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Florida - August, 2013

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• 11th Circ. Revives Temple's Suit Against Fla. City
• Two Attorneys Charged In Link To Rothstein Ponzi Scheme
• Health Clinic Office Manager Gets 68 Months For $63M Fraud
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Amerijet Challenge To NLRB Probe
• Texas, Fla. Lead US In Rate Of Uninsured Residents
• Fla. Sens. Back $2.8M For Water Flow Improvement Projects
• QBE Not Liable For Wilma-Damaged Condo, Fla. Judge Rules
• Ex-Worker Accuses Wells Fargo Of Anti-Competitive Activity
• Fla. Regulator OKs Takeout Of 400K Citizens Property Policies
• $1B Fla. Development Not Subject To Voter Threshold Raise
• Fla. County Officials Fined For 'Textgate' Scandal
• New Fraud Suit Pins $1.2M Theft On Disbarred Fla. Atty
• Expressway Authority Buys Land For Orlando-To-Miami Train
• Fla. Bill Would Boost Corporate Tax Break
• Fla. DEP Enforcement Severely Stunted, Enviros Say
• How They Won It: Greenberg Defeats Deputies' Wage Claims
• US Atty Had Conflict In Bribery Probe, Ex-Ala. Gov. Claims
• Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Stiffed Servers On OT, Suit Says
• MPAA Claims Victory In Hotfile Copyright Suit
• Sealing The Deal: Bilzin Scores $1B Convention Center Project
• Fla. Firm Lydecker Diaz Acquires Miami Litigation Boutique
• Fla. Mayor Arrested For Secret Lobbying Activities
• Fla. Tabs $90M For Everglades Bridge To Improve Water Flow
• Don King Loses Appeal For Deposit In $23M Jai Alai Deal
• Judge Orders Arbitration In Overdraft MDL
• Hyatt Adds 6th Orlando Hotel With $717M Peabody Purchase
• St. Pete, Fla. Residents Vote To Cancel $50M Pier Project
• Endo Health To Pay $225M For Generics Company
• Doctor Must Serve 2 1/2 Years, Pay $8M For Medicare Fraud
• Akerman Senterfitt Takes New Office To Miami Entrepreneurs
• Qualcomm Gets Partial Win In ParkerVision Patent Suit
• Chinese Drywall Co. Fights Lennar's Suit In Fla. Appeals Court
• 4 Tips To Keep Clients From Tossing Money Down A Sinkhole
• Fla. County OKs Incentives To Lure Clean Energy Co.
• Ex-Fla. Rep Sues To Block Paid Sick Time Ballot Measure
• Army Corps Contractor's Pricing Didn't Violate FCA: Judge
• Greenberg Wrongly Garnished Account For Fees, Suit Says
• Arbitration Clause Enforcement Likely In Overdraft MDL
• Fla. Man's $30M Investment Scam Preyed On Haitians: Feds
• Fla. Investor Says Law Firms Have No Dibs On Rothstein Fees
• Fla. Judge Challenges State Panel's Ethics Charges
• Fla. Sonic Franchise Withheld OT Pay, Managers Say
• Philip Morris, Liggett Hit With $12.6M Engle Verdict
• Marketer In $205M Miami Medicare Scam Gets 34 Months
• DirecTV Says Text Spam Suit Is 'Smoke And Mirrors'
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bilzin Sumberg's Scott Baena
• GE Unit May Have Aided Petters' Ponzi Scheme, Judge Finds
• Fla. Attys Target Unprofessional Conduct Among Their Ranks
• Judge Won't Toss Miami Beach Club's $50M Malpractice Suit
• Ex-NFLer Says Agent Led Him To Bad Financial Adviser
• US Century Bank Seeks To Toss Shareholders' Direct Claims
• Fla. Foreman Must Pay $2.6M For Worker's Death
• Gunster Snags Fla. DEP Atty In Tallahassee Office
• Split Sidewalk? It's The Developer's (Or Lender's) Burden
• Real Estate PE Firm Acquires Age-Restricted Community
• The Fate Of Anti-Assignment Clauses After Bankruptcy
• DOJ Drops Money Laundering Case Against Miami Bank
• $110M Award Suit Wrongly Remanded, 11th Circ. Finds
• MSC Cruises Sues Credit Card Processors Over $2M In Fees
• AA, US Air Push For Nov. Trial Date As Opposition Mounts
• Union Sues Fla. Over Corrections Officers' Holiday Time
• Precious Metal Marketers Agree to $4.7M FTC Settlement
• Army Corps Eases Flows From Fla.'s Lake Okeechobee
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers Say Settlement Offers Kill TCPA Suit
• Fla. Citizens Insurer Seeks 6.6% Home Rate Increase
• Doc Asks For Mercy Over Role In $205M Medicare Fraud
• Fla. Approves Plan For Troubled Miami Theater
• Miami-Dade Appraiser Sues To Assert Office's Independence
• A-Rod's Cousin Gets Deposition Delayed In MLB Drug Suit
• Hooters Broke Hispanic Marketing Deal, Ad Agency Says
• Will FEC Complaint Dismissal Bring More Donor Secrecy?
