POSITION
April 2004 - FIFTEENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE APPOINTMENT - FACDL-Miami: Annual Installation Dinner Banquet
April 2004 - J. BLAIR CULPEPPER JOINS THE FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS - THE FLORIDA BAR ELDER LAW SECTION IS TEAMING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT FREE ADVANCE DIRECTIVES WORKSHOPS
May 2004 - COUNTY JUDGE VACANCY–ALACHUA COUNTY–EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT - GOVERNOR BUSH APPOINTS AMY M. WILLIAMS TO THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT
June 2004 - RUSSIAN LEGAL ORGANIZATION TO STUDY OPERATIONS OF THE FLORIDA BAR - CORAL GABLES ATTORNEY MATTHEW DIETZ RECEIVES 2004 G. KIRK HAS HUMANITARIAN AWARD
June 2004 - MELISSA ZELNICKER RECEIVES FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT'S AWARD OF MERIT - REPRESENTATIVE JEFF KOTTKAMP RECEIVES THE FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT'S LEGISLATIVE AWARD
June 2004 - REPRESENTATIVE JOE NEGRON RECEIVES THE FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT'S LEGISLATIVE AWARD - TALLAHASSEE ATTORNEY KENT SPUHLER RECEIVES THE FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT'S AWARD OF MERIT
June 2004 - EDWARD ZEBERSKY RECEIVES 2004 PROFESSIONALISM CHAIR'S CHOICE AWARD - FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE OF LAW PROFESSOR RUTH STONE RECEIVES 2004 PROFESSIONALISM AWARD
June 2004 - JUSTICE BARBARA PARIENTE RECEIVES THE 2004 WILLIAM M. HOEVELER JUDICIAL AWARD - THE GEORGE EDGECOMB BAR ASSOCIATION RECEIVES 2004 PROFESSIONALISM AWARD
June 2004 - Florida Board of Bar Examiners Vacancy - UFLaw News Release
July 2004 - THIRTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT JUDICIAL VACANCY - 2004 SUPREME COURT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SETS CONFERENCE CALL
August 2004 - LAW STUDENT WINS STATEWIDE PROFESSIONALISM ESSAY CONTEST-RESENT WITH PHOTO - AUGUST 31 DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR 10 LEGAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AREAS
August 2004 - FLORIDA'S LAWYERS TO COORDINATE LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WITH TOLL-FREE HOTLINE - NINETEENTH CIRCUIT COURT JUDICIAL VACANCY
August 2004 - THE FLORIDA BAR SPEAKERS BUREAU STRIVES TO HELP MAKE OUR LEGAL SYSTEM COME ALIVE - Judge of Compensation Claims Vacancy -- DATE EXTENDED
September 2004 - NOTICE OF VACANCIES OF JUDICIAL OFFICE ON THE THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL - MEDIA ADVISORY: LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS
September 2004 - FLORIDA BAR CERTIFIES 117 ATTORNEYS AS SPECIALISTS IN 19 AREAS OF LAW - APPLICATIONS SOUGHT TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
October 2004 - FLORIDA LAWYERS SUPPORT RETENTION OF STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND APPEALS JUDGES - Meeting Cancellation
October 2004 - OCTOBER 31 DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR NINE LEGAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AREAS - FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL LIST OF APPLICANTS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
October 2004- THE FLORIDA BAR OPPOSES AMENDMENT 3 - SIXTH CIRCUIT JUDICAL VACANCY
November 2004 -FIRST CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SEEKS APPLICATIONS FOR COUNTY COURT JUDGE IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY - PLAYING THE MATCH GAME WHEN HIRING A LAWYER
November 2004 - PRO BONO SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS REQUESTED - FLORIDA BAR SPEAKERS BUREAU OFFERS SPEAKERS ON REAL ESTATE LAW
December 2004 - NOMINATIONS FOR NEW JUDICIAL AWARD REQUESTED - INTERVIEWS FOR FIRST JUDICIAL COUNTY COURT VACANCY
December 2004 - NOTICE OF THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT VACANCY - TWO NEWLY ELECTED TO FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS; 14 INCUMBENTS RE-ELECTED; 14 TO RUN FOR SEVEN SEATS
December 2004 - JACKSONVILLE ATTORNEY IN LINE FOR FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT - Circuit Court Judgeship Opens in Seventh Judicial Circuit
January 2005 - The Florida Bar's Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors Makes Donation to American Red Cross to Assist Tsunami Relief Efforts - 19th Circuit Judicial Position
February 2005 - LEGAL SPECIALIST LINE: FIVE WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE THE STANDARD RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE CONTRACT - FLORIDA BAR SPEAKERS BUREAU OFFERS SPEAKERS ON FAMILY LAW
February 2005 - NEED JUST THE RIGHT SPEAKER FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION? THE FLORIDA BAR SPEAKERS BUREAU HAS JUST THE RIGHT SPEAKER FOR YOU - ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT VACANCY
March 2005 - LEGAL SPECIALIST LINE: HOW TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU NEED A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT - COMMITTEE SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS
March 2005 - FLORIDA SUPREME COURT ORDERS NONLAWYER TO SERVE FIVE MONTH JAIL SENTENCE FOR UNLICENSED PRACTICE OF LAW - LEGAL SPECIALIST LINE: DEBT-COLLECTION AGENCIES AND YOUR RIGHTS
March 2005 - THE FLORIDA BAR REMEMBERS HENRY LATIMER (January) - SEVEN NEWLY ELECTED TO FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS
March 2005 - FLORIDA LAWYERS AND PHYSICIANS ENCOURAGE LIVING WILLS AND HEALTH CARE SURROGATE DESIGNATIONS - JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SEEKS APPLICANTS A FOR VACANCY IN COUNTY COURT, ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA
March 2005 - BOARD-CERTIFIED LAWYERS AVAILABLE AS TALLAHASSEE MEDIA CONTACTS; FLORIDA - BOARD-CERTIFIED LAWYERS AVAILABLE AS TAMPA-AREA MEDIA CONTACTS; FLORIDA BAR OFFERS NEW LINK TO ONLINE DIRECTORY OF CERTIFIED LAWYERS BAR OFFERS NEW LINK TO ONLINE DIRECTORY OF CERTIFIED LAWYERS
