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Developer Ed Burr:Downtown, the Jaguars and blue marlin Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 9:02AMEd Burr is a business, community and nonprofit leader who has headed the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Jacksonville Civic Council, is a leader in the Touchdown Jacksonville efforts to sell Jacksonville Jaguars season tickets and was founder of LandMar Group, which he sold and then created GreenPointe Holdings to focus on sustainable development.
Racism allegations, apologies fly fast Ex-Ag exec thrust into racism debate Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 11:02PMRacism allegations, apologies fly fast Ex-Ag exec thrust into racism debate
Some Pearlman investors feel victimized twice Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 10:43PMThe trustee in convicted Ponzi schemer Lou Pearlman's bankruptcy case has taken on some corporate giants as he tries to recover money lost as a result of the former boy-band promoter's nearly $320 million fraud.
Wife of Rothstein law partner: Ferrari gift was bizarre Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 6:04PMThe wife of attorney Stuart Rosenfeldt, law partner to Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, testified that she was unaware of her husband's financial dealings, but did acknowledge she thought it was bizarre that Rothstein gave her husband a Ferrari.
Ups and downs of former media baron Conrad Black Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 9:49AM(Reuters) - The U.S. judge who sentenced Conrad Black to 6-1/2 years in prison in 2007 freed the former media mogul on $2 million (1 million pound) bond on Wednesday.
Conrad Black leaves Florida prison, released on $2M bond Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 9:43AMConrad Black left a Florida prison Wednesday, after a Chicago federal judge ordered his release on a $2 million bond pending a review of his 2007 fraud conviction.
New Bail Hearing To Be Held For Conrad Black Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:20AMFormer media mogul Conrad Black could stroll out of federal prison Wednesday, just two years into the 6 1/2-year sentence he received for defrauding investors out of millions of dollars.
POLL: More than 1,000 BP claims for losses made in Collier and Lee counties Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 1:17PMIn Collier, there have been about 470 claims filed and so far $342,020 has been paid out. In Lee, there have been about 680 claims, with a payout of $91,865.
Bail Hearing For Conrad Black Set For Wednesday Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 10:36AMA federal court clerk says ex-media mogul Conrad Black's bail hearing will be held Wednesday at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.
Arnstein & Lehr LLP Partner Phillip M. Hudson, III Appointed to the Executive Committee of HistoryMiami Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 10:24AMSouth Florida - Phillip M. Hudson, III, a partner in the Miami office of Arnstein & Lehr LLP, was recently appointed to the executive committee of HistoryMiami (Formally South Florida Historical Society).
Stopping vote could mean GOP trouble Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:49PMBy STEVE BOUSQUET and MARY ELLEN KLAS
Loan processor moves to downtown Orlando Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 7:12PMMortgage-service company DJS Processor LLC has signed what may be the largest lease in downtown Orlando this year.
Arnstein & Lehr partner Phillip M. Hudson, III Appointed to the board of directors of the Florida Supreme Court ... Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 2:10PMSouth Florida - Miami, FL – Phillip M. Hudson, III, a partner in the Miami office of Arnstein & Lehr LLP, was recently appointed to the board of directors of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society.
Jacksonville paralegals host national convention Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:03AMParalegals and legal assistants from across the country visited Jacksonville Tuesday through Saturday for the National Association of Legal Assistants 35th Annual Convention.
Leading Commercial Trial Attorney Joins Payton & Associates Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 8:11AMMiami Litigator Teresa Urda Returns to Payton's Firm as Of Counsel
Leading Commercial Trial Attorney Joins Payton & Associates Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 8:00AMMIAMI, FL--(Marketwire - 07/19/10) - Miami commercial litigation firm Payton & Associates LLC is pleased to announce the return of trial attorney Teresa J. Urda in an Of Counsel capacity. "Our firm is committed to achieving the best results for our clients by approaching litigation with common sense, and providing services of value, while adhering to the highest professional and ethical ...
Bernie Madoff's wife seeking redemption through charity work in Florida Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 6:32AMShe's hasn't donned sackcloth and ashes, but Ruth Madoff is trying to repent. Like the biblical Ruth, the disgraced wife of jailed Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff is depending on relatives for sustenance, and searching for redemption by volunteering for charity work. The formerly monied Manhattan matron has fled...
