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Mega-firms' revenues flat as GrayRobinson grows 

While midsized GrayRobinson is continuing its impressive rate of growth after breaking into the Am Law 200 charts, Greenberg Traurig posted flat revenue on a 1.3 percent cut in attorneys and Holland & Knight revenue was up 3 percent with its attorney count down 0.2 percent.

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Braman Cadillac sues General Motors for demanding exterior showroom changes 

Braman Cadillac says the renovations being demanded are not structurally sound and GM is withholding payments until the renovations are done, harming the Biscayne Boulevard dealership, a lawsuit says.

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Attorneys helped girl's parents win $3M award for day care center's neglect 

Jeff Herman, Adam Horowitz and Arick Faduli of Herman Mermelstein & Horowitz in Miami represented the parents of a girl who claimed she was sexually abused at her day care center.

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$17 million loan granted to West Palm Beach apartment complex owner 

The owner of a 316-unit apartment complex on 12.67 acres in West Palm Beach obtained the loan from Torchlight Debt Opportunity Fund II LLC

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Principal works $15 million, 11-year lease for sugar firm 

Casal Group principal Ernesto Casal helped Miami sugar firm Banah International Group, which specializes in the production and distribution of natural sugar products, find and sign a lease for its new headquarters at a 302,000-square-foot facility in Hialeah.

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Diversity Scorecard 2012 

While women lawyers are making great strides at the associate level, nearly at parity with men at firms, they are still far from matching men at the partnership level.

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Most Effective Lawyers 2011 

For these standout lawyers it was all about the client. The Daily Business Review's seventh annual Most Effective Lawyers special report recognizes the work of attorneys in 14 categories including those who reached a $410 million settlement with Bank of America on overdraft charges, retried a notorious child-murder case 21 years after the crime, dealt with a complex international real estate insolvency and challenged the denial of housing vouchers to elderly and disabled people.

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Real Estate Biggest Deals 2011 

It's good to be king. That, in a nutshell, describes the last year in South Florida's commercial real estate market as high-profile and desirable properties went for prices that were reminiscent of the boom days of a few years back.

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Managing Partners Survey 2011 

As managing partners are watchful of budgets, costs and billing, many law firms report they are doing well again. Yet cost cutting is still the mantra of many.

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Despite second chances, more struggles for bank customers 

Even as South Florida community banks push to work out bad debt, nearly half the borrowers fall behind on their restructured loans. Community banks based in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties have restructured more loans, many of them secured by residential and commercial real estate, but almost half of these second-chance loans were past due at midyear, according to our annual survey.

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Review 100: It's the dawn of better times 

South Florida law firms know what new firms to the region are finding out - business is returning, the local economy is improving and the legal market is well on its way to digging out of one of its worst runs ever.

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NBA star Boozer apparently building house in Pinecrest

Chicago Bulls basketball star Carlos Boozer paid $1.8 million for a vacant 1.06-acre residential parcel in Pinecrest.
 

Justice Samuel Alito cancels West Palm Beach appearance

Alito's unexpected cancellation, reportedly due to a family emergency, had event planners scrambling but lucky for them Palm Beach Post humor columnist Frank Cerabino agreed to fill in with only one night's notice.
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