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Judge's ruling leads Greenberg, Dyadic to settle malpractice case
WEST PALM BEACH -- Dyadic International has settled its legal malpractice dispute with Greenberg Traurig after a Florida judge struck down Dyadic’s claim to more than $700 million in damages.
Former Dyadic executive blames firm's meltdown on CEO, lawless subsidiary
WEST PALM BEACH -- A Florida biotech firm’s financial meltdown in April 2007 stemmed not from bad legal advice but the actions of a subsidiary that had become a “self-sustaining criminal enterprise,” the company’s chief financial officer has testified.
Greenberg defense witnesses fault CEO for firm's plight
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A biotech company’s financial near-death spiral in 2007 was largely the fault of its chief executive officer, not the attorneys advising the firm, defense witnesses testified last week.
Bad legal advice derailed 'Little Engine That Could,' Dyadic witnesses testify
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Negligent lawyers were “driving the bus” when the board of directors of Dyadic International made fateful decisions in 2007 that sent the biotech company barreling toward the financial cliff, a witness told jurors last week.
Dyadic, Greenberg Traurig continue to battle in court
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Attorneys representing the biotechnology firm Dyadic International continued to parade witnesses before a Florida jury recently as they built their case that ruinous legal advice caused the company’s market value to nosedive.
'Handshake' case gets spring trial date
What might be termed a grip-and-grimace lawsuit will go to trial in Palm Beach this spring to decide whether a 2004 handshake between two attorneys led to years of pain and medical treatments for one of them.
Biotech firm's expert witness finds Greenberg Traurig legal advice subpar
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Greenberg Traurig attorneys gave a Florida biotech firm bad legal advice that precipitated a crisis atmosphere a decade ago and sent the company on a downward financial spiral, an expert witness recently testified at a legal-malpractice trial last week.
Florida biotech CEO testifies that Greenberg Traurig advice 'destroyed' company
WEST PALM BEACH — The chief executive of a Florida biotech company told jurors this week that an attorney with the Greenberg Traurig law firm pressured him to resign from his post in 2007, after which the company went into a financial tailspin that saw its net worth allegedly drop by more than $180 million.
Consent decree stops Florida distributor from selling supplement claiming to cure herpes
ORLANDO – The Florida distributor of a dietary supplement that claimed to cure herpes has stopped distributing the product after agreeing to a consent decree, both the Justice Department and the Food and Drug Administration announced recently.
Florida legal firm gives law students pointers for success
ST. PETERSBURG – Ensuring that today’s law students have the resources, skills and outlook to navigate the challenging legal landscape of the future is no longer just the purview of law schools and individual professors; legal firms themselves have also gotten into the act.
Florida state Senate fails to advance judicial term limits proposal
THE VILLAGES – An effort to impose term limits on appellate and state Supreme Court judges in Florida died in the state Senate last month, but opponents vow to fight the idea if it resurfaces in the legislature next year.
Florida special prosecutor ready to ascend to Hillsborough County Court bench
TAMPA – After serving for nearly a decade in the Office of Statewide Prosecution -- a stint that included prosecuting former Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer for bilking the party out of $125,000 – special counsel Michael S. Williams begins a new job on Monday on the Hillsborough County Court bench.
Collier County judge sees revamped ethics panel as way to ensure honest government
NAPLES -- Having seen too many public officeholders in Florida profit from their positions and suffer ethical lapses that damage the public trust, Collier County Judge Mike Carr has called for the creation of a more muscular Commission on Ethics that could help push dishonest public servants out of office.
DUI charges bring down another Broward County judge
POMPANO BEACH -- A Broward County circuit judge’s decision to resign her post rather than further defend her reputation in the wake a 2014 drunken driving conviction illustrates the Florida Supreme Court’s determination to enforce high standards of conduct for judicial officers.
Florida congressman leads campaign to appoint Warren to Supreme Court
ORLANDO — U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, an Orlando Democrat and current candidate for the U.S. Senate, has mounted an Internet campaign urging President Obama to appoint Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.