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November 05, 2009 |

Angry Rothstein investors line up at the courthouse

Three South Florida limited liability companies filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming Rothstein and the firm owed them $4.2 million for settlement investments.
7 minute read
June 08, 2009 |

Whistleblowers get more power

The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, which President Obama signed into law on May 20, aims at improving the government's ability to investigate and prosecute financial frauds such as mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs. Although FERA was primarily intended to target financial frauds, provisions of the law expanding the False Claims Act and its whistleblower provisions apply equally to the health care industry.
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In the Matter of the Marriage of Leanne Farrell Collier, et al.
Publication Date: 2011-01-05
Practice Area: Family Law
Industry:
Court: Tex. App. Dist. 7
Judge: Mackey K. Hancock Justice
Attorneys:
For plaintiff:
For defendant:
Case number: NO. 07-09-00146-CV

Before CAMPBELL and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.OPINIONAppellant, Robert Greg Collier, appeals a final decree of divorce that dissolved the marriage between himself and appellee, Leanne Farrell Co

September 26, 2011 |

Firms hiring for Florida foreclosures

Julie Kay [email protected] firms from throughout the country have opened offices in Florida to capture foreclosure business abandoned by the Law Offices of David J. Stern and Ben-Ezra Katz in the wake of investigations into possible foreclosure fraud.The largest of the new firms is Atlanta-based McCalla Raymer, which has four Florida offices, including one in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
6 minute read
July 13, 2009 |

Ferrell Law Winds Down Practice After Sole Shareholder's Death

Litigation boutique Ferrell Law is being shuttered after it disintegrated in the wake of the death of prominent Miami attorney Milton Ferrell Jr., its sole equity shareholder and main rainmaker. The firm had shrunk from 67 attorneys in 17 offices worldwide to 20 lawyers at the time of Ferrell's death last November. Some disputes developed among the attorneys over who would get which firm clients after his death, but no litigation resulted, a source familiar with the breakup said on condition of anonymity.
5 minute read
February 13, 2012 |

MOVERS

Thomas Beimers joins the Faegre Baker Daniels' health care team as special counsel to the Minneap�olis office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
3 minute read
October 25, 2002 |

Fee Arrangement Between Clinic and Physician Management Firm Upheld

A Florida appellate court has affirmed a ruling that portions of a medical group's contract with its physician management firm constituted illegal fee splitting. The court remanded the case for further fact-finding, including a determination of whether the illegal portions of the contract rendered a noncompete agreement between a doctor and his former medical group unenforceable.
5 minute read
June 23, 2010 |

3rd DCA grants new trial for BDO Seidman

Accounting giant BDO Seidman won its bid for a new trial today when the 3rd District Court of Appeal overturned a $522 million verdict for Banco Espirito Santo.
4 minute read
December 08, 2008 |

A nationwide sampling of law firm billing rates

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June 24, 2010 |

Fla. Court Tosses Out $522 Million Verdict Against Accounting Firm

Accounting giant BDO Seidman won its bid for a new trial Wednesday when an appeals court overturned a record $522 million verdict for Espirito Santo Bank, finding the Chicago firm was put in the unfair position of defending itself in a three-phase trial. BDO was charged with failing to catch fraud related to the collapse of E.S. Bankest, partly owned by Espirito Santo. "What this opinion gets to is investors who have no relationship with accounting firms can't sue them to recover their losses," said a defense lawyer in the case.
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