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September 18, 2009 |

Tangled Discrimination Case Ends in $4.5 Million Malpractice Award

Waiting more than a year to inform a client about the outcome of her case was a costly mistake for a Florida law firm. A jury on Wednesday awarded Jackie Young $4.5 million because her attorney at Becker & Poliakoff waited 13 months to tell her that her employment discrimination case had been dismissed. That case -- which alleged that BellSouth Corp. was unfairly denying promotions to black workers -- was dismissed by a judge in 2001 due to mistakes in the original complaint filed by Becker attorneys.
3 minute read
October 19, 2009 |

ASSOCIATE MOVERS

New associates at Nelson Mullins, Ruden McClosky and Proskauer Rose.
1 minute read
November 10, 2010 |

Bankruptcy Judge Recuses Over Fianc�'s Ties to Firm

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Olson has agreed to recuse himself from a case after he was accused of showing bias to his fianc�, a lawyer at a firm representing the trustee.
2 minute read
December 14, 2011 |

Major law firms handling Stiefel shareholder litigation

GlaxoSmithKline unit Stiefel Laboratories is gearing up for a legal fight with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which sued the Coral Gables-based company for allegedly duping shareholders out of $110 million.
1 minute read
November 24, 2010 |

Shakeup at Ruden McClosky gives reins to second-in-command Michael Krul

After a quarter-century as managing partner of Ruden McClosky, Carl Schuster will step down next year, to be succeeded by his second-in-command, Michael Krul. Schuster will serve as co-managing partner with Krul for one year before stepping down. He will return to his trust and estate practice in 2012. The moves were approved by a unanimous vote of all partners at the Fort Lauderdale-based firm, said Krul.
3 minute read
November 11, 2003 |

What's in a Name? Less

For more than a century, it was one of the plums offered to partners at big law firms. But lawyers in South Florida can no longer expect their last name to become part of a law firm moniker, living on forever in signs, letterhead and pleadings. That's because law firms have become more marketing-savvy and have realized the public can't remember six or seven names. The result? A sacrifice of syllables ... and egos.
2 minute read
May 12, 2010 |

Miami-Based Firm Forms Joint Venture With Caracas Firm

Genovese Joblove & Battista has formed a joint venture with a Venezuelan firm formerly affiliated with the defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler. The Miami-based firm entered into an agreement with Paoli Melo Bariona & Asociados in Caracas as a launching point for Latin American expansion. The Paoli firm now will be known as Despacho de Abogados Miembros Genovese Joblove & Battista.
4 minute read
May 12, 2010 |

With Crookedest Lawyer Ever Locked Up, Latin American Firm Finds New US Ally

Genovese Joblove & Battista has formed a joint venture with a Venezuelan firm formerly affiliated with the defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler.
4 minute read
September 25, 2009 |

Troubled condos test risky survival tactic

Faced with a massive judgment over an unpaid roofing bill, a condominium association in Boca Raton wants to liquidate, a drastic move that one attorney says "is absolutely uncharted waters."
7 minute read
December 17, 2010 |

Shutts & Bowen expands West Palm Beach presence

Shutts & Bowen is expanding its presence in West Palm Beach with the addition of four lawyers and more on the way. The recently expanded office at CityPlace Tower in West Palm Beach will soon have 22 lawyers.
2 minute read

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