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October 29, 2009 |

Fla. Managing Partners Survey Shows Year of Retrenchment

Firms across South Florida slashed expenses this year by cutting attorneys and staff, renegotiating with vendors and eliminating lavish firm dinners and retreats, according to a Daily Business Review survey of 76 area law firm leaders. Revenue per lawyer dropped or remained flat at 48 percent of firms last year, with large firms hardest hit, according to the survey. And just 34 percent of managing partners expect increased partner profits this year compared with 70 percent last year.
10 minute read
June 21, 2010 |

Texting case vexed justices

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that employers can search the workplace devices of their employees. But under the Fourth Amendment, the Court also said, the searches have to be reasonable and driven by rational motivations.
4 minute read
November 03, 2008 |

MOVERS

Angelyn Lim joined Dechert's financial services group as partner in the Hong Kong office. Lim was a senior consultant at Herbert Smith and, before that, a partner at Stephenson Harwood & Lo. Plus, more of this week's movers.
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October 11, 2011 |

On Appeal: Court rules Legislature can expand slots beyond Miami-Dade, Broward

The Florida Constitution does not prohibit the Legislature from expanding slot-machine gaming beyond Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Under the Legislature's amended definition of what constitutes an eligible facility in 2009, any county may vote to authorize slot machine gaming.
8 minute read
May 25, 2010 |

Judge wipes out homeowner's $207,000 mortgage

Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Bailey cancels $207,000 homeowner owes HSBC because lender violated order to post bond.
6 minute read
April 23, 2010 |

Various defendant groups gear up for trials in Chinese drywall litigation

So far, the multidistrict litigation battle over tainted drywall has focused mostly on Chinese suppliers, but other defendant groups are gearing up for court fights this year, including installers of the construction material.
3 minute read
May 27, 2010 |

Blasting Bank's Lawyer, Judge Wipes Out Homeowner's $207,000 Mortgage

Judge Jennifer Bailey canceled Orlando Eslava's mortgage debt after lender HSBC Bank USA ignored her previous order to post a $414,000 bond. Bailey expressed disbelief that HSBC had opposed canceling a foreclosure sale when Eslava was in the middle of a loan modification trial. Calling the bank's opposition "idiotic," Bailey told the HSBC lawyer that "somehow in Foreclosure World everybody thinks ... you can ... walk in here and ask judges for things left and right without even knowing what's going on."
6 minute read
September 27, 2012 |

Duo gains $6 million settlement after errant advice on private meetings

L. Louis Mrachek and Alan B. Rose used admissions by hospital counsel that his interpretations of the Sunshine Law were relied upon in a merger deal even though he had never researched it.
3 minute read
May 24, 2010 |

Movers

Burton Brillhart joins McGlinchey Stafford's national consumer financial services team in the Dallas office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
3 minute read
April 28, 2004 |

Bugs as a Niche: Suits Against Orkin Spread

David [email protected] YORK-In the beginning, they invaded his dreams. "I would wake up in the middle of the night, worrying about termites devouring my house," said Peter M. Cardillo, a Florida lawyer who began suing pest-control companies eight years ago. He got over it. Now Cardillo's whole practice is devoted to this niche.
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