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September 12, 2012 | Law.com

Stearns Weaver Partners Latest Large Firm Lawyers to Start Own Practice

Former Florida Senator Dan Gelber has formed a new firm with Adam Schachter and Gerald Greenberg from Stearns Weaver -- the latest in a string of large firm partners who've left to start their own firms. Three lawyers recently left White & Case's Miami office to launch their own firm.
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April 28, 2006 | National Law Journal

Millions in Fees in ExxonMobil Case Delayed Amid Lawyer Misconduct Claims

A fight over legal fees that could exceed $450 million has gotten nastier. At a hearing Thursday, a Florida court was expected to rule on the award percentage that a group of attorneys would receive. But after lead trial counsel Eugene Stearns filed an emergency motion Wednesday alleging that "shocking" new facts about lawyer misconduct had surfaced, the court agreed to consider the evidence and set a May 3 hearing. The fee dispute stems from the $1.5 billion settlement of a class action against ExxonMobil.
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May 01, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Claims of Misconduct In ExxonMobil Case Delay Millions in Fees

The pit bull fight over hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees stemming from the $1.5 billion settlement of the ExxonMobil class action case has gotten nastier.
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October 04, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Trial decides if CEO knowingly made false statements

Only 11 trials claiming violations of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act have been held since Congress clamped down on shareholder lawsuits in 1995.
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February 29, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Rothstein investors trial includes punitives, 2-month time limit

Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld sought depositions of key bank officers and got both sides to agree on a jury questionnaire leading up to the trial for investors suing Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust over its relationship with Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.
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October 21, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Murray Greenberg Leaving Stearns Weaver To Join Son's Law Firm

Former longtime Miami-Dade County Attorney Murray Greenberg is joining Gelber Schachter & Greenberg as of counsel.
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April 28, 2006 | Law.com

Millions in Fees in ExxonMobil Case Delayed Amid Lawyer Misconduct Claims

A fight over legal fees that could exceed $450 million has gotten nastier. At a hearing Thursday, a Florida court was expected to rule on the award percentage that a group of attorneys would receive. But after lead trial counsel Eugene Stearns filed an emergency motion Wednesday alleging that "shocking" new facts about lawyer misconduct had surfaced, the court agreed to consider the evidence and set a May 3 hearing. The fee dispute stems from the $1.5 billion settlement of a class action against ExxonMobil.
4 minute read
September 29, 2006 | Law.com

Compensation Survey Shows Lofty Rewards for Firms

Eugene Stearns is a pricey lawyer to have on your side, billing $700 an hour, the highest fee found for a south Florida attorney in a recent lawyer billing survey. But the Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson plaintiffs attorney says his firm turns work away each day, so "the market is responding to the appropriateness of the rates that we charge." The survey also found that while senior partners at large law firms charge high rates, in some cases boutiques can command just as much.
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July 14, 2011 | Daily Business Review

BankAtlantic companion lawsuit settled

A companion lawsuit to a high-profile class action filed by shareholders of Fort Lauderdale-based BankAtlantic Bancorp against the bank holding company has been settled with both sides walking away.
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December 06, 2011 | Law.com

Attorneys vying for piece of $123 million pie in Bank of America overdraft settlement

Similarly to the $1 billion Exxon class action case that led to a bitter fee fight before U.S. District Judge Alan Gold, a major battle is shaping up over some $123 million in attorney fees in the massive Bank of America overdraft class action.
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