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89 matches for 'lawsuits'
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After bizarre, chaotic Wednesday, Florida House returns to normalcy
After spiraling into near-chaos late Wednesday, the Florida House returned to normalcy Thursday, with no robot-voices, threats of lawsuits, procedural brinksmanship or petty bickering on the floor.
“Today is a new day,” said House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel. He said he planned to close out the session in a way that is [...]
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MIA baggage-wrap firm loses 2 legal challenges
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TrueStar USA, the incumbent company that lost its lucrative contract for wrapping baggage at Miami International Airport, foundered this week in two lawsuits against its rival, Safe Wrap.
On Thursday, a Miami-Dade judge denied TrueStar’s attempt to block Safe Wrap from entering into a contract with Miami-Dade County. On Tuesday, a [...]
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Dale Picardat, Arrested for Looking Poor in Miami Beach, Settles With City for $70,000
For a city that routinely gets swindled by its bribe-taking employees, Miami Beach sure fights tooth and nail over its lawsuits.On Tuesday, city attorneys successfully appealed a $700,000 jury a...
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Pitbull Beats Lindsey Lohan Lawsuit, Defends First Amendment
When she's not appearing in a Los Angeles County criminal courtroom, Lindsay Lohan can be found filing frivolous lawsuits in the state of New York. And for nearly two years, the most frivolous o...
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Religious Risk To Obama Care Little For Teachers, Lots For Billionaire French Geography Lesson The Ghost of Richard Nixon Spring Break In HavanaBY SAM FIELDS
There are now 46 religiously based lawsuits attacking Obamacare’s requirement of birth control coverage. The Supreme Court will have the final say as to whether the “free exercise” clause of the First [...]
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Joel Chandler, Open Government Guru, Slaps South Florida Cities With Lawsuits
On the national stage, Florida has a golden reputation for its broad-ranging public records laws, called "Sunshine Laws." But in practice, our government institutions are often piss-poor, stone... [...]
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Joel Chandler, Open Government Guru, Slaps South Florida Cities With Lawsuits
On the national stage, Florida has a golden reputation for its broad-ranging public records laws, called "Sunshine Laws." But in practice, our government institutions are often piss-poor, stone... [...]
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ACLU Files First of Several Lawsuits Against Philadelphia PD for Arresting Citizens with Cameras
Number of comments: 10
As we’ve seen in cases throughout the United States, the Philadelphia Police Department’s guidelines to officers stating that citizens have the right to record went pretty much ignored, leaving the ACLU no choice but to sue them.
And considering Philly cops have committed so many violations against citizens who record [...]
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Legal dispute over 'Taj Mahal' artwork is finally over
A two-year legal dispute ended Thursday when the Legislative Budget Commission approved $514,884 in payment for framed artwork for the “Taj Mahal” courthouse for the 1st District Court of Appeals.
The original tab was $357,000, but it ballooned after two lawsuits and seven appeals when Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and [...]
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Borrowers Sue Banks More and More: Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules for Home Owner – Foreclosing Bank Loses, Had No Standing to Foreclose on Borrower
Borrowers are starting to file lawsuits against their mortgage lenders and banks are not only finding themselves as defendants in courtrooms across the country, they are also finding judges more than happy to rule against them and in favor of home owners and home loan borrowers. Which is what [...]
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ACLU touts court victories while state GOP attacks group
As the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida touted its courtroom victories against Gov. Rick Scott's administration Thursday, the Republican Party of Florida made a scathing rebuttal.
The party accused the civil rights group of ignoring the will of voters, inflating its successes and filing frivolous lawsuits that cost taxpayers tens of [...]
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Florida Foreclosure Mill Law Firm Discipline Continues: Marshall C. Watson Agrees to Florida Bar Suspension in Consent Judgment – Lawyer for Foreclosure Fraud Bank Held Accountable for Robosigning Activities
Number of comments: 3Back in 2010, then Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum instituted investigations into three Florida law firms that were handling lots and lots of foreclosure lawsuits on behalf of their lender clients. The Attorney General officially began looking into “improper documentation” filed by these law firms in Florida court records [...]
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The spirit of Christmas prevails
For fifty-nine years, residents of the city of Santa Monica, where I grew up, enjoyed the annual Santa Monica Nativity Scenes displayed during the Christmas Season at Palisades Park. After a messy battle with the usual atheist suspects, fighting threats of lawsuits, and untenable compromises,the city finally [...]