March 2005 - BOARD-CERTIFIED LAWYERS AVAILABLE AS GAINESVILLE-AREA MEDIA CONTACTS; FLORIDA - BOARD-CERTIFIED LAWYERS AVAILABLE AS FT. MYERS/NAPLES-AREA MEDIA CONTACTS; FLORIDA BAR OFFERS NEW LINK TO ONLINE DIRECTORY OF CERTIFIED LAWYERS BAR OFFERS NEW LINK TO ONLINE DIRECTORY OF CERTIFIED LAWYERS
April 2005 - LEGAL SPECIALIST LINE: MARINE INSURANCE CHECKLISTS TO PREPARE FOR HURRICANE SEASON - THE FLORIDA BAR SPEAKERS BUREAU OFFERS SPEAKERS TO HELP CELEBRATE LAW DAY "INDEPENDENT
April 2005 - ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT NOMINATING COMMISSION - CLEARWATER BAR ASSOCIATION RECEIVES TOP AWARD FOR PRO BONO SERVICE
April 2005 - INDIAN ROCKS BEACH ATTORNEY RECEIVES TOP LEGAL SERVICES HONOR FROM FLORIDA SUPREME COURT - MIAMI ATTORNEY RECEIVES THE FLORIDA BAR YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION PRO BONO AWARD
April 2005 - PINELLAS LAW FIRM RECEIVES LEGAL SERVICES AWARD FROM FLORIDA SUPREME COURT - LEGAL SPECIALIST LINE: SECURING YOUR COMPUTER AGAINST HACK
April 2005 - SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS REPEATED ATTACKS ON CONVICTIONS Oral argument in Gonzalez v. Crosby on Monday, April 25.
May 2005 - FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS ELECTIONS COMPLETED - VERO BEACH ATTORNEY NEXT IN LINE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA BAR YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION
May 2005 - GOVERNOR BUSH APPOINTS JORGE I. PEDRAZA TO THE 11th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT
June 2005 - THE FLORIDA BAR TO HOLD 2005 ANNUAL MEETING IN ORLANDO - THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 2ND CIRUIT
June 2005 - THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 4TH CIRCUIT- THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 5TH CIRUIT
June 2005 - THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 6TH CIRCUIT- THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 8TH CIRUIT
June 2005 - THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 9TH CIRCUIT- THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 10TH CIRUIT
June 2005 - THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 11TH CIRCUIT- THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 12TH CIRUIT
June 2005 - THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 13TH CIRCUIT- THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 15TH CIRUIT
June 2005 - THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 17TH CIRCUIT- THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 18TH CIRUIT
June 2005 - THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 19TH CIRCUIT- THE FLORIDA BAR HONORS 50-YEAR MEMBERS- 20TH CIRUIT
June 2005 - SUPREME COURT JNC ANNOUNCES MEETING - FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT ELECTED TO LEAD FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN LAWYERS
June 2005 - ORLANDO LAWYER BECOMES PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA BAR'S YOUNG LAWYER DIVISION - 1ST CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION - CIRCUIT COURT/WALTON COUNTY JUDGESHIP VACANCY
July 2005 - FIRST CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY - LIST OF APPLICANTS FOR NOMINATION TO SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT
July 2005 - 17TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION-CIRCUIT COURT NOTICE OF JUDICIAL VACANCY - 8TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION-COUNTY COURT JUDGE VACANCY ALACHUA COUNTY
July 2005 - FIRST CIRCUIT JNC- LIST OF APPLICANTS CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY - FLORIDA BAR SPEAKERS BUREAU OFFERS SPEAKERS ON THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
August 2005 - 2ND CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION - NOTICE OF MEETING - 17TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION-NOMINEES TO THE GOVERNOR, TWO CIRCUIT/ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCIES
August 2005 - Notice of Reappointment Hearing for Worker Compensation Judges - VICTORIA MENDEZ BEGINS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
August 2005 - KRISTINE KNAB ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE - 2ND CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -SIX NOMINEES RECOMMENDED FOR SECOND CIRCUIT VACANCY
August 2005 - STAN RISKIN FLORIDA BAR COMPLAINTS - PALM BEACH TIMES REPORT
August 2005 - SENATOR MARTINEZ ANNOUNCES JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS - NINTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – ONE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
August 2005 - 17TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – TWO CIRCUIT COURT AND ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCIES - 19TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION - COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
August 2005 - 14TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION - ONE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY - 7TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – ONE CIRCUIT COURT AND ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
August 2005 - 18TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – ONE CIRCUIT COURT AND TWO COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCIES - 8TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY ALACHUA COUNTY
September 2005 - 10TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – TWO CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCIES - 3RD CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – ONE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
September 2005 - 13TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – TWO CIRCUIT COURT AND ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCIES - 11TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – ONE CIRCUIT COURT AND ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