Rothstein case: Financial adviser reaches $6 million settlement Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 12:15PMFormer Rothstein law partner also agrees to pay $700,000 A Miami-Dade County financial adviser has reached a $6 million settlement with the bankruptcy lawyers sifting through the wreckage of Scott Rothstein's massive Ponzi scheme.
Financial adviser in Rothstein case reaches $6.03 million settlement Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 1:15PMA Miami-Dade County financial adviser has reached a $6.03 million settlement with attorneys handling the bankruptcy of Scott Rothstein's massive Ponzi scheme.
Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs Attorney Mitchell Dinkin Earns AV-Rating from Martindale-Hubbell® Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 7:25AMThe law firm Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP, is proud to announce that one of its partners, Mitchell A.Dinkin, has earned an AV-rating by Martindale-Hubbell®. The AV-rating is the highest possible rating.
Friends and family of Michael Vick being sued for $2 million Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 4:55AMNEWPORT NEWS - Friends and family members of Newport News native Michael Vick are being sued for $2 million. A Florida attorney says Vick gave them the money right before he filed for bankruptcy.
Investment Adviser Agrees to Surrender $6 Million in Rothstein Case Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:07PMThe bankruptcy trustee for the defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm has reached settlements with an investment adviser for $6 million and with a former RRA attorney for $700,000. Investment adviser Michael Szafranski, who acknowledges being a conduit for money transfers but denies any knowledge of Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, also agreed to a $32.5 million judgment, which ...
Friends and family of Michael Vick being sued for $2 million Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 10:31PMMichael Vick's friends and family are facing a $2 million lawsuit after records show that Vick gave them the money right before filing for bankruptcy.
No More Dog Racing In New England Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 9:13AMOfficially, there’s no more dog racing in New England. Practically, it’s been gone for a while. And if opponents of greyhound racing are as attuned to public opinion as they say they are, it may be running on borrowed time.
UB Law School drops out of Top 100 in rankings Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 7:37AMMakau W. Mutua feels the heat.
George Steinbrenner: Larger-than-life owner of baseball's most successful franchise, the New York Yankees Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 6:05PMIn the annals of America's broken public promises, the avowals of the Cleveland shipbuilder George Steinbrenner, buying the New York Yankees baseball club from the television network CBS in 1973, rank right up there 0with "you won't have Nixon to kick around any more". Steinbrenner told New Yorkers, "We plan absent ownership... we're not going to pretend we're something we're not. I'll stick to ...
BP's Legal Blowout Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 2:33PMWhen all the lawsuits are in, the oil company is facing a settlement bill that will rank among the highest of all time.
Keith Yandell Joins Litigation Practice Group at Allen Matkins Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 1:10PMFirm's San Francisco Office Expands Litigation Department With Addition of New Attorney
Keith Yandell Joins Litigation Practice Group at Allen Matkins Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 1:01PMSAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - 07/14/10) - Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP , a leading California business and real estate law firm, announces the expansion of its litigation practice group with the addition of Keith Yandell , as an associate, in the firm's San Francisco office. Yandell's practice focuses primarily on individual and putative class actions involving the financial ...
Greyhound racing goes extinct in New England Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 11:10AMOfficially, there’s no more dog racing in New England. Practically, it’s been gone for a while. And if opponents of dog racing are as attuned to public opinion as they say they are, greyhound racing may be running on borrowed time across the country.
Deals of the Day: BP’s History of Both Successes and Costly Mistakes Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 8:51AMDeals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity.
High court decides Ackerman won't return Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 4:47AMState's highest court says no to Ackerman's return; Crist sets interview date.
Startup World Currency USA Takes Step toward $10M - cbl Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 8:49PMBy citybizlist StaffMARLTON, N.J. -- According to an SEC filing, startup World Currency USA, Inc. r...
Two Burr & Forman Nashville Partners Named "Best Of The Bar" Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 6:56PMBurr & Forman LLP announces that the Nashville Business Journal has named Lawrence R. Ahern, III, and Kevin M. Doherty as "Best of the Bar" for 2010. The Best of the Bar recognizes the lawyers that have set the standard of excellence for Nashville attorneys.
Allstate subsidiary wants 33% property insurance rate hike Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 12:35PMRegulators will weigh a 33 percent average statewide rate hike request for Castle Key Insurance - a subsidiary of Allstate - this month.
