In Florida, Former DEA Employee Indicted For Theft Of Government Money
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Teresa Gulotta-Powers, Special Agent in Charge, Office of Inspector General, Department of Justice, Miami Field...Read more!
Two Key West Defendants Convicted On Methamphetamine Charges
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, announced the convictions of two...Read more!
Florida Medical Liability Legislation
In November 2004, the citizens of Florida passed two constitutional amendments (7 and 8) by a large majority. Amendment 7, the "Patient's Right-To-Know About Adverse Medical Incidents Act," allows...Read more!
Florida Congressman, Dave Weldon His Votes On Pro Family Legislature
I have emphasized the need for all people, of all faith, to be able to worship freely and without persecution: Worked to focus attention on religious persecution, particularly the persecution of...Read more!
In Florida, Making Threats And Soliciting Murder Of Michael Schiavo Over The Internet
Tampa, Florida - Paul I. Perez, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida and Gretchen C. F. Shappert, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina announced...Read more!
Former Orlando Housing Authority Employee Sentenced To 21 Months Imprisonment
Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell today sentenced Kisha Raphaell Stewart, 27, of Orlando, Florida, to 21 months' imprisonment and ordered her to pay $219,668 in...Read more!
The Intellectual Property Restoration Act Of 2003
In June 1999, the United States Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions that altered the legal landscape with respect to intellectual property. I am referring to Florida Prepaid v. College Savings...Read more!
In Florida, A Sale Of Goods Requires A Transfer Of Ownership
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitMore than three months after we decided this case, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in National Cable & Telecommunications Assc v. Brand...Read more!
In Florida,Victoria Velez Memorial Traffic Safety Act
An act relating to highway safety; creating the Anjelica and Victoria Velez Memorial Traffic Safety Act; amending s.316.650, F.S.; requiring traffic citation forms to include a check box...Read more!
Florida Stock Company, A Civil Penalty Of $120,000
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Florida Stock Transfer, Inc., et The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on April 12, 2005, the Honorable Ursula Ungaro-Benages, United States...Read more!
Florida Landlord Discriminated Against Tenant Case, Pays $20,000 In Damages
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Florida landlord who discriminated against his tenant and her guest on the basis of race will pay $20,000 in damages to his victims and relinquish the management of his...Read more!
The 2005 Florida Commercial Motor Vehicles And Safety Regulations
A person holding a commercial driver's license who is a regularly employed driver of a commercial motor vehicle and is subject to an alcohol and controlled substance testing program related to that...Read more!
Extradition Of Florida Man For Unpaid Child Support
LANSING - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that she has initiated proceedings to extradite a Florida man charged with failing to pay more than $35,000 in child support, a felony...Read more!
In The Southern District Of Florida, Hytrin Antitrust Case Consumer Refunds
Consumers who purchased the brand-name prescription medication Hytrin are eligible for refunds from a $30.2 million nationwide settlement agreement. The refunds to consumers and third-party...Read more!
Florida Man Sentenced To 18 Months Imprisonment For Distributing Pirated Software
Over the Internet in Violation of Federal Criminal Copyright Infringement Laws Paul J. McNulty, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Paul I. Perez, the United States...Read more!
Florida Birth Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan
The Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan (plan) is the alternative to medical malpractice claims for birth-related neurological injuries. The plan provides compensation and...Read more!
Florida DUI Process
How the System WorksThe administrative suspension process starts when the law enforcement officer lifts the suspect's license after the suspect either refuses a breath test or takes it and fails. The...Read more!
Florida Marriage Law And Divorce Degree
Florida does not recognize the concept of "continuation of marriage". A divorce decree brings about a termination and final disposition of the marital relationship. In this case, where the couple is...Read more!
Florida Senate Act Relating To Talent Agencies
An act relating to talent agencies and advance-fee talent services; repealing part VII of ch. 468, F.S., relating to the regulation of talent agencies; providing...Read more!
Hud Approves Increase In FHA Mortgage Limits In Martin And St. Lucie Counties
Miami - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved an increase of $39,640, which is a 16.7 percent increase in the maximum mortgage that can be insured by the Federal...Read more!
Florida Mortgage Law And The FTC Enforces Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's
FTC Enforces Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's Safeguards Rule Against Mortgage Companies As part of a nationwide compliance sweep, the Federal Trade Commission has charged two mortgage companies with...Read more!
Prince's Contract And Issues Of Control With His Music
When Prince inked one-off deals with Arista (in 1999) and Columbia Records (in 2003), many were surprised to see him working with major labels, since the singer spent many months during the '90s...Read more!
Florida Child Visitation Law For Stepparent Rights
Effect of adoption of child by stepparent on right of visitation; when right may be terminated.When there is a remarriage of one of the natural parents of a minor child for whom visitation rights may...Read more!
Florida Child Visitation Law For Grandparental Rights
Mediation of visitation disputesIt shall be the public policy of this state that families resolve differences over grandparent visitation within the family. It shall be the further public policy of...Read more!