September 2005 - 4TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – ONE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY - ELAINE DUGGAR ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
September 2005 - CHRISTINA N. SEIFERT ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE - CHANTALE L. SUTTLE ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
September 2005 - PATRICIA HANNAN ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE - MAX C. DERTKE ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
September 2005 - DR. ELSA ORLANDINI ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE - LAURENCE A. KLUTZ ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
September 2005 - ANDREW Y. WINSTON ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE - LATOUR R. LAFFERTY ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
September 2005 - TAMMI A. CLEARFIELD ENDS THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE FLORIDA BAR’S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE - ATTORNEYS DISPLACED BY KATRINA NOW ALLOWED TO SEEK TEMPORARY PRACTICE IN FLORIDA
October 2005 - 4TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION - NOTICE OF INTERVIEWS - 17TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – ONE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
October 2005 - 4TH APPELLATE DISTRICT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – 1 LAWYER VACANCY - THE FLORIDA BAR LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE EXPANDS COVERAGE AREA
October 2005 - 5TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – ONE CIRCUIT COURT/ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY - FIVE WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE THE STANDARD RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE CONTRACT
October 2005 - 13TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMMISSION -- NOTICE OF INTERVIEWS - 13 CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION - LIST OF NOMINEES
October 2005 - Nominations Sought for the Selig I. Goldin Memorial Award - FLORIDA BAR TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON PARALEGAL REGULATION
November 2005 - 13TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION-- ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY - 10TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- TWO CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCIES
November 2005 - 2005 PUERTO RICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA ANNUAL DINNER & DISCOVERY OF PUERTO RICO DAY CELEBRATION - 17TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
November 2005 - THE FLORIDA BAR ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERS TO THE BAR'S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES - THE FLORIDA BAR ANNOUNCES COMPLETED MEMBER TERMS WITH THE BAR'S GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES
November 2005 - 8TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY - 9TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
November 2005 - 6TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY - 13TH CIRCUIT JNC -- LIST OF APPLICANTS AND NOTICE OF MEETING FOR COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
November 2005 - SNCJCC- JUDICIAL OPENING DEPUTY CHIEF JUDGE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS - 6TH CIRCUIT JNC-- LIST OF APPLICANTS AND NOTICE OF MEETING FOR PINELLAS COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
December 2005 - 20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT NOMINATING COMMISSION -TWO CIRCUIT COURT AND TWO COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCIES - 7TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
December 2005 - Hounded by Collection Agents? Know Your Rights Under Florida Law By Lawrence J. Marraffino - FLORIDA BAR COMMITTEE ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 3 RULE PROPOSAL
January 2006 - ONE NEWLY ELECTED TO FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS;17 INCUMBENT RE-ELECTED;15 TO RUN FOR FIVE SEATS - 13TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- NOTICE OF INTERVIEWS
January 2006 - 13TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- LIST OF NOMINEES - News Release: POLL SHOWS NEED FOR MORE CIVIC EDUCATION FOR ADULTS
January 2006 - 17TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – ONE COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY (BROWARD COUNTY) - 11TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- ONE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
January 2006 - 20TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION LIST OF APPLICANTS AND NOTICE OF MEETING - 3RD, 14TH, 16TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- LAWYER VACANCIES,DEADLINE EXTENDED
February 2006 - 18TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION --COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY, BREVARD COUNTY - 17TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT -- APPLICATION PROCESS FOR JUDGE BRESCHER VACANCY IS CLOSED
February 2006 - STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW STUDENT GROUP RECEIVES TOP AWARD FOR PRO BONO SERVICE - SARASOTA ATTORNEY RECEIVES THE 2006 FLORIDA BAR YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION PRO BONO AWARD
February 2006 - JUDGE CHARLES A. FRANCIS RECEIVES 2006 DISTINGUISHED JUDICIAL SERVICE AWARD FROM FLORIDA SUPREME COURT - PINELLAS COUNTY LAW FIRM RECEIVES 2006 LEGAL SERVICES AWARD FROM FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
February 2006 - FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- NOTICE OF JUDGESHIP VACANCY - MIAMI ATTORNEY RECEIVES 2006 TOBIAS SIMON PRO BONO AWARD FROM FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