Lawyer Snapshot Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 10:03AMFamily: Parents, sister, niece, fiancee. Pets: Jacksonville the dog (aka “Stinker,” in the Bugs Bunny sense of the word). Education: University of Georgia, 2002; Florida Coastal School of Law, 2006.
Two dead in murder-suicide had advanced Lyme disease Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 11:13PMIn happier times, George R. Strobo and his wife Jonalyn Maureen Strobo loved crisscrossing the country in their camper.On Thursday, deputies found the 48-year-old man and his 49-year-old wife shot to death inside a travel trailer at the Pilot Travel Center at Interstate 75 and County Road 484.
Weighing the Possibility of Bankruptcy for BP Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 7:58PMThough liability claims are expected to be enormous, the company says it has the resources to meet the challenge.
Weighing the Possibility of Bankruptcy for BP Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 10:13AMThough liability claims are expected to be enormous, the company says it has the resources to handle them.
When Foreclosure Threatens Elder-Care Homes Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 1:51AMBy LAURIE UDESKY Published: April 16, 2010In September 2009, Sgt. Rick Turini of the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office drove to a house in San Jose to carry out a court-ordered eviction. With foreclosures in Bay Area counties near all-time highs, the office had been routinely evicting 35 to 40 households a week. But this property was different: It was a board-and-care home for the elderly....
Votto, Swisher get last all-star spots Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 12:42AMCincinnati first baseman Joey Votto and New York Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher have been chosen by fans for the final roster spots for Tuesday night's All-Star Game in Anaheim.
Judge Ready to Decide Who Will Control Millions in Rothstein Assets Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 11:23PMAt a hearing Thursday, federal prosecutors battled attorneys for bankruptcy trustee Herbert Stettin over which side would be better suited to dole out funds to victims of attorney Scott Rothstein's massive Ponzi scheme. Florida federal Judge James Cohn had tough questions for both Assistant U.S. Attorney Evelyn Sheehan and Sharon Kegerreis of Berger Singerman, who represents Stettin. The judge ...
Once-doomed car dealers live to sell again Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 10:19PMDuring the rock-bottom depths of the economic downturn, William Lehman Buick Pontiac GMC was ticketed for the auto graveyard by a desperately downsizing, bound-for-bankruptcy General Motors .
Cheap, illegal roadside signs grow in recession Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 5:00AMThe signs cluster on the street corners like day laborers looking for work: They're selling carpet cleaning, tree trimming, air-conditioning repair, day care, website design, Google seminars. At the traffic lights, they offer passing motorists cheap health insurance, cash for junk cars, help with bankruptcy, the chance to stop foreclosure, the opportunity to make big money from home.
South Lee County Mailbag Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 4:03AMThere is no question that BP owes the American people, especially those along the Gulf Coast, a pound of flesh and a pile of euros as well.
Lawyering Suits Pile Up at High Court Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 11:09PMFrom client advice to attorney fees to ineffective assistance of counsel, the U.S. Supreme Court decided an unusually large number of cases last term involving how lawyers do their jobs. In total, the lawyering cases amounted to nearly 20 percent of the Court's decision docket. Professor Renee Knake of Michigan State University College of Law, who teaches professional responsibility and has been ...
Bob Moriarty: Due for End-of-Empire Do-Over? Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 2:59PMEconomic rebound? Not with 22% unemployment. Banking reform legislation? Loaded with pork. Bankrupt nations? Rock-solid, lead-pipe cinch. "We need to start all over," says the inimitable Bob Moriarty in this exclusive Gold Report interview. "And in the end, we will."
Ask a real estate pro: Why does flood insurance keep expiring? Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 10:49AMIn his weekly Q&A, Louis Spagnuolo of WCS Lending in Boca Raton addresses a variety of real estate topics. To ask a question that Louis may answer next week, click here.
NFL Capsules: Innovative football coach Don Coryell dies at 85 Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 6:41AMSAN DIEGO (AP) — Don Coryell, one of the founding fathers of the modern passing game, has died. He was 85.
Florida condos get new tool for collecting fees Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 10:37PMA new law offers a stark choice for South Florida condo renters living in units owned by people who are behind on their maintenance fees: Fork over the rent money to the association, or face eviction.