Child Prostitution Crime In Miami
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The third of three co-defendants in a case investigated by a task force to combat child prostitution has been sentenced in the Southern District of Florida to 14 years in prison...Read more!
Florida Motor Vehicle Law
There is established a point system for evaluation of convictions of violations of motor vehicle laws or ordinances, and violations of applicable provisions of s. 403.413(6)(b) when such violations...Read more!
State Of Florida Driver License Authority
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in chapter 120, the department is hereby authorized to suspend the license of any person without preliminary hearing upon a showing of its records or...Read more!
Sheriff's Office In Florida Traffic Law
The sheriff's office of each of the several counties of this state shall enforce all of the traffic laws of this state on all the streets and highways thereof and elsewhere throughout the county...Read more!
Florida Family Court References In Divorce Mediation
In mediation, a trained intermediary assists parties to a dispute in reaching agreement. Courts often refer cases to mediation in order to assist the parties and to relieve docket congestion. In...Read more!
Florida Commercial Litigation On Real Estate
SEC v. Kirkland, (M.D. Florida, filed February 16, 2006)SEC Obtains Emergency Orders Halting a Securities Offering Involving Investments in Real Estate DevelopmentsThe United States Securities...Read more!
Florida Sex Crime, Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison
For Immediate Release April 17, 2006 CHILD PORNOGRAPHER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON Orlando, FL - United States District Judge Anne C. Conway today sentenced Braulio J. Lopez, 34, of...Read more!
Pre-purchase Inspection Service For Florida Zoning And Planning
The pre-purchase inspection service provided by the Department of Planning and Zoning is only available to properties located within the unincorporated Miami-Dade County area or to those...Read more!
Florida Civil Litigation Against Worldwide Entertainment, Inc
SEC v. John P. Utsick et al., Civil Action No. 06-20975-CIV-UNGARO-BENAGES (S.D. Fla.)The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on April 17, 2006, it filed a civil injunctive action in...Read more!
In Florida Civil Litigation Over Junk Fax Scam
SEC CHARGES FORMER VIDEO GAME CEO IN JUNK FAX SCAM The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former Chief Executive Officer of Seattle-based video game developer Infinium Labs, Inc...Read more!
South Florida Commercial Litigation On Cigar Manufacturers Outlet
Two Florida Display Rack Franchisors Settle FTC Charges: Defendants Were Part of FTC's "Project Biz-illion$" Sweep Cigar Manufacturers Outlet, Inc., based in Sunrise, Florida, and its president...Read more!
Florida Civil Litigation Case Involving TV Commercials
Pantheon Holdings, Inc. ("Pantheon") promoted business opportunities to consumers across the country through television commercials, the Internet, and other media. Pantheon engaged in the sale of...Read more!
Florida Fugitive Wanted
The U.S. Marshals North Florida Violent Fugitive Task Force in Pensacola and the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office are requesting help from the public in locating wanted felon Christopher Daniel...Read more!
OSHA & AGC Join Together to Reduce Injury Among Fort Lauderdale Construction Workers
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the South Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) have...Read more!
Fort Walton Beach Police Department Arrests 19 Year Old
Ft. Walton Beach, FL - The United States Marshals Pensacola North Florida Violent Fugitive Task Force (NFVFTF) working in conjunction with Ft. Walton Beach Police Department arrested a 19 year old Ft...Read more!
Orlando Arrest : Rapist Found In PR
The United States Marshal Herman Wirshing announces the arrest of William Cordero-Garcia wanted in the state of Florida for Rape. Cordero-Garcia, a 34 year old white male, born on September 13, 1971...Read more!
South Florida Man Ordered To Pay Fines For Targeting Small Businesses in Scams
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Henry Gutierrez, Postal Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, announced that defendant...Read more!
Three Plead Guilty To Employee Embezzlement
William Scott Deloach, Maria Garcia, and Rosario Licata, pled guilty this afternoon to charges that they engaged in a long-term scheme to embezzle over $35 million from their former employer, PBSJ...Read more!
FL DHSMV Employee Pleads Guilty of License Scheme
Marta Carina Pinto, of Miami, a former 17-year DHSMV employee, was sentenced today in Miami before United States District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke, to twenty (20) months imprisonment, following...Read more!
Two Men Convincted of Okaloosa County Properties Scam
United States District Court Judge Casey Rodgers sentenced STEVEN ALFORD and DAVID FLEET, convicted as charged on October 7, 2005, for defrauding investors in a land-swap deal in Okaloosa County...Read more!
Mortgage Fraud Report : Married Couple Pleads Guilty
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent-In-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Brian J. Wimpling, Special Agent in...Read more!
Man Indicted For Damaging Muvico's Computer System
R Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced that...Read more!
11 Indicted on Identity Theft and Mortgage Fraud
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, William T. Sims, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, Miami Field Office, Henry Gutierrez...Read more!
Excavation and Trenching Safety Violation in Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Roads Inc. of NWF for alleged violations of safety and health standards following...Read more!
