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March 11, 2004 |

Broad & Cassel Loses Three Miami Lawyers to Duane Morris

Less than a week after Broad Cassel named prominent white-collar defender Dan Small its Miami litigation chief, Small and two other lawyers have quit to join Duane Morris.
4 minute read
November 21, 2005 |

Is a transfer of lender voting rights enforceable?

The recent explosion in merger activity invites challenges to the enforceability of provisions purporting to transfer voting rights to senior lenders in bankruptcy.
8 minute read
September 17, 2008 |

Florida Courts Take Auctions to the Web

Florida courts, deluged with foreclosures, are heading online to streamline the process. Two Florida counties -- Duval and Manatee -- became the first counties in the country to auction off foreclosed properties online, using Realauction.com. Will other state courts follow suit?
4 minute read
May 27, 2004 |

No Sanctions for Bank's Miami Lawyers

A federal judge has denied a long-standing bid by the former chairman of Banco Latino International of Miami to have the bank's estate cover $1.2 million in legal fees he incurred while fighting to clear his name of fraud allegations. The ruling is the second setback for Gustavo Gomez Lopez, who earlier saw the rejection of his petition for sanctions against the law firm Akerman Senterfitt, which had represented Banco Latino International.
3 minute read
September 29, 2006 |

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.
13 minute read
September 29, 2011 |

Making Partner Gets Tougher

Law firms are promoting fewer partners, and the partnership track is longer. And, experts say it's going to stay that way, even after an economic recovery.
8 minute read
June 29, 2011 |

Akerman attorneys moved fast to help client buy Herald property

Neisen Kasdin, Spencer Crowley, Brenda Goerks, Susanne Zabloudil, Javier Fernandez and Rich Bezold represented an affiliate of Malaysia-based Genting Group in its $236 million acquisition of the Miami Herald's headquarters building and surrounding land.
3 minute read
November 04, 2010 |

Florida lobbying firms trying to figure out what election night means for their practices

Among the new realities firms are digesting: This is the first time in modern history the U.S. House flipped its majority party and the U.S. Senate didn't; the governor's office, Cabinet and Legislature are controlled by Republicans; and a relative unknown will govern Florida.
5 minute read
July 14, 2003 |

$33.8M in punitives-yet no compensatories

Miami-In the span of 24 hours, a subsidiary of ChevronTexaco Corp. went from satisfaction over being found not liable for compensatory damages in a Florida trial court fraud lawsuit to dismay over being hit with a $33.8 million punitive damages verdict.
4 minute read
July 16, 2007 |

The Diversity Scorecard

This year's survey counted the number of new minority partners at more than 200 firms. Firms are adding color to their partnership ranks � but don't hold your breath. Real diversity is going to take a while.
12 minute read

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