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A BLOG FOCUSING ON DECISIONS FROM THE FLORIDA APPELLATE COURTS AND THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.
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Rothstein Suspended From Fourth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Committee
Charlie Crist entered Executive Order 09-264 today and suspended Scott Rothstein from his duties as a Commissioner on the Fourth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Committee. William Berger, not the same William Berger that was with R...
Florida Bar Files Rothstein Disbarment Pleadings In Florida Supreme Court And Lawsuit Filed Against Rothstein and TD Bank
The Florida Bar filed the documents relating to the Scott Rothstein disbarment. The case, The Florida Bar v. Scott W. Rothstein (SC09-2146), was filed by the Florida Bar today and the Florida Supreme Court entered an order declaring it a high p...
More About The Ex-Smoker\'s $300 Million Win Against Philip Morris
Google Fast Flip has twostories about the $300,000,000.00 awarded by a Broward County jury to an ex-smoker. The stories are: "Ex-Smoker Wins Against Philip Morris" in the New York Times; and "Fla. jury awards $300 million in ex-smoker's ...
Broward County Judicial Reassignments
Last week, Broward County Chief Judge Victor Tobin entered administrative order 2009-106. The order provides the division assignment for all Broward County Circuit Court and County Court judges, inluding a number of transfers. The order is belo...
Rothstein\'s Accepts Being Disbarred As Opposed To Being Disbarred After A Hearing
There have been a number of news stories the past twenty-four hours about Scott Rothstein "suggesting" he be disbarred. See here, here, here, and here. The official statement from the Florida Bar, which can be found here, states: "The Fl...
Fourth District Agrees With Third District Regarding PIP IME Issue
In Central Magnetic Imaging Open MRI of Plantation v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Company(4D09-1457), the Fourth District stated: The issue that warrants discussion in this case is whether section 627.736(7)(a), Florida Statutes, req...