• Fort Lauderdale OKs $250M Project On Historic Tree Site
• Metals Telemarketer To Pay $5M To Settle FTC Claims
• Fla. Gov. Raises Privacy Red Flags Over ACA 'Navigators'
• Versace Mansion Staff Says Rothstein Claim Is Improper
• Feds Owe Fla. $1.6B For Enviro Projects, Gov. Scott Says
• Docs' Blue Cross Antitrust Claims Barred By Prior Settlement
• Rainmaker Q&A: Ford & Harrison's Aaron Zandy
• Deals Rumor Mill: JC Penney, RBS, Blackstone
• Jones Day Inks Lease For 1st Fla. Office In New Miami Tower
• 11th Circ. Judge Barkett Takes Post At The Hague
• Jackson Hewitt Franchisee Stiffed Workers On OT, Suit Says
• Miami Casino Seeks Ch. 11 Shelter After $87M Default
• Akerman's Orlando Office Welcomes Back RE Shareholder
• Fla. County Kills $98M Washington Nationals Stadium Plan
• Brookstone Beats 'Generic' Acne Gel False Ad Suit In 11th Circ.
• Holland & Knight Lands Litigation Pro In Miami
• Miami Jai Alai Operator Appeals To Relocate Permit
• Fla. DOT Awards $5M In Freight Transportation Grants
• Shands Pays $26M Over Billing Errors At 6 Fla. Hospitals
• Atty Should Forfeit $5M From NFLer's Stock Scheme, US Says
• Millennium Labs' Kickback Suit Against Rival Survives
• Portis Leads 83 Players In NFL Concussion Suit In Miami
• South Fla. Feds Target Microcap Stock Fraudsters
• Fla. Court Reverses $10M Award In Football Death Case
• Mutual Benefits Exec Gets 15 Years For $837M Scam
• Fla. DOT Breached Hiring Deal For Rail Line, Union Says
• Fla. Insurance Regulator OKs Florida Blue Reorganization
• Ex-Fla. Legislators Back Immunity In Redistricting Row
• Marriott Inks $800M Deal To Hand Over 3 Edition Hotels
• 11th Circ. Sends Bankrupt BankUnited's Tax Refund To FDIC
• Greenspoon Taps Ex-Arnstein Atty To Head New Tampa Office
• Tobacco Cos. Ask High Court To Review Engle Decision
• Atty's Aide Gets 1 Year For Role In $1M Seminole Fee Fraud
• Former Fla. Lawmaker Arrested For Contract Bribes Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: Amgen, Newfield, Verizon
• Akerman Plans Move To Bigger Space In West Palm Beach
• Air Force Breached Fla. County Utility Contracts, CFC Finds
• Hedge Fund Row Doesn't Belong In US Court, 11th Circ. Says
• Fla. Appeals Court Reinstates Challenge To County Land Code
• DOJ Charges Fla. Airline Fuel Co. In Kickback Plot
• 11th Circ. Says Johnson Controls Can't Dodge IAP Atty Fees
• Airlines' Antitrust Lawyers: 'We're Litigating, Period'
• Miami Couple Sues Bar Over Deck Collapse During Heat Game
• Domino's Defied TCPA With Unwanted Texting, Suit Says
• RJR Can't Nix $3M Smoking Verdict In Fla. Appeals Court
• Discovery Can't Duck Contract Claim Over OWN Programming
• Tiara Decision Doesn't Signify Endless Tort Claims
• Greenberg Traurig Bumps 1st-Year Pay To $145K In South Fla.
