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August 10, 2005 |

Fired Executive Alleges Fla. Bank Engaged in Improper Practices

An executive fired from Miami's Ocean Bank claims in a wrongful termination lawsuit that bank officers condoned discriminatory hiring, misused medical insurance funds to pay school tuition and used employees to work for an executive's personal company. Rolando Bichara, the bank's former second in command, contends he was fired for threatening to notify regulators and law enforcement of the alleged misconduct. He is seeking up to $21 million in compensatory damages.
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February 28, 2008 |

Ruling Strengthens Position Of Workers in Overtime Suits

Employee-rights attorneys have found some new ammunition in pursuing overtime lawsuits: a recent Second Circuit ruling that says employers must pay for overtime even if they did not approve it. Last month, the court held that a nursing staffing agency had sufficient knowledge that its nurses were working occasional unauthorized overtime shifts to give rise to a duty to prevent overtime if it wished to do so.
5 minute read
October 17, 2001 |

Less Urge to Merge

Merger and acquisition activity has dropped to the lowest level in nearly five years, and the events of Sept. 11 have dramatically slowed M&A activity in South Florida and nationwide. Signs of a rebound in the market are emerging, but according to market professionals, there will be significant changes in transaction structures and contracts.
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March 11, 2005 |

Florida Supreme Court Eases Shareholders' Road to Suits

The Florida Supreme Court has made it easier for disgruntled investors to sidestep mandatory arbitration and take securities disputes to court. However, those who seek to litigate rather than arbitrate will continue to face the hurdle of demonstrating that a brokerage took actions that waived its contractual right to arbitrate. Federal appellate courts are split on whether to require a showing that one party suffered prejudice to its case before waiving a contractual arbitration requirement.
6 minute read
March 16, 2001 |

Narrower Is Better

In the past, making partner at a top firm required big courtroom victories, booking new business and being a jack-of-all-trades. Those things still help, of course. But today, lawyers who never go to court, are not great rainmakers and are anything but versatile are breaking into the partner ranks. That's because they offer something just as valuable to law firms -- expertise.
5 minute read
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October 24, 2013 |

Power Lunch: Lobster Bar Sea Grille A Quiet Place To Get Good Food

Open for two months, the upscale Lobster Bar Sea Grille is wowing the Fort Lauderdale power crowd with fresh seafood flown in from Europe, fancy decor and good service.
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October 24, 2001 |

Preparing for the Worst

About a week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Miami attorney John Sumberg called the head of his firm's tax and estate planning department. "I need to update my will," Sumberg told him. Sumberg is not alone. South Florida estate planning lawyers, insurance brokers and financial planners report being inundated with calls from people who are making sure their families will be provided for if they aren't around.
5 minute read
October 22, 2010 |

SECURITIES LAW ROUNDTABLE

InterContinental Hotel Miami 100 Chopin Plaza Miami, FL 33131
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March 23, 2004 |

Fla. Lawmakers May Vote Today to Curb Lawyer Advertising

After proposing that the Florida Legislature assume responsibility for writing court procedural rules, some lawmakers now want to take over another judicial branch function by dramatically limiting lawyer advertising. Republican House Speaker Johnnie Byrd has inserted into a medical malpractice bill a provision calling for unprecedented restrictions on lawyers' advertisements to potential medical negligence claimants. The measure is expected to go to a vote today.
7 minute read
September 07, 2001 |

Law Firm Managers, Associates in Watchful, Wary Mood

William F. Lee, the managing partner of Boston's Hale and Dorr, recalls a conversation with a young associate who, when discussing the layoffs at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Cooley Godward, said, "Glad I'm here, not there." The conversation illustrates the mood at his, and many, firms. Attorneys are keeping a wary eye on the economy, but many feel that layoffs will be limited to firms that depended on dot-com business.
5 minute read

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