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  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    South Florida Earns a Spot on the List of "Judicial Hellholes" for the Ninth Year in a Row

    ​Another year has just about gone by, which means it's time for South Florida to appear once again on the American Tort Reform Association's list of "judicial hellholes."Now every year since 2003 -- when they actually just picked Miami-Dade County -- South Florida has maintained its spot among ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Occupy Fort Lauderdale Granted Temporary Injunction Over City's New Rules

    ​Yesterday, a new rule introduced to Fort Lauderdale's policy and standards manual was posted in a courtyard in front of City Hall -- where the Occupy camp has set up shop.Check out a slide show of the Occupy camp here.The rule bans tents from the area and bans people from being in the public spac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Ramon Rosario, Member of the "Head Shot Committee," Gets 270 Years Up the River

    Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeRamon Rosario​Ramon Rosario, a 19-year-old member of a racketeering enterprise known as the "Head Shot Committee," was sentenced yesterday to 270 years in prison for what the State Attorney's Office calls a string of crimes that "terrorized the northern end of Pal ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2011

    Hack-a-Shaq: The Former Basketball Superstar Wages Digital War Against an Ex-Con Computer Geek

    Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeRamon Rosario​Ramon Rosario, a 19-year-old member of a racketeering enterprise known as the "Head Shot Committee," was sentenced yesterday to 270 years in prison for what the State Attorney's Office calls a string of crimes that "terrorized the northern end of Pal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    RaceTrac Hit With Another Personal Injury Suit

    Bad gas... station? ​RaceTrac, an Atlanta-based gas behemoth known for its gut-busting soda fountains, has gotten slammed with another slip-and-fall lawsuit, some two months after a local couple filed suit against the 320-store petroleum conglomerate. Isaura Velez walked into a Hollywood RaceTrac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Dalia Dippolito Lawyer Files for Retrial -- Not Going for Reality TV Defense This Time

    Dalia Dippolito​The lawyer for Dalia Dippolito -- the escort who was found guilty of trying to hire an undercover cop to kill her husband -- has filed for a new trial, this time not to focus on the reality TV defense he tried last time around.Her attorney, Michael Salnick, filed a request for a ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Dalia Dippolito Guilty Verdict Comes After a Reality-TV Defense Not Based on Actual Reality

    When Dalia Dippolito's trial began on charges that she tried to have her husband killed, her defense attorney dropped a bombshell. Attorney Michael Salnick claimed in opening statements that Dalia's husband, Michael, had planned the whole thing in an attempt to get on reality TV. It was a crazy defe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Thompson Academy Calls Alleged Sex Assault of Teenager Consensual

    Defendants allege the sex was consensual.​The 14-year-old boy who filed a lawsuit alleging he was twice sexually assaulted by a counselor at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center last year was a willing participant in the encounters, lawyers for the Pembroke Pines center allege.In court d ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2011

    Kids Claim Abuse and Violence at Juvenile Lockup Thompson Academy

    Defendants allege the sex was consensual.​The 14-year-old boy who filed a lawsuit alleging he was twice sexually assaulted by a counselor at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center last year was a willing participant in the encounters, lawyers for the Pembroke Pines center allege.In court d ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    Eddie Santana Makes Six Figures by Suing Restaurants From the Inside

    Defendants allege the sex was consensual.​The 14-year-old boy who filed a lawsuit alleging he was twice sexually assaulted by a counselor at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center last year was a willing participant in the encounters, lawyers for the Pembroke Pines center allege.In court d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Nevada Lawsuit Sheds Light on Inner Workings of VIP Nightclubs

    ​In a lawsuit filed this week, a young woman who hostessed at a Las Vegas nightclub -- Jet nightclub at the Mirage -- claims her bosses at the Light Group and Dancing Monkey coerced her to drink at work, do massive amounts of coke, and get a boob job.According to Jane Doe's attorney, she was "pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    New York Hedge Funds Strike Back In Rothstein Suit

    We've heard all about how the Centurion and Platinum hedge funds in New York sank hundreds of millions of dollars into Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme.  Fort Lauderdale attorney Bill Scherer is suing them, claiming they were privy to the fraud and now must cough up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Video: Debra Villegas Tells of Rothstein's Affair With Melissa Lewis

    On Sunday, we brought you the news of Scott Rothstein's alleged affair with his slain employee, Melissa Britt Lewis. Here's the sworn interview where Debra Villegas, Lewis' best friend and Rothstein's right-hand woman at his now-defunct law firm, tells a Plantation police officer about the affair.N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Thompson Academy's Owner Faced Similar Abuse Allegations in Other States

    Youth Services InternationalA snapshot from a recent morale-boosting event at Thompson.​Allegations that teenaged inmates were sexually assaulted, malnourished, and physically abused at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center in Pembroke Pines echo similar accusations the center's owner ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Report on Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection Finds Florida Ahead of Southern Neighbors

    ​Good luck getting onto a jury in the South if you're black. And if you're a black defendant, good luck challenging the fact that the prosecutor eliminated potential jurors just because of the color of their skin. Unless you live in Florida.The Sunshine State's laws aimed at protecting jurors from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Juice Obtains Civil Suit Filing Against Chiquita Listing 242 Plaintiffs

    Today's suit alleges Chiquita funded AUC terrorists​The Juice has obtained the 110-page civil suit filed yesterday in West Palm Beach Federal District Court on behalf of 242 Colombian plaintiffs against Chiquita Brands International. The suit, brought by Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, which ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Morning Juice: Court Battle Brewing Between South Florida's Wealthiest Disgraces

    Here's what's happening in South Florida this Tuesday morning:Disgraced Palm Beach mega-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein has filed suit against disgraced Broward mega-millionaire Scott Rothstein based on reports the latter attracted investment dollars by fraudulently claiming to have reached a cash settl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Are Animal Rights Activists -- and Local Multimillionaire -- Behind the McDonald's-Causes-Cancer lawsuit?