• CFTC Says Fla. Co. Made $73M In Bogus Metals Transactions
• EPA Failed To Protect Fla. Waterways, Group Claims
• Fla. Gov. Plans To Sue Ga. Over Water Consumption
• Airline Merger Fight Set To Become Slugfest
• Gov't Flooding Threatens Endangered Sparrow, Suit Says
• Miami Airport Contractors Can't Extinguish Fuel-Fire Suit
• GMOs In Mission Chips Not 'Natural,' Fla. Consumer Says
• Fla. High Court Disbars Atty Charged With $8M Theft
• BOEM Gives Enviro Approval To 1st Hydrokinetic Project
• Wal-Mart, TracFone Face Suit Over 'Unlimited' Data Plan
• American-US Airways Merger Hits Antitrust Turbulence
• SEC Beats Class Action Over $7B Stanford Ponzi Losses
• Fate Of Fla. Keys Developers Hinges On Takings Appeals
• Whistleblower's FCA Suit Against Miami Transit Dept. Stands
• PE Firm Hit With Noncompete Suit Over Marketing Co. Sale
• Related Pulls Out Of Embattled $600M Miami Project
• Hunter Wise Execs Can't Halt CFTC's Trading Scheme Suit
• Vital Shakes False Ad Suit Over Fat Loss Supplement
• Wealth Manager Sues Partner Over $450M Investment Book
• Officials Offer Plan To Fund Orlando Soccer Stadium
• Landmark Status Caused $7M Loss, Fla. Landowner Says
• JPML Won't Join DSL Patent Suits Against AT&T, Others
• Miami Air Cargo Co. Sues Landlord Over Potential $24M Fees
• 10th Circ. Affirms Fla. Atty's Discipline In Colo. Court
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revive Foley & Lardner Malpractice Suit
• What To Know About Fla.'s New Fast-Track Foreclosure Law
• Air Force Contractors Charged In $5M Bribery, Fraud Scheme
• Municipal Issuers, Check Your Math
• HSBC Says Safra Stole Employees, Private Banking Clients
• Fla. Law Firm Accused Of Running Mortgage Relief Scams
• Fla. Exec To Serve 10 Years, Pay $38M For Tax Evasion
• 11th Circ. Revives Suit Over Geico's Exam Rule
• Fla. AG Targets Co. Running Mortgage Relief Scam
• Investor Balks At $285M Deal For Electronics Co. Issa Started
• PSS Says Ex-Workers Took Trade Secrets, Clients To New Co.
• Compounder Wins Transfer Of Eye Injury Suits To La.
• Judge Sinks Titanic Bid To Keep Trademark Dispute In Florida
• Fla. AG Freed From Testifying In $300M Gambling Case
• Philip Morris, Others Can't Duck $2.5M Verdict For Fla. Widow
• Why Fla. Has Become A Hot Spot For Patent Litigation
• Fla. Appeals Court Won't Rehear $28.8M Pentagon Oil Suit
• US Sugar Loses Appeal Over Rock Mining Permit
• Clayton-Johnston Atty Joins Fla. Judicial Commission
• Melamine-Tainted Milk Leads To Ch. 7 For Fla. Importer
• JPMorgan, Glencore Fixed Aluminum Storage Prices, Suit Says
• Fla. High Court Urged To Restore Betting Permit Conversions
• 2 South Fla. Mayors Charged With Bribery
• Shook Hardy Must Hand Over Atty Evals In Shapiro Ponzi Suit
• Wilson Elser Adds RE, Bankruptcy Pro In West Palm Beach
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Rio Tinto, Globe Tower
• Wal-Mart Uses Dukes Cert. Denial As Ammo In Fla. Battle
• Investors Sue Chef Philippe Chow Over Defunct Restaurants
• Orlando Venues Seek Millions In Orange Co. Tourism Funds
• Balfour Closes In On $508M Fla. Campus Project Contract
• FDIC Sues Defunct Fla. Bank Leaders Over Loan Practices
• Fla. AG Tries To Evade Deposition In $300M Gambling Case
• Roetzel Picks Up Securities Litigator In Fort Lauderdale
• Fla. Allows DEF To Charge Customers For Failed Nuke Projects
• 11th Circ. Sides With Sunair In Overheating Radio Amp Row
• Paulson Wants 11th Circ. To Ax Sino-Forest Loss Appeal
• Marketing Co. Dodges TCPA Text Spamming Class Suit
• US Can't Reap Fees From Clinic's $1.6M FCA Settlement
• Bilzin Sumberg Partner Reappointed To Judicial Commission
• Motorola Cable Boxes Infringe Video Patents, Suit Says
• Marshall & Ilsley To Pay $4M To Settle Overdraft Fee MDL
• Life Insurance Financier Settles Investor Suit For $14M
• Troubled Avantair Appointed Ch. 7 Trustee
• Sen. Wants Cruise Lines To Pay 'Fair Share' Of US Tax
• Jury Awards $37.5M To Smoker's Family In RJ Reynolds Suit
• Ethics Panel OKs Fla. Judges' Twitter Use In Re-Election Bids
• Fla. Legislators Fight Depositions In Redistricting Challenge
• Ex-TSA Worker Claims Airport Scanner Caused Tumor
• Prior Deal Bars Miami Airport Fuel Fire Suit, Contractor Says
• Duke Energy Cancels Plans For $25B Fla. Nuclear Plant
• Verizon Says Defunct Rival Can't Prove Antitrust Claims
• GrayRobinson Atty Named To Judicial Nominating Commission
• Financial Adviser Gets 30 Years For Fraud, Murder-For-Hire
• Tousa's Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Confirmed By Fla. Judge
• Mortgage Firm To Pay Shareholders $14M To End Fraud Suit
• Buchanan Ingersoll To Launch Fort Lauderdale Office
• Lawyers Should Be Focusing On Cloud Security