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Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. Cypress et al

  1. March 19, 2015

    Fla. Tribe Scoffs At Delay Accusations In $1M Sanctions Row

    The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians on Wednesday denied accusations by its former outside counsel that the tribe sought to delay reconsideration of a $1 million sanctions ruling by a Florida federal judge in a failed embezzlement case, arguing that it had timely asked the court to examine manifest errors.

  2. March 09, 2015

    Fla. Tribe Accused Of Delaying Tactics Over Sanctions

    Former outside counsel for the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians asked a Florida federal judge Monday to reject the tribe's request to reconsider her $1 million sanctions ruling in a failed embezzlement case, arguing the tribe and its general counsel sought to delay the appeal to prevent the Eleventh Circuit from hearing the dispute at the same time as the appeal of the complaint.

  3. January 16, 2015

    Fla. Tribe, Atty Ordered To Pay $1M In Sanctions Fight

    A Florida federal judge on Friday ordered Florida's Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and an attorney representing the tribe in a failed embezzlement case against the tribe's former counsel to pay more than $1 million in sanctions, calling the attorney's behavior "egregious and abhorrent."

  4. October 24, 2014

    Fla. Tribe Loses Bid To DQ Judge From Sanctions Case

    Florida's Miccosukee Tribe of Indians lost a bid Thursday to have a judge removed from sanctions proceedings in Florida federal court over allegations the tribe filed a bad-faith embezzlement suit against its former counsel Lewis Tein PL and attorney Dexter Wayne Lehtinen.

  5. October 22, 2014

    Morgan Stanley Asks 11th Circ. To Nix Tribe's $26M RICO Suit

    Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has asked the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a lower court's refusal to allow an Indian tribe to sue the company for allegedly helping to embezzle $26 million from it, arguing that an arbitration agreement be upheld because it was made with an authorized chairman.

  6. September 19, 2014

    Timing Criticized In Fla. Tribe's Attempt To Oust Judge

    The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and its attorneys' recent motion to disqualify the federal judge on a sanctions case over the tribe's allegedly bad faith embezzlement suit against them was not timely and lacks merit, two of the plaintiffs said Thursday.

  7. September 11, 2014

    Fla. Tribe Wants Fed. Judge DQ'd From Sanctions Case

    A Florida tribe and its attorneys moved to disqualify the federal judge on a sanctions case brought by the tribe's former counsel over the tribe's allegedly bad faith embezzlement suit, saying Wednesday she has shown bias on the bench.

  8. June 09, 2014

    11th Circ. Rejects Fla. Tribe's Request To Reinstate Atty

    The Eleventh Circuit on Monday refused to take up an appeal of the disqualification of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida's attorney in its acrimonious dispute with its ex-counsel and former chairman over an alleged embezzlement scheme.

  9. June 06, 2014

    Judge Chides Fla. Tribe's 'Ludicrous' Counter-DQ Attempt

    A Florida federal judge on Friday rejected the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida's attempt to disqualify opposing counsel during a hearing over sanctions sought by the tribe's former attorneys, calling the motion "absolutely ludicrous."

  10. June 05, 2014

    Fla. Tribe's Counsel DQ'd In Ex-Attys' Sanctions Bid

    An evidentiary hearing over sanctions in a messy dispute between the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and its ex-attorneys proved unready to launch Thursday, instead leaving a frustrated federal judge smoldering on the bench after she found cause to disqualify the tribe's new counsel.

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