February 2006 - NOTICE OF HEARING FOR JUDICIAL VACANCY -- JUDGE OF COMPENSATION CLAIMS MIAMI DISTRICT / FT. MYERS DISTRICT - 20TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- ONE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
February 2006 - 18TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- APPLICANT AND INTERVIEW TIMES FOR A VACANCY ON THE BREVARD COUNTY COURT - THE FLORIDA BAR OFFERS SPEAKERS ON CIVICS
March 2006 - 16TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION -- LAWYER VACANCIES, DEADLINE EXTENDED - COMMITTEE SEEKS PUBLIC MEMBER APPLICANTS FOR BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS SEAT
March 2006 - FOUR ELECTED TO THE FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN CONTESTED RACES - NOTICE OF VACANCY OF JUDICIAL OFFICE ON THE THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
April 2006 - 11TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION - ONE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY - NHeartless Tax Law: The Premature Distributions Tax-By Craig R. Hersch, Board Certified Wills, Trusts & Estates Attorney and CPA
April 2006 - FLORIDA BAR DIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM - 11TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION - TWO COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCIES
May 2006 - 18TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION APPLICANT AND INTERVIEW TIMES FOR A VACANCY ON THE 18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT - FLORIDA BAR TO OFFER TWO NEW LEGAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AREAS
June 2006 - 18TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION-ONE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY - 18TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SELECTION OF NOMINEES FOR VACANCY ON THE 18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT
June 2006 - FOR DIVERSITY EFFORTS, MIAMI ATTORNEY RECEIVES THE FLORIDA BAR G. KIRK HAAS - JUDGE RALPH ARTIGLIERE HONORED WITH 2006 WILLIAM M. HOEVELER JUDICIAL AWARD
June 2006 - SCHICKEL RECEIVES HARRY LEE ANSTEAD AWARD FOR BOARD CERTIFIED LAWYER OF THE YEAR - JOHN STEWART BECOMES PRESIDENT OF YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION OF THE FLORIDA BAR
July 2006 - 6TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION-CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP VACANCY - NOMINATING COMMISSION ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR TWO VACANT CIRCUIT JUDGE POSITIONS
July 2006 - 1ST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION-NOTICE OF PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - BAR SEEKS MEMBERS FOR TWO NEW CERTIFICATION COMMITTEES
July 2006 - JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL ELECTS CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN - 6TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS
August 2006 - AUGUST 31 DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR 10 LEGAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AREAS - FLORIDA BAR CERTIFIES 131 ATTORNEYS AS SPECIALISTS IN 19 AREAS OF LAW
August 2006 - THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPOINTS NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS - APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR TWO CAPITAL COLLATERAL REGIONAL COUNSELS
September 2006 - 2007 PRO BONO AWARD NOMINATIONS REQUESTED - OCTOBER 31 DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR 10 LEGAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AREAS
September 2006 - FIFTEENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR JUDICIAL VACANCY - APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
October 2006 - INAUGURAL COMMITTEES APPOINTED FOR NEW FLORIDA BAR BOARD CERTIFICATION AREAS - Florida lawyers support retention of Supreme Court justices, appeals judges
October 2006 - FIRST DCA JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING - FLORIDA BAR HONORS SEVEN FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL REPORTING
November 2006 - APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR STATEWIDE PROSECUTOR - TWENTY-TWO APPLICANTS SEEK NOMINATION TO THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
November 2006 - TWENTY-ONE APPLICANTS TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL- JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL TO HAVE TELECONFERENCE MEETING
November 2006 - FLORIDA BAR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW BOARD CERTIFICATION SPECIALTY IS FIRST IN U.S. - JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR VACANCY IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
December 2006 - JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR A VACANCY IN THE 18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT - 5TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATION COMMISSION ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR MARION COUNTY CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
December 2006 - Florida Bar Interview Sources: New Media Resources - BOARD CERTIFICATION APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 28 FOR NEW FLORIDA BAR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AREASON COMMISSION ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR MARION COUNTY CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP VACANCY
December 2006 - WEST PALM BEACH ATTORNEY IN LINE TO BECOME 2008 PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA BAR - TWO NEWLY ELECTED TO FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS; 18 RE-ELECTED; 8 TO RUN FOR 3 SEATS
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Philip Morris calls Naugle verdict "grossly excessive''
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Approximately 4000 claims, or roughly half of those filed in the wake of the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Engle, are pending in federal court and ..

