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A Friend

Quote of the Day - 21 May 2013

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Courthouse Blogger Faces Bar Scrutiny After Criticizing Judges

Florida - 21 May 2013

Bill Gelin, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer whose courthouse blog trades in news and gossip about South Florida’s legal community, is fighting off an investigation by the Florida Bar after publishing articles that criticized judges in Palm Beach and Broward counties. The Bar’s action may provide a test case to determine just how far a lawyer [...]

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Experts Face Off On Ethics Questions

Florida - 21 May 2013

Larry Fox, a Yale University law professor, testified Friday [May 17] that prominent Sarasota attorney Robert Messick’s conflicts of interest in a First Priority Bank land deal were the worst he’s ever seen. Fox said Messick and his Icard Merrill law firm represented too many clients in the same Manatee County real estate deal. The [...]

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Justice Watch: U.S. Supreme Court May Use Florida Case To Redefine Property Rights

Florida - 21 May 2013

The Koontz family’s case and its nearly two-decade old fight to allow a sliver of land to be developed without having to pay for off-site mitigation now resides with the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The issue before the justices is whether the government can demand off-site mitigation for allowing property it deems wetlands [...]

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Editorial: Scott Should Veto “Timely Justice Act” On The Death Penalty

Florida - 21 May 2013

An editorial by the Palm Beach Post urges Gov. Scott to veto the Timely Justice Act, aimed to speed up executions. The editorial states that “in the state with the most exonerations from Death Row — 24 since 1979 — this would be like giving Bernie Madoff a new line of credit.” A Times-Union article [...]

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Letter: Scott Should Leave $1 Million In State Budget For Legal Aid To The Poor

Florida - 21 May 2013

Letter by Robert Bertisch, executive director of the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County. Bertisch urges Gov. Rick Scott to support the $1 million appropriation in the state budget to fund the Florida Access to Civil Legal Assistance Act (FACLA). The money helps to address the civil legal needs of those whose incomes are [...]

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Judicial Profile: Judge Rebull Missed Andrew While Attending Law School

Florida - 21 May 2013

A profile of Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Thomas J. Rebull. The Miami native considers missing Hurricane Andrew a lifelong regret. “The first day of the first year of law school, Hurricane Andrew hit — in August 1992. And I was there and not here . . . it’s always been weird to me that one of [...]

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Appeals Court Overturns Tobacco Settlement Due To Duval Judges’s “Critical Misunderstanding”

Florida - 21 May 2013

The 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee has ruled that Duval County Judge Tyrie Boyer used flawed logic in 2011 when awarding nearly $15 million as part of a tobacco settlement. The case surrounds Patricia Allen, who smoked for 36 years before dying in 2009 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. As a result, her [...]

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Missing Boca Attorney Has Ties With Companies Facing FTC Lawsuit

Florida - 21 May 2013

Missing Boca Raton attorney Timothy McCabe got some of his clients through companies the Federal Trade Commission alleges were part of a phony mortgage relief scheme that took in more than $23 million before being shut down, according to court records and interviews with federal authorities. The FTC is suing Fort Lauderdale-based Prime Legal Plans, [...]

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Guest Opinion: Archaic Family Laws Need Reform In Florida

Florida - 21 May 2013

Opinion column by Alan Frisher, spokesman and co-director of Family Law Reform, Inc. Frisher discusses Gov. Scott’s decision to veto legislation to eliminate permanent alimony. He states that the award of permanent alimony “is unfair, not just to the payers but to their children, their new spouses — and even the recipients, who are told [...]

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