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June 14, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Miami case puts another chink in Fourth Amendment

In the age of terrorism, national security trumps the Bill of Rights. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled a 60-year-old Salvadoran man had no expectation of privacy in his crew quarters on a cargo ship.
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October 18, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Fernandez Rundle Seeks Dismissal Of Spence-Jones Suit

A lawyer for Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle asked for the dismissal of a civil rights conspiracy lawsuit filed by Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones.
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April 01, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys argue over venue as cases expand

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation heard arguments as more than a dozen lawsuits with new types of claims have been filed against Toyota.
8 minute read
September 06, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Family Drug Courts Help Parents Clean Up, Families Reunite

With substance abuse still threatening to overwhelm child-welfare systems like the Florida Department of Children and Families, officials are looking at drug courts for troubled families as a way to address the problem.
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December 13, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Shadow banking system helped remove toxic debt

The Federal Reserve gave more support to the world's biggest financial companies, including Barclays, Citigroup and Royal Bank of Scotland, than the direct loans it disclosed this month in response to congressional mandates.
8 minute read
January 20, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Study: Jury trials yield larger verdicts

Patent litigants are betting on elevated damages by choosing jury trials over bench trials, and a new study supports that option.
4 minute read
October 04, 2010 | Daily Business Review

They survived the economic downturn, now what?

Blame the extra work, reduced staffing and still in-place pay cuts for the drop in the overall satisfaction level of midlevel associates to the lowest level in six years
10 minute read
October 21, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Slim leads record M&A fueling bond sale surge

Brazilian companies are selling the most local bonds since April as they finance record acquisitions and investment to tap into the fastest expansion in two decades.
6 minute read
July 27, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Adolescents' Facebook posts found to be 'puerile' but not actionable

Judge also dismissed a negligent-supervision claim against parents, saying a computer does not constitute a 'dangerous instrument'
4 minute read
April 12, 2013 | Daily Business Review

State House rolls out health insurance plan

Governor Rick Scott slammed a Florida House proposal that would pass up billions of federal dollars to provide health care coverage to 115,000 uninsured Floridians in a watered down alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal health law.
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