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Daily Business Review

$27.5M Settlement Reached in Fontainebleau Las Vegas Bankruptcy

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A. Jay Cristol signed a settlement that ends litigation brought by the trustee against Jeffrey Soffer and his family's Turnberry companies.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Housing Agency Criticized for 'Harsh' Eviction Attempt

Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan held the New York City Housing Authority's attempt to evict a mentally ill senior citizen was "disproportionate to the offense of failing to appear at the scheduled hearing and, in light of all the circumstances, shocking to one's sense of fairness."
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

District Judges Must Decide Treatment, Circuit Rules

A federal judge cannot delegate to probation officers a decision on whether a convict on supervised release should get drug treatment in an outpatient or inpatient program, the Second Circuit ruled Monday.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Zoloft Plaintiffs Fail on Second Try to Keep Expert

The first expert offered by plaintiffs to show the antidepressant Zoloft caused birth defects in babies born to mothers who took it is still unacceptable, the federal judge handling the case has ruled.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Business Registration in Pa. Required Before Verdict

A company not registered to do business in Pennsylvania has until the verdict—and no later—to salvage what would otherwise be an invalid lawsuit given the state's ban on suits brought by unregistered companies, the state Superior Court has ruled.
5 minute read

Law.com

No lrreparable Harm = No Certiorari

Former Judge David M. Gersten discusses useful tips for practitioners seeking certiorari review.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Palm Beach Circuit Rule Would Redefine Abandoned Cases

Local Rule 9 would consider civil, family, probate and guardianship cases abandoned if not set for a hearing and heard within 90 days.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Middle Class Getting Squeezed Out of Courts. So What is Being Done About it?

Florida must do a better job of providing the poor and working middle class with legal representation, said a panel of judges and legal experts at a Legal Services Corp. seminar in Miami.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Rothstein Fallout: Ex-TD Bank Exec Accepts Banking Industry Ban

Frank Spinosa, who faces indictment for his role in disbarred lawyer Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme, agrees to a lifetime ban from the securities and banking industry in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Who Gets to Keep Court Registry Fee? Miccosukee Tribe Does in This Case

A state appeals court rules the tribe should get back its $72,000 fee spent successfully appealing a $4 million judgment.
6 minute read

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