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November 13, 2000 |

Fishing For A Niche

With the explosive growth of new practice areas, law firm managers are trying to determine which practice groups to ramp up and which to play down. But what are the hottest legal growth fields? And how should law firm managers make these calls? The best way is to investigate the needs of existing clients.
12 minute read
August 03, 2006 |

11th Circuit Remands $400,000 in Sanctions Against Employment Lawyers

The 11th Circuit has overturned nearly $400,000 in sanctions imposed against two Florida employment lawyers for bringing an allegedly frivolous sexual harassment suit against the Denny's restaurant chain. The order by U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard was one of a series of stiff sanctions that many observers said chilled lawyers from bringing such cases in federal court. The 11th Circuit panel found that Lenard committed reversible error when she did not rely on the findings of the magistrate judge.
8 minute read
January 25, 2008 |

Workplace Discrimination: Hitting the 'Maternal Wall'

You've heard about the glass ceiling. Welcome to the maternal wall. Some labor attorneys in Florida say a lot of women are walking into their offices saying they are victims of workplace discrimination in family care-giving matters.
6 minute read
December 30, 2010 |

Court allows lawyers seeking sanctions to recover costs

A sharply worded opinion by 11th U.S. Circuit Judge Ed Carnes upheld $387,738 in sanctions against Fort Lauderdale lawyers Bill and Karen Amlong.
5 minute read
December 04, 2001 |

Forum Shopping

The current economic and political climate makes it more difficult for disgruntled employees to win judgments, particularly in federal court. Plaintiffs, whose employment suits already face an increasingly skeptical reception from federal judges in Florida and nationwide, are taking their cases to what they believe are the friendlier confines of state court.
7 minute read
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November 20, 2008 |

Wave of layoffs a legal minefield

The sinking economy may have triggered tough times for some law firms, but it's been a boon for lawyers hired to plan and execute layoffs in every corner of Corporate America.It's no easy task, they note, stressing that layoffs gone wrong can trigger discrimination lawsuits, wrongful discharge claims and disparate-impact class actions.
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January 09, 2002 |

Ruden McClosky Partner Blasts Sanctions Over Employment Bias Case

Carl Schuster, the managing partner of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.'s Ruden McClosky Smith Schuster & Russell, defended his firm and a Ruden McClosky partner in the wake of U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz's order slapping both for sanctions for filing a "baseless" employment discrimination case "without adequate investigation or circumspection."
3 minute read
June 13, 2008 |

Employers push waivers in wage disputes

As overtime lawsuits continue to explode around the country, employment defense lawyers are getting increasingly creative in advising employers how to skirt such suits.Although arbitration agreements are starting to wane in popularity, many defense lawyers are now urging employers to have employees sign class action and jury trial waivers.
6 minute read
February 06, 2001 |

Backseat Driver?

JM Family Enterprises of South Florida has made Fortune Magazine's list of the country's 100 best employers for four years running, and the company CEO boasts of the company policies and philanthropic activities. But former employee Michael J. Coyle says the benevolence ended -- and Big Brother oversight began -- when he married into the estimated $6.6 billion family enterprise headed by his mother-in-law.
5 minute read
September 27, 2001 |

Florida Firm Faces Sanctions of up to $700,000 for Suit Found Baseless

Broward County, Fla.'s largest law firm and one of its partners could face sanctions of up to $700,000 for making what a federal magistrate found to be frivolous claims in a racial discrimination lawsuit against Massachusetts-based Ocean Spray. U.S. Magistrate Barry Garber in Miami recommended the sanctions against Fort Lauderdale firm Ruden McClosky Smith Schuster & Russell and partner Barry Mandelkorn.
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