    flickr user: nukeit1​Today, newswires were abuzz with the information that a Washington-based nonprofit group called the Cancer Project, on behalf of two plantiffs in Connecticut, filed a class-action lawsuit against Burger King, McDonald's, and Friendly's.  The lawsuit alleges that chicken s ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2009

    Chinese Drywall Leaves Florida Homeowners Looking for Someone to Blame

    flickr user: nukeit1​Today, newswires were abuzz with the information that a Washington-based nonprofit group called the Cancer Project, on behalf of two plantiffs in Connecticut, filed a class-action lawsuit against Burger King, McDonald's, and Friendly's.  The lawsuit alleges that chicken s ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    Jurors and Prosecutors Sink a Federal Case Against Internet Pharmacies

    flickr user: nukeit1​Today, newswires were abuzz with the information that a Washington-based nonprofit group called the Cancer Project, on behalf of two plantiffs in Connecticut, filed a class-action lawsuit against Burger King, McDonald's, and Friendly's.  The lawsuit alleges that chicken s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Broward Man at Center of National Scandal in Philippines

    Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada would have been "pleased" by the murder of a journalist, an affidavit taken in Florida claims.This February, 47-year-old Cezar Mancao went to the Philippine consulate in Fort Lauderdale to give a sworn affidavit. When the contents of his testimony were l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    The Infamous Holland Correction

    Okay, I say a couple nice things about departed Sun-Sentinel reporter John Holland and the knives start flying. The Holland haters bring up an eight-year-old correction which one commenter calls "the longest and most embarrassing front-page retraction in the Sun-Sentinel's history." I remember that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Madoff Plea Deal Coming?

    That's what the AP is reporting, citing a motion filed by prosecutors in his case.

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2009

    Sunday Reading: The Wayne Huizenga Story

    I just happened on this classic written by Steve Almond in 1994 about South Florida's hard-driven, complicated, and sometimes brutal mogul.  Uh, it jumps.   Citizen Wayne - The Unauthorized Biography A college dropout and the product of a broken home, H. Wayne Huizenga rose ... More >>

  • News

    February 12, 2009

    Fool Me Thrice

    A South Florida company caught stealing twice surfaces under a new name and gets a lucrative government franchise.

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Crist's Secrecy Prompts Suit

    A South Florida company caught stealing twice surfaces under a new name and gets a lucrative government franchise.

  • News

    April 24, 2008

    Judging Ana

    Broward Judge Gardiner's alleged relationships with defense lawyers and prosecutors raises troubling questions

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2007

    Hilly Moldof Gets Off

    Broward Judge Gardiner's alleged relationships with defense lawyers and prosecutors raises troubling questions

  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Trial by Fire

    Amanda Alley died a horrible, fiery death, and the cops had her Iranian boyfriend nailed

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2006

    Trump Team Ordered To Name Reporter

    Amanda Alley died a horrible, fiery death, and the cops had her Iranian boyfriend nailed

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    West Palm Heat

    Is sheriff's candidate Ric Bradshaw Dirty Harry or Mr. Clean? Voters want to know.

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    I, the Jury

    A look behind the curtain of one episode of judicial theater

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Indian War

    A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Felon Follies

    A problem that marred the 2000 ballot is back

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    The Double Cross

    Two years ago, Ken Eggleston was Palm Beach County Sheriff Ed Bieluch's heir apparent. Now, they are implacable foes. What happened?

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    The Enforcer

    John Garon may be a partial quadriplegic, but he wields federal civil-rights lawsuits with consummate skill

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Call Me Now! ...And Pay Me Later

    With all the millions Miss Cleo brings in, her Broward-based bosses have little trouble paying their way out of those pesky lawsuits

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    Police Beat

    More than four years after a Delray Beach cop gave him a body full of bruises and a face full of pepper spray, a local doctor is still seeking justice

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    A Single Hair

    After a severely flawed trial, Michael Rivera was convicted of killing a little girl. New DNA evidence may help him.

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    A Devilish Deal

    A high-profile judge long ago made a deal that freed the area's most heinous killer

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    At Work in the Fields of the Lord

    Long hours. Low pay. Hardly any rights. It's the life of Palm Beach County's hidden underclass: migrant farm workers.

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    The Sex Empire Strikes Back

    Adult businesses in Broward put the heat on the heat by investigating local vice cops, but their evidence is slim

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    Letters

    Adult businesses in Broward put the heat on the heat by investigating local vice cops, but their evidence is slim

  • News

    May 20, 1999

    A Pugilist in Pinstripes

    The 4th District Court of Appeals says Broward County prosecutor Alberto Milian is a menace in the courtroom. But he's just doing his job.

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Secrets and Crimes

    Four years after hed been convicted of murder in Belgium, Jean-FranCois Buslik was a pilot and a family man living quietly in North Palm Beach. Then justice came calling.

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Hit or Mrs.?

    According to the courts, Joyce Cohen hired three men to murder her wealthy husband. Now the entire case may be unraveling.

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    A Vehicle For Racism

    Isn't selling cars for Republic Industries hard enough without your boss cracking racist jokes all the time?

  • News

    November 26, 1998

    These Are the Times That Try Victims' Souls

    Take a number and wait. That, in essence, is what the Broward County courts are telling crime victims even those who get shot at.

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Robert Lockwood's Hush Money

    Broward's Clerk of Courts wants a million of your dollars to kill a racial bias suit before he faces questions under oath. Here's why.

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    Witness for the Persecution

    Kim Mascola's life reads like a made-for-TV movie script. In fact, it nearly became one. Then the lawsuits started to fly.

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