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January 08, 2010 | Law.com

Creditors Try to Block Last Paychecks to Employees of Former Rothstein Firm

A creditors committee in the bankruptcy case of defunct law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler unsuccessfully tried Thursday to block salary payments to three employees in the wake of founder Scott Rothstein's alleged $1.2 billion fraud. The committee's attorney opposed paying a total of $7,220 to firm CFO Irene Stay, assistant managing shareholder Grant Smith and billing agent Aimee Villegas because of their possible involvement in the alleged Ponzi scheme.
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January 20, 2010 | Law.com

Former RRA Attorneys Face Possible Clawbacks as Staffers Try to Hang Onto Their 401(K) Plans

As jailed fraud suspect Scott Rothstein prepares to plead guilty to charges that he ran a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, bankruptcy attorneys are trying to collect on millions in loans and gifts given by Rothstein. An attorney for the receiver in the case said many attorneys are targeted for clawbacks to repay creditors and Ponzi scheme victims. On Tuesday, a former Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler attorney pleaded with a bankruptcy judge on behalf of lower-level employees to allow them to roll over their retirement accounts.
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August 02, 2001 | Law.com

Down to the Wire

Bell South Corp. and its employees anxiously await a resolution of the contract negotiations between the Atlanta-based telecommunications giant and the Communication Workers of America. The deadline to sign a new contract is midnight Saturday. If a contract hasn't been signed by then, the CWA -- which represents more than 50,000 employees in nine southern states -- vows to go on strike.
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November 17, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Score: Will Marlins Trade Jump-Start SEC Probe?

Less than a year after moving into a new stadium mostly financed by $405 million in government bonds, a salary dump by Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins is reviving questions about why taxpayers wound up paying most of the tab for the splashy ballpark. Elsewhere in our regular look at sports and the law, Skadden lands a pair of big deals, an antitrust suit is scuttled, and new evidence emerges in the National Football League's traumatic brain injury litigation.
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May 08, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

Banking Expert Accused of Doctoring Treatise

When Alvin F. Lindsay first started doing research for a lawsuit against First Union National Bank, he turned to a treatise by Barkley Clark.
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July 03, 2003 | Law.com

ChevronTexaco Subsidiary Hit With $33.8M Punitive Damages Verdict

This week a Florida jury found that Texaco Refining and Marketing, a subsidiary of California-based ChevronTexaco, had knowingly made false promises to Fort Lauderdale-based Apex Development to induce Apex to build Texaco Xpress Lube retail sites in Florida. The jury found Apex had suffered no economic damages, but a day later, it delivered a $33.8 million punitive damages judgment on the grounds the corporate giant should be punished for bad behavior.
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November 16, 2005 | Law.com

A Pre-emptive Strike in Eminent Domain Battle

The Florida Redevelopment Association is fighting a high-stakes battle to keep control over the use of eminent domain by proposing changes in the state's takings law that are friendlier to property owners. A bill by the group would reassure property owners that government agencies could seize property through eminent domain only as a last resort. The proposal comes as a special legislative committee focuses on issues raised by last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New London, Conn.
7 minute read
March 01, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

Uncertain Future Ahead for Legal Aid Funding Legal Threat Real or Imaginary Money?

The issue of funding legal services for the poor may once again put the U.S. Supreme Court in the position of voiding a decision of the Florida Supreme Court.
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May 04, 2001 | Law.com

Violence Reaction

No doubt, America is a violent place and the endless string of workplace shootings has made employers increasingly edgy. While they're reluctant to admit it, these tragedies are boosting business for labor and employment lawyers. Besides protecting the safety of the workers, the goal of these lawyers is to head off costly lawsuits against the employers.
9 minute read
September 14, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Board of Contributors: Immigration programs can create jobs, attorney says

Two contentious topics - job creation and immigration - provide an interesting interplay that can actually stimulate significant economic activity.
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