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CFO Jeff Atwater, Gov. Rick Scott settle 'Taj Mahal' art case, agree to pay Signature Art Gallery
After two years, two lawsuits and seven appeals, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Gov.Rick Scott on Tuesday agreed to pay Signature Art Gallery for framed photos ordered by judges at the 1st District Court of Appeal.
Instead of the $357,000 tab due when the photographs were completed, the state will pay almost $515,000, [...]
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Plain Talk About Competitive Keyword Ads Lawsuits
Number of comments: 1One of the things that used to drive me crazy back when I did more Trademark law was the brain-dead assertions made robotically, with — it seemed — the best faith in the world, by lawyers for Big Trademark. They not only believed that they “owned” the words in their [...]
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Lewis Tein RICO Suit Update: Somebody Got "Disemboweled"; Also Martians in Spaceships!
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How many pithy quotes can Paul Calli manage to wedge into John Pacenti's latest on the Miccosukee Tribe v. Lewis Tein matter?
And the hits just keep on coming:
A most unpleasant image!"Jasper Nelson's deposition disembowels the tribe's wild accusations and lawsuits," Calli said.
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Ray Charles Trust Litigation: Beneficiaries Fighting for More, the Lesson of Being Clear in Trust Bequests
Another lesson in trust lawsuits – and for Floridians, on how to plan their estates in advance to avoid these sorts of fights between beneficiaries after death – is happening right now in Los Angeles, California. It’s a case being heard by the Chief Judge of the United States [...]
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State ends contract with education website company amid warring lawsuits
Florida is terminating a $20 million contract to build a website intended to help students, parents and teachers master new academic standards.
The Department of Education officially ended the contract on Tuesday, or roughly a week after the Tallahassee technology company hired to build the website filed its own lawsuit against [...]
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Did the Mayor and Councilman Ignore the City Attorney?
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On May 8, 2012 John H. Ruiz served notice that he had filed two lawsuits against the City of Homestead.
One would assume the City Attorney provided instruction to City Council members to avoid any and all contact with the plaintiff.
The [...]
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Miami archbishop sues Obama Admin. over contraception 18 days before election, notes Biden debate remarks
From the Catholic News Agency, which doesn't note the timing of a lawsuit 18 days before the presidential election:
The Archdiocese of Miami and two other Catholic entities filed a lawsuit today against the HHS mandate, adding to the dozens of lawsuits already filed in the matter.
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Vote could grease skids for Miami-Dade’s neglected neighborhoods to become cities
Miami-Dade County leaders have spent decades grappling over incorporation, fighting to maintain control of county land and resources against constituents who want a city government closer to home.
The saga resembles a soap opera: Longtime allies spewing insults at each other over new city proposals. Dueling lawsuits. Multimillion dollar payouts to [...]
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Florida Man Would Like His Lock Of Simon Bolivar's Hair Back, Sues Venezuela
In Miami's federal courthouse downtown, thousands of lawsuits are filed every day over every conceivable kind of property: houses, boats, cars, drug money, jewelry, fine art. It's a fair bet, th...
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Armor Correctional Health Faces Jailhouse Lawsuits as BSO's Provider of Medical Care
Citizens in Milwaukee are revolting against their sheriff over poor health care in jails. Patients have serious untreated health-care needs, and the only services the jails provide is pulling teeth. S [...]
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Armor Correctional Health Faces Jailhouse Lawsuits as BSO's Provider of Medical Care
Citizens in Milwaukee are revolting against their sheriff over poor health care in jails. Patients have serious untreated health-care needs, and the only services the jails provide is pulling teeth. S [...]
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Judge moves up trial in Miami-Dade elections cases
The trial in a pair of lawsuits asking the courts to throw out absentee ballots cast in two Miami-Dade election contests has been moved up to October.
On Wednesday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Rosa I. Rodriguez signed an order scheduling the trial for Oct. 19. She had first proposed Nov. 5 -- [...]
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Judge schedules November hearing for Miami-Dade mayor, property appraiser election contests
The final hearing in a pair of lawsuits challenging the election results of last month's Miami-Dade mayor and property appraiser contests has been pushed back to November.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Rosa I. Rodriguez postponed the hearing, originally scheduled for Monday, to Nov. 5 -- the day before Election Day -- after [...]
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Kenneth Nolan Hits Panther While Riding Motorcycle, Sues Florida Department of Transportation
MyFWCSee also "Urban Sprawl Kills Endangered Florida Panther"Some lawsuits make you want to punch mankind's collective crotch and pray to the gods that the Mayans were right about the whole 2012 thing' [...]
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