Clik here to view.
Florida lawyers worry about a surplus of colleagues, prefer iPhones
Many Florida lawyers think the most serious problem the legal profession faces today is too many lawyers. They also prefer to use iPhones rather than other smart phones in their practices. These are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Declining judicial diversity worries Florida Bar president
Eugene Pettis, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer who is the Florida Bar’s first African American president, is focused on making sure there is a culture that invites minorities to the judicial selection...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Telemedicine bills on legislature’s agenda
Digital technology is creating new ways to provide health care access via telemedicine, an emerging health care frontier the Florida Legislature is expected to address this year. Two telemedicine bills...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Moffitt adds Watson Clinic to oncology network
Watson Clinic LLP has joined the Moffitt Oncology Network, becoming the only network member in Polk County. Tampa-based Moffitt Cancer Center collaborates with its network members, which include...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pain clinic physician settles Medicare billing lawsuit
Dr. Steven Chun, owner and operator of Sarasota Pain Associates, agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that he and his clinic billed Medicare for physician visits and examinations he did not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Large home sites planned for former Sarasota golf course
D.R. Horton plans to develop 126 estate-style home sites at the former Sarasota Golf Club. The homebuilder bought the 172-acre public course and its clubhouse earlier this month for $7 million from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prosecutors: WellCare execs responsible for $29M fraud
As a sentencing date approaches, federal prosecutors in Tampa are tallying up the intended loss from a health care fraud scheme involving four former WellCare executives. Former WellCare CEO Todd...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Florida makes list for inequality in income growth
Florida is one of 10 states on a list of those where income inequality has increased. Published by 24/7 Wall St., an online financial news source, the list is based on a report from the Economic Policy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New legal referral service aims to uplift the profession
A spokeswoman named Roz won’t be part of a new legal referral service based in Tampa. In fact, ActualLawyers.com bills itself as quite different in a lot of ways from other well-known legal referral...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Florida lawyers worry about too many lawyers, prefer iPhones
Many Florida lawyers think the most serious problem the legal profession faces today is too many lawyers. They also prefer to use iPhones rather than other smartphones. These are among the findings of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Declining judicial diversity worries Florida Bar president
Eugene Pettis, the Florida Bar’s first African American president, has met with Gov. Rick Scott to discuss diversity among judicial nominating commission applicants and urged bar members to recruit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Florida Bar task force to increase judicial diversity
Florida Bar President Eugene K. Pettis appointed a10-member task force to focus on increasing diversity among judges and on judicial nominating commissions. Pettis has expressed serious concerns about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former Ybor mailman stole refund checks
John P. Vreeland pleaded guilty in Tampa federal court to charges of bribery of a public office and theft of mail related to a scheme to steal income tax refund checks. From May 2011 to December 2011,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Court receiver selects Odyssey Marine for shipwreck project
An Ohio court receiver chose Odyssey Marine Exploration to continue a project to recover the remaining gold cargo from the SS Central America shipwreck. The Common Pleas Court of Franklin County, Ohio...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Court disciplines five Tampa Bay lawyers
Five area lawyers were recently suspended as the Florida Supreme Court issued orders disciplining 29 lawyers, including disbarring five and revoking the licenses of two. Palm Harbor lawyer Angela M....
View ArticleClik here to view.
USF Health professor to lead new OCD treatment facility
One of the few centers in the country specifically devoted to intensive treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder is expected to open in South Tampa this summer. Wisconsin-based Rogers Behavioral...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BP oil spill settlement agreement upheld
A federal appeals court in New Orleans rejected BP’s attempt to keep businesses from getting paid for oil spill losses and ruled that an injunction halting payments should be lifted. The Fifth U.S....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Florida Health Choices website goes live
After several delays, Florida Health Choices insurance exchange website is now live. Rose Naff, CEO of the program, said the delay last month was caused by a decision to beef up the website to make...
View ArticleCOO leaves Holland & Knight
Michael B. Sikora, COO of Holland & Knight and a member of its executive team, is leaving the law firm. A certified public accountant, he joined H&K in March 2009 in the Tampa office after...
View ArticlePerseverance leads to new St. Petersburg plant (Video)
After doing business in St. Petersburg for more than 30 years, Robert A. Donaldson did not want to move his company to another city. He searched for nearly four years for a new site for Maxi-Blast...
View Article