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June 09, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Lawyer: Distributor had 'secret deal' to cover up problems

The first Chinese drywall trial in the nation involving a homeowner taking on a building supply distributor has opened in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
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December 17, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Insider-trading arrests point prosecutors to hedge funds

The arrests of three technology company workers who allegedly sold secrets about Apple Inc., Dell Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. signal the U.S. may be closing in on the hedge funds that paid for their expertise.
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July 01, 2011 | Daily Business Review

More law school grads opting for careers in public interest

More freshly minted lawyers are opting for public interest careers: The percentage of new law graduates taking those jobs grew from 2.1 percent in 1990 to 6.7 percent in 2010.
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August 10, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Advocates argue minor error could cost a life

Pro-bono lawyers make their case in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing a mailroom mistake at a major law firm should not close the door on a death penalty appeal.
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August 09, 2011 | Daily Business Review

S&P credit downgrade likely to hurt South Florida housing market

Experts are pondering whether the Standard & Poor's downgrade of U.S. government debt will prove particularly painful for South Florida, one of the hardest-hit regions of the country in terms of real estate and one which has recently shown nascent signs of recovery.
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June 06, 2011 | Daily Business Review

11th Circuit cases reflect the times in Miami and the nation over the last century

With judges presiding over real estate boom time cases of swindled property owners, Prohibition-era gambling crimes and the constitutionality of equal protection laws, the moral and social issues addressed within the 11th Judicial Circuit over the last 100 years in many ways tell the story not only of Miami, but the entire nation.
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November 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Chiropractor backing Romney expands empire on $23,000 patients

After a Jeep crashed into her Geo Metro in Clearwater, Florida, in 2009, Kathleen Weston's back and neck hurt. So she called 1-800-ASK-GARY, a medical-referral service advertised on local television.
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July 08, 2011 | Law.com

Fort Lauderdale trial consultant used social media and blogs to help Casey Anthony defense team shift strategies

They may have been operating behind-the-scenes, but trial consultants get some of the credit for Casey Anthony's acquittal, monitoring about 40,000 blog items a day to identify negative thinking and tailor the defense accordingly.
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February 28, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Gambling crime-wave fears don't come to pass for one state

When two massive casinos opened in Connecticut two decades ago, some feared the gambling centers would lead to organized crime, prostitution, drunken driving and other crime. But those fears never materialized.
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October 18, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Trump stymied in bid to build at NY's Jones Beach

After promising in typical Trumpian modesty to replace a restaurant at a landmark New York beach with "the finest dining and banquet facility anywhere in the world," Donald Trump seethes four years later that visitors still must pass what he calls "a rat-infested dump
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