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October 27, 2006 |

Fla. Bar Urged to Help Estate Lawyers Avoid Ethics Pitfall

Some estate and trust lawyers are urging the Florida Bar to recommend tighter rules for their profession. Florida Supreme Court rules prohibit lawyers from being named as beneficiaries in the wills they draft for clients, but nothing stops them from being designated as personal representative or trustee. The head of the Bar's real property, probate and trust law section says too many lawyers "are writing themselves into documents for their own personal gain."
4 minute read
February 11, 2010 |

Miami may sell land to deal with budget crisis

Facing a $45 million budget shortfall, the city of Miami is considering selling off real estate in a market that heavily favors bargain-hunting buyers.
6 minute read
June 01, 2010 |

Adams and Reese: Been There, Done That

To blunt the effects of the recession, five Second Hundred firms reached deep into their toolkits.
3 minute read
October 20, 2009 |

As interest rises, prices fall, note deals take off

Investors, lenders and developers are increasingly reaching deals for delinquent notes on troubled South Florida real estate projects.
7 minute read
October 30, 2006 |

Florida Bar Urged to Help Estate Lawyers Avoid Ethics Pitfall

Some estate and trust lawyers are urging the Florida Bar Association to recommend tighter rules governing lawyers who draft a client's will or trust and also serve as the personal representative or trustee for the estate.
4 minute read
March 14, 2011 |

RUDEN MCCLOSKY

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June 18, 2012 |

Learning lessons from Dewey

In the quest for growth, smaller firms look at bigger firms to steal increasingly frugal clients. But all law firms are focusing on cost controls after seeing the implosion of bankrupt Dewey & LeBoeuf.
10 minute read
March 12, 2012 |

New Partners 2012: Diversity suffers with firms in survival mode

In South Florida, law firms are promoting Hispanics in great numbers and women in fewer numbers, but blacks, Asians and Muslims are being overlooked. Those are the findings from the 2012 Daily Business Review New Partners Survey.
8 minute read
November 26, 2001 |

Somebody's Fool

Employment discrimination lawsuits, the second-most common type of filing in federal courts nationwide, are usually "he said, she said" cases, with allegations often turning out to be untrue. This hurts people with legitimate complaints, and places employment lawyers in increasing peril. Federal judges are now frequently imposing sanctions on attorneys for filing frivolous suits and other violations.
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