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Philip Morris calls Naugle verdict "grossly excessive''
Broward Politics
Approximately 4000 claims, or roughly half of those filed in the wake of the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Engle, are pending in federal court and ..

Rothstein files to be disbarred
Sun-Sentinel.com
In documents filed with the Florida Supreme Court Friday, disgraced Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein asked to be ..

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Philip Morris Must Pay Smoker Almost $300 Million, Jury Says
Bloomberg
The lawsuit is the result of a 2006 Florida Supreme Court decision that de-certified a class-action case and allowed for individual suits, according to the ..

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Philip Morris Told to Pay Smoker Almost $300 Million
Bloomberg
The lawsuit is the result of a 2006 Florida Supreme Court decision that de-certified a class-action case and allowed for individual suits, according to the ..

PC Death Row Inmate Loses Another Court Fight
WJHG-TV
The Florida Supreme Court Thursday affirmed the trial courts decision to impose the death penalty on Orme for the 1992 rape, robbery and murder of Lisa Redd ..

Philip Morris Told to Pay Smoker Almost $300 Million
Bloomberg
The lawsuit is the result of a 2006 Florida Supreme Court decision that de-certified a class-action case and allowed for individual suits, according to the ..

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As federal elected officials and administrators mull potential regulatory reform to rein in lenders accused of causing a mortgage meltdown nationwide, the attorney general of Ohio has stepped into the breach and filed a federal lawsuit against the three largest credit rating agencies, Reuters reports. They created a financial crisis, contends Attorney General Richard Cordray, by looking out for their own short-term financial interest and providing false and misleading Triple A ratings on toxic mortgage debt that cost pension funds for state employees a bundle of money. "The credit rating agencies sold out, and they sold us out," the attorney…

Jury Says Philip Morris Must Pay $300M to Longtime Smoker
A jury in South Florida says Philip Morris USA must pay $300 million, including $244 million in punitive damages, to a 25-year Benson & Hedges smoker who argued that the cigarette company committed fraud by concealing the dangers of smoking from her. Lawyers for Lucinda "Cindy" Naugle, who is a sister of a former Fort Lauderdale mayor, said she started smoking in 1968 at age 20 to look older and more sophisticated. But, even though she quit 25 years later, they told the jury, she now has emphysema, reports the Sun-Sentinel. At age 60, she has trouble performing simple tasks,…

