Adolfo Pesquera

February 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review

The Hollywood real estate law firm of Ben-Ezra & Katz said Fannie Mae will stop using the firm's services for processing foreclosures after the firm discovered internal paperwork problems.

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February 23, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Palm Beach Circuit Judge Lisa Small has been formally sworn in and has been working in the family division since her assignment began Jan. 18.

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September 28, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Progress Energy asked the 4th DCA to reverse a $133M breach of contract judgment for U.S. Global, claiming their contract barred the kind of damages the jury awarded.

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March 14, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Introduced by Sen. Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, the bill was originally intended to recalculate interest on judgments quarterly, using a baseline of the Federal Reserve discount rate plus 300 basis points instead of the current 500 basis points.

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November 19, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Broward Circuit Judge Peter Weinstein has granted a highly limited new trial for a Colombian muralist who won a $5.4 million jury verdict for disabling injuries she suffered in a catastrophic fall. The second trial is restricted to a claim for loss of consortium. Mercedes Zota was left severely disabled after a 14-foot fall from scaffolding onto a marble staircase resulted in a 25 percent loss of her brain mass.

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June 14, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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April 22, 2011 | Daily Business Review

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March 09, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Broward Circuit Judge Richard Feder erred when finding a mother in contempt in a child custody and visitation dispute by conducting his own investigation, the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled.

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July 28, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Several licensees of Coral Springs-based D'Lites Enterprises had their defamation action against the low-calorie ice cream maker restored by the 4th District Court of Appeal.

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April 29, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Circuit Judge John Laurent, chairman of the state Trial Court Budget Commission, asked The Florida Bar to oppose the court funding plan being considered by the Legislature.

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