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White-collar practices grow in Tampa Bay
TAMPA — As businesses face more regulatory investigations and the potential of huge settlements and fines from whistleblower cases, a Tampa law firm is staking out territory in the white-collar crime...
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Convention for white-collar lawyers a reflection of growth
If you’re hunting for your white-collar defense lawyer, chances are Las Vegas is a good place to look. It may be a gambling trip, but it’s a good bet that your lawyer is there for this week’s American...
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TGH’s neurosurgery department recognized
Becker’s Hospital Review named Tampa General Hospital to its list, “100 Hospitals With Great Neurosurgery and Spine Programs.” The review noted that the hospital’s neurosurgery department has a Level 4...
View ArticleFowler White Boggs adapts to ‘natural attrition’
The process of lawyers coming and going at firms is as inevitable as the tide. At Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, six lawyers recently have left either for work at other firms or to start a solo practice....
View ArticleMansonBolves law firm formed
Manson Law Group in Tampa has been renamed MansonBolves with the addition of real estate lawyer Brian A. Bolves as a shareholder. Previously, Bolves was a founding shareholder at Bricklemyer Smolker...
View ArticleConMed Linvatec products on national stage
Innovations from the Largo business unit of ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD) are on display this week in Chicago at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting. Among the exhibits from...
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Avantair CFO resigns
Carla Stucky, Avantair Inc.’s chief financial officer, resigned on March 14. She resigned “to pursue other opportunities” but will remain with the Clearwater company through March 28 to transition her...
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Gillette moves into the top spot at Bayfront
ST. PETERSBURG — As a new era begins April 1 at Bayfront Medical Center, Kathryn Gillette will take the CEO helm and start guiding St. Petersburg’s legacy hospital in its transformation from a...
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Businesses snagged in BP settlement dispute
A potential economic boost in the Tampa Bay area from an estimated $3 billion in local business loss claims in the BP oil spill settlement is threatened by the British company’s actions. BP wants a New...
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Electronic civil case filing becomes mandatory on April 1
For Florida lawyers, April 1 is a milestone, not a day for pranks. The Florida Supreme Court set the April 1 deadline. Starting that day, all state trial court civil divisions and Supreme Court filings...
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Florida Congresswoman Castor reveals support for ending Cuban embargo
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor believes it is time to end the embargo against Cuba. The Tampa Democrat voiced those thoughts and made history by becoming the first Florida member of Congress to publicly...
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Former GOP chair Greer sentenced to 18 months in prison
Former Republican high-roller Jim Greer was sentenced Wednesday in an Orlando courtroom to 18 months in state prison followed by a year of supervised probation. Greer pleaded guilty to four counts of...
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Asset transfers, ‘side deals’ alleged in Universal bankruptcy
A court filing seeking the appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee in the Universal Health Care Group Inc. bankruptcy outlines “a pattern of dishonesty or gross mismanagement” including transfers of...
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Universal Health employees wonder about their future
There was no love lost for Universal Health Care Group Inc. among employees milling around the company’s headquarters in downtown St. Petersburg. Hundreds of employees were escorted out of the building...
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Repeal of ACA tax on medical device manufacturers advances
Medical device manufacturers were pleasantly surprised when the U.S. Senate approved a nonbinding budget amendment on March 22 supporting repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s tax on the businesses’...
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Engaging Cuba: Difficult, but good for business
TAMPA — An evening reception for a conference on engagement with Cuba became historic for Tampa, its businesses and U.S. Representative Kathy Castor, one of the city’s native daughters. In her welcome...
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New law practices flow from oil spill
BP’s oil spill settlement has spawned some unique opportunities for law firms and lawyers, some of which have strategically shifted the focus of their practices or created additional ones to cash in on...
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Employees terminated from Universal Health file federal complaint
Two former employees of Universal Health Care Group Inc. contend in a complaint that the company owes them and hundreds of other employees 60 days pay for terminating them without proper notice. The...
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Kojak’s ribs no longer smoking in Palmetto
Kojak’s Palmetto Rib House closed last weekend after more than a decade of serving up barbecue and music. Joe Fortney and his wife, Veronica, opened the restaurant in the fall of 2002, creating a...
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Bovie reports annual, quarterly improvement
Bovie Medical Corp. ended its fiscal year and fourth quarter with gains attributed to increased demand in all segments of its business. Fourth quarter income was $285,000, or $0.02 per share, compared...
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