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Adolfo Pesquera

Adolfo Pesquera

Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ

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December 22, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys help college football player win $3.7 million award after assault

Fort Lauderdale attorneys Brad Edwards and Matt Weissing represented a college athlete who was shot after encountering an armed man in the parking lot of Boomers! in Dania Beach.

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July 31, 2013 | Daily Business Review

4th DCA Revives Lincoln-Mercury dealership Whistle-Blower Suit

A Palm Beach County Lincoln-Mercury dealership accused by a parts manager of condoning an insurance scam, but the man's suit was tossed in circuit court.

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September 27, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Duo gains $6 million settlement after errant advice on private meetings

L. Louis Mrachek and Alan B. Rose used admissions by hospital counsel that his interpretations of the Sunshine Law were relied upon in a merger deal even though he had never researched it.

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November 08, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Allen West's election fight with Patrick Murphy heads to court

The controversial Republican candidate is asking for an order requiring Palm Beach County election officials to impound all paper ballots, voting machines and associated equipment.

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August 02, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Miami trio wins key free-speech case over pharmaceuticals

Patricia Acosta, Thomas Julin and Jamie Isani of Hunton & Williams won for a company that said it's right to gather and disseminate information was violated by prescription confidentiality laws in Vermont.

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August 17, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Request to restore $29.5M clerks' budget cut approved

The Legislative Budget Commission gave the 67 clerks, one in each county, authority to tap increased fee and fine collections that have resulted from the passage of a new law.

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October 31, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Broader sanctions needed in foreclosure cases, judges say

State and bankruptcy judges would like more leverage with sanctions and reports from mediators if lenders aren't making good faith efforts to settle foreclosure cases.

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February 10, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Case tests $1M cap on medical malpractice damages

The family of a young woman who died shortly after childbirth took their case to the Florida Supreme Court in a test of the constitutionality of a $1 million cap on non-economic damages for medical malpractice.

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November 06, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Boca lawyer arranges stock ownership plan using six Greenberg Traurig offices

Greenberg Traurig shareholder Jeffrey Kahn and a San Francisco shareholder established a $230 million Employee Stock Ownership Plan for a Texas company.

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April 18, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys successfully defend Palm Beach Polo Club in breach-of-bylaws suit

Craig Galle, Craig Hudson and Kerri O'Brien steered a jury verdict that found no breach of bylaws or fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, fraud or conspiracy by the Palm Beach Polo Club over a $35 monthly special assessment it imposed per resident.

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