Double Whammy for Some at Seyfarth: Deferred Start Plus Pay Cut, Too
In a double whammy for some incoming associates who expected to start work at Seyfarth Shaw in January, the law firm has deferred half of the incoming class until October—and cut first-year pay for all first-year associates. Seyfarth is deferring eight of the 16 new associates previously expected to begin working in January and expects to cut the annual starting pay for the entire 2010 class by between 5 and 10 percent, the firm tells Above the Law in a written statement. It says the cuts are being made in response to the economy and client pressure to keep legal…

A Rothstein October Surprise: Hundreds of Missing Millions; Suit Blames Bank
Hundreds of millions of dollars disappeared last month from the accounts of South Florida law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, a receiver said today in a bankruptcy proceeding. Bloomberg covered the revelation by the dissolving law firm's receiver, retired Miami Judge Herbert Stettin. “Huge amounts of money were moved and removed in October,” Stettin said in the Fort Lauderdale court proceeding. “It almost defies logic.”' Creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the law firm after name partner Scott Rothstein came under investigation for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme that could cost investors $1 billion. A $100 million lawsuit filed today…

Fieger Firm Agrees to Pay $131K to Resolve FEC Contributions Probe
The law firm of Michigan trial lawyer Geoffrey Fieger will pay $131,000 to resolve a probe by the Federal Election Commission, an amount that pales in comparison to the potential fine if commissioners had found a knowing violation of finance laws. The payment will resolve an FEC probe into contributions made to the John Edwards presidential campaign in 2004, according to the Associated Press and the Detroit Free Press. The FEC said the agreement was reached after it found probable cause that the firm had reimbursed 66 employees and other individuals who collectively donated $131,000 to the campaign. FEC documents…

ABA Journal - Law News Now
The law firm of Michigan trial lawyer Geoffrey Fieger will pay $131,000 to resolve a probe by the Federal Election Commission, an amount that pales in comparison to the potential fine if commissioners had found a knowing violation of finance laws. The payment will resolve an FEC probe into contributions made to the John Edwards presidential campaign in 2004, according to the Associated Press and the Detroit Free Press. The FEC said the agreement was reached after it found probable cause that the firm had reimbursed 66 employees and other individuals who collectively donated $131,000 to the campaign. FEC documents…

Don’t Cry for Me, New York: A Disbarred Civil Rights Lawyer Goes to Jail
Disbarred civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart had a few words for her followers on Thursday before she surrendered to begin serving her 28-month prison sentence for helping an imprisoned terrorist communicate with his followers. As she walked toward the courthouse, Stewart recalled a labor organizer executed in 1915 after a controversial trial, the New York Times reports. “This is the day they executed Joe Hill, and his words were, ‘Don’t mourn me, organize,’ ” Stewart said. “I hope that will be the message that I send, too.” Stewart was forced to go to prison after a federal appeals court said…

Judge Scolds Lawyers for Document Blizzard: ‘You Wouldn’t Do This to a Jury’
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell has endured 25 days of testimony in Oklahama’s pollution case against the poultry industry, but it’s the blizzard of paperwork that is really fraying his nerves. On Thursday, the Tulsa judge scolded a group of about 30 lawyers in Oklahoma’s case for blanketing him with “thousands” of documents in the bench trial, the Associated Press reports. Frizzell accused the lawyers of trying to admit the documents with an eye toward an appeal. ''You wouldn't do this to a jury,'' Frizzell said. ''You do this to a judge.'' ''I wish we had a jury,'' the judge…

Law Departments Cut Costs by Squeezing Law Firms, Freezing Staff Pay
Companies are trying to cut their legal budgets, and it’s affecting in-house lawyers whose salaries are frozen and outside law firms asked to reduce rates and offer alternatives to hourly rates. Alternative fees have been touted as the up-and-coming way to reduce outside legal costs. But law departments are trying another tack as well, by freezing or even cutting the hourly rates paid to outside counsel, according to a survey by the Hildebrandt legal consulting firm. Forty-six percent of law departments surveyed said they have cut their hourly rates paid to outside counsel, or will reduce their rates, according to…

Struggling South Florida Divorce Lawyers Offer Discounts, Accept Credit Cards
Business is off by as much as 35 percent for some South Florida divorce lawyers, spurring discounted rates and creative payment plans. The economy is forcing many lower-income couples to put off divorce, lawyers tell the Miami Herald. Sometimes a couple can’t afford to live independently, or one spouse relies on the other for health insurance, or they owe more on their home than it is worth. Lawyers who serve this clientele are hurting, and now they are offering discounts and accepting credit cards for the first time, the story says. “I laugh when people say the recession is over,''…