John Pacenti

February 19, 2014 | Daily Business Review

Another lawyer is going down without a fight for helping Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme. Plantation lawyer Douglas L. Bates is scheduled to plead guilty to helping Rothstein dupe investors.

By John Pacenti

2 minute read

February 19, 2014 | Daily Business Review

A veteran who sued for a Miami-Dade transit discount is issued his "patriot pass" after county legislation is amended.

By John Pacenti

2 minute read

February 18, 2014 | Daily Business Review

The Ultra Music Festival and the electronic group Swedish House Mafia are being sued by an equipment installer who claims his legs were crushed by a falling LCD screen prior to last year's concert in downtown Miami.

By John Pacenti

1 minute read

February 18, 2014 | Law.com

Colombian real estate investor Jorge Arevalo accused Coral Gables attorney Steve Cronig of cutting him out of a deal for a Brickell property.

By John Pacenti

2 minute read

February 14, 2014 | Daily Business Review

Three new settlements have been reached in forced-placed insurance lawsuits against major mortgage lenders and servicers in Miami federal court.

By John Pacenti

2 minute read

February 13, 2014 | Daily Business Review

A Miami judge has awarded developer Mordechai Boaziz $21.5 million in a long-running fraud suit against a partner in several large real estate projects.

By John Pacenti

3 minute read

February 11, 2014 | Daily Business Review

A federal jury took only about an hour to convict Boca Raton attorney Christina Kitterman of illegally helping her law firm boss, Scott Rothstein, keep money flowing to his $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.

By John Pacenti

5 minute read

February 11, 2014 | Daily Business Review

A federal prosecutor asks a jury to believe Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein and convict one of his former attorneys for allegedly helping him scam hedge funds.

By John Pacenti

4 minute read

February 10, 2014 | Daily Business Review

Christina Kitterman, accused of pretending to be a Florida Bar official to further Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, took the stand in her own defense in federal court.

By John Pacenti

5 minute read

February 07, 2014 | Daily Business Review

The jury is out among lawyers if the defense team did the right thing in calling notorious con man Scott Rothstein as a witness for former employee and attorney Christina Kitterman, who faces federal wire fraud conspiracy charges.

By John Pacenti

6 minute read