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  1. June 15, 2026

    Carlton Fields Pushes To Be Involved In Miss America Hearing

    Carlton Fields pushed back Monday on a request from the CEO of Miss America and companies linked to the pageant to bar a firm attorney from a status conference in their litigation over Miss America's bankruptcy and filed a motion to intervene in the case.

  2. June 11, 2026

    Miss America CEO Wants Ex-Atty Barred From Court

    The CEO of Miss America and companies linked to the pageant asked a Florida federal court on Thursday to bar their former counsel Carlton Fields from a status conference in their litigation over Miss America's bankruptcy, arguing the firm is not a party and is no longer counsel of record.

  3. June 08, 2026

    Judge Awards $2.2M In Sanctions In $500M Miss America Spat

    A Florida businessman who claims that he owns the Miss America pageant and his attorney were ordered Monday to pay $2.2 million in sanctions for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the pageant and using them to put the company into bankruptcy.

  4. April 06, 2026

    Atty Appeals Sanctions Order In $500M Miss America Fight

    An attorney sanctioned for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the Miss America pageant and using them to help his client put the company into bankruptcy, indicated Monday that he is appealing the sanctions order to the Eleventh Circuit.

  5. March 09, 2026

    Judge OKs Sanctions In $500M Miss America Ownership Fight

    A Florida federal judge Monday sanctioned a businessman and his attorney for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the Miss America pageant and using the documents to put the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

  6. February 27, 2026

    Kluger Kaplan Exiting $500M Miss America Ownership Battle

    Kluger Kaplan attorneys said Friday they can no longer represent a businessman in a $500 million dispute over the ownership of the Miss America pageant, after a Florida federal court's questions to the lawyers about documents the court has found to be fraudulent put them in conflict with their client.

  7. February 02, 2026

    Businessman Fights Sanctions In $500M Miss America Feud

    Attorneys for a Florida businessman locked in a $500 million dispute over the ownership of the Miss America pageant urged a federal judge Monday not to sanction their client for filing allegedly false documents, arguing they withdrew the documents once they were notified of questions about their authenticity.

  8. January 30, 2026

    Atty Defends Retyped Docs In $500M Miss America Feud

    A Florida attorney testified Friday in a $500 million dispute over the ownership of the Miss America pageant to explain how the operating agreements for two companies associated with the competition were not false but retyped versions of the originals after his laptop was stolen on a trip to Ecuador.

  9. December 11, 2025

    Judge Probes Alleged Fake Docs In Miss America Dispute

    A Florida federal judge said Thursday that he wants to get to the bottom of the authenticity of operating agreements for two companies associated with the Miss America pageant filed in court in a $500 million dispute over the ownership of the competition.

  10. December 08, 2025

    Carlton Fields Steps Aside In 'Irreconcilable' Miss America Case

    A Florida federal judge allowed Carlton Fields and its attorneys on Monday to withdraw from representing the plaintiffs in a dispute over the ownership of the Miss America pageant, after the firm said "irreconcilable differences" drew it to ask to step down.