A Florida Bar commission assigned to review its disciplinary system in the wake of the Scott Rothstein debacle has issued a report that some observers are calling long on public relations and short on solutions.
A Daily Business Review survey of 40 banks based in South Florida shows that their repossessed property holdings expanded while their worst class of loans, nonaccruals, shrank during the year ended March 31.

Duane Morris' Miami and Atlanta offices helped a judge determine that a Hialeah property where the previous leaseholder, British Petroleum, was the tenant could have been rented without a certificate of environmental remediation.

A company managed by developer Michael Adler acquired a Miami residential development site from City National Bank of Florida.

Robi Das, David Larson and David Preston of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Delphine Dray's company in obtaining a 10-year fixed-rate loan to refinance the 151-room National Hotel at 1677 Collins Ave.

Chevron blitzes U.S. courts to negate a $18.2 billion court award in Ecuador, alleging a corrupt judicial system in the Latin American country tainted the decision.

A Daily Business Review survey of 40 banks based in South Florida shows that their repossessed property holdings expanded while their worst class of loans, nonaccruals, shrank during the year ended March 31.

Every so often, lawyers have to attend subject matter conferences to remind themselves what kind of law they practice, writes The Rodent, but most of that time is spent at the bar on The Firm's dime.

Companies must react quickly to a natural disaster, but legal issues need to be considered before these immediate decisions, Diaz Reus partner Carlos F. Gonzalez writes. After all, no one wants to be the target of an anti-corruption investigation after the dust has settled.

The growth-minded Miami law firm of Lydecker Diaz is opening offices in Tampa and Jacksonville and moving to larger quarters in Orlando.

Roderick Lynn McGee of Fort Lauderdale was permanently disbarred after he was found in contempt for failing to comply with the terms of his Aug. 30, 2011, disbarment.
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Employer should be held accountable for promise to not contest unemployment benefits for employee who resigned under a workers' compensation settlement. And the statute authorizing unemployment benefits should be liberally construed.
11 apply for Miami-Dade Circuit judge position
The Miami-Dade Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission has received 11 applicants to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Circuit Judge Scott Silverman.
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Steel Hector reunion one of several planned for defunct Miami firms
It's an official flash from the past. About 400 former employees of the defunct Steel, Hector & Davis will reminisce at a cocktail party at the Museum of HistoryMiami. Once one of Miami's largest and most prestigious law firms with 200 lawyers, Steel, Hector & Davis merged with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in 2005 after overexpanding into Latin America and losing major clients.
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