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Downtown Fort Lauderdale office market faces uphill battle
Las Olas Boulevard office buildings are holding their own, but the downtown Fort Lauderdale market ended 2011 with a 20.8 percent vacancy rate, or about 1.1 million square feet of empty space.Florida law firms figure prominently in list of failures
It's easy to think of 2011 as yet another chapter in a long trend of regional firm consolidation. While that may be true, the year also has seen its share of law firm failures -- with many of them in the Sunshine State.Crash, Layoffs, Defections Trigger Shakeup in Firm Leadership
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.Florida Firm Faces Sanctions of up to $700,000 for Suit Found Baseless
Broward County, Fla.'s largest law firm and one of its partners could face sanctions of up to $700,000 for making what a federal magistrate found to be frivolous claims in a racial discrimination lawsuit against Massachusetts-based Ocean Spray. U.S. Magistrate Barry Garber in Miami recommended the sanctions against Fort Lauderdale firm Ruden McClosky Smith Schuster & Russell and partner Barry Mandelkorn.Another Florida Election Folly -- Via E-Mail
An e-mail sent by former Florida Bar president Terrence Russell to about 100 lawyers around the state endorsing Democratic attorney general candidate Buddy Dyer on Election Day irked attorneys and prompted one company to vow never to hire Russell's law firm. Russell didn't run afoul of any Bar rules, but the inadvertently created e-mail traffic, caused by each reply getting copied to the entire list of recipients, drew considerable ire.Shutts & Bowen adds 4 lawyers to Lauderdale office
Shutts & Bowen is expanding its Fort Lauderdale office and its health-care practice with the addition of four lawyers.Merger creates Fort Lauderdale legal powerhouse
Fort Lauderdale-based Atkinson Diner Stone Mankuta & Ploucha will merge with statewide firm Fowler White Boggs, creating a powerhouse Fort Lauderdale office with two former Florida Bar presidents.Star power helps determine lawyer compensation
Bankruptcy attorneys with star power are in demand and command rising rates. But the recession is still holding down billing rates for other lawyers.Justice Watch: BankAtlantic verdict to buoy suits against big banks
Since enactment of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, attorneys in the field say only about 12 cases have gone to trial in 15 years. But some legal observers say last week's verdict in a securities fraud class action against BankAtlantic Bancorp may nudge that door open a little bit as plaintiff attorneys look to capitalize on the nation's appetite for holding financial institutions accountable for the recession. "It is certainly going to be a blueprint for plaintiffs attorney to look at," said former Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Richard Serafini, who is now of counsel for Ruden McClosky in Fort Lauderdale.Trending Stories
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