Samantha Joseph is co-head of the Litigation Desk in ALM's global newsroom. Grad school: Newhouse Syracuse. Contact: [email protected]. On Twitter: @SjosephWriter
February 23, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Not Just 'Small' Claims: County Courts Might Soon Handle Cases Up to $50,000Under Florida law, county courts handle cases with up to $15,000 at stake, but that limit could more than triple under proposed legislation.
By Samantha Joseph |
4 minute read
February 22, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Read 'Cease and Desist' Order Against Broward Public Defender in Parkland School Shooter's CaseThe order comes after a feud between lawyers handling his civil and criminal cases.
By Samantha Joseph |
1 minute read
February 22, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Miami Lawyer Who Helped Write Hazing Law Sues in FSU Student's DeathStewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain attorneys filed the lawsuit on behalf of the parents of Andrew Coffey, who died of alcohol poisoning at an off-campus fraternity party.
By Samantha Joseph |
4 minute read
February 21, 2018 | Daily Business Review
UM Law Students Work to Exonerate Convicted Armed RobberTheir client is serving a 20-year sentence for armed robbery, but advocates at UM's Innocence Clinic say he was the one robbed by a system that incarcerated an innocent man.
By Samantha Joseph |
4 minute read
February 20, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Meet the Broward Judge at the Helm of the Parkland School Shooting CaseThe case has thrust Judge Elizabeth Scherer into the spotlight on a case that's sparked a debate on gun control and the death penalty.
By Samantha Joseph |
3 minute read
February 20, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Securities Class Action Filed Against Fund Caught in Market RoutA Boca Raton financial executive claims a $90,000 investment lost about 80 percent of its value in days, whittling to about $18,000 from Feb. 5 to Feb. 7.
By Samantha Joseph |
4 minute read
February 16, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Miami Lawyers Crunch Hard Candy Cosmetics Infringement ClaimsThe cosmetics maker asked the court to award treble damages in a lawsuit with a potential price tag of $11.4 million for Anastasia Beverly Hills.
By Samantha Joseph |
5 minute read
February 15, 2018 | Daily Business Review
'There'll Be No Sympathy:' Lawyers Discuss Defense Strategies After Mass School ShootingThe focus is on diverting attention from potential defendants in civil cases and pointing to mitigating factors that might aid the defense in the criminal case.
By Samantha Joseph | Celia Ampel | Catherine Wilson |
7 minute read
February 14, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Love Is in the Air at Valentine's Day Mass Wedding in Broward CourthouseFifty-five couples were married in a mass wedding ceremony organized by Broward Clerk of Courts Brenda Forman.
By Samantha Joseph |
3 minute read
February 14, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Attorney Fee Debate Heats Up as Florida Supreme Court Accepts Case“Whenever you're dealing with attorney fees, it's a very sensitive issue," attorney Roy Oppenheim said. "The court should have known that they were going to create a ruckus and a firestorm."
By Samantha Joseph
4 minute read
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