Georgia’s voter registration process violates the Voting Rights Act and has prevented tens of thousands of residents, mostly minorities, from registering to vote, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. Under a policy implemented in 2010, people aren’t added to voter rolls if identifying information on their applications doesn’t exactly match information in databases maintained by the Georgia Department of Driver Services or the Social Security Administration, the lawsuit says. “Wh…
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Junior Litigation Legal Secretary Needed for Miami Based Law Firm (Miami, Florida) Pacin Levine, P.A. is a rapidly expanding South Florida Law Firm …
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By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the city of Miami squared off in Florida federal court on Tuesday, with the regulator accusing city officials of playing a financial shell game to cut costs on a $150 million municipal bond sale in 2009. In a 2013 complaint, the SEC alleged that the city and Miami’s former budget director, Michael Boudreaux, violated the anti-fraud provisions of federal securities law. Both the city and Boudreaux denied any wr…
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With strikes and protests, French unions are staging a last-ditch bid to dismantle a labor law that weakens their powers and worker protections. However the labor action appeared low-key Thursday morning, with only minimal disruption to schools, transport and other public services. The civil aviation authority said 15 percent of flights were cancelled at Paris area airports. A protest is planned through Paris later. Unions are protesting a labor law adopted this summer that allows longer workwe…
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The deal crafted by the U.S. and Russia to halt the Syrian civil war and focus efforts on rooting out extremists is rife with legal and liability questions that are fueling Pentagon skepticism about military cooperation between the two powers, senior U.S. officials said. The first hurdle is that Congress has enacted a law prohibiting any military cooperation with Moscow in the wake of Russia’s annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine. That means the deal that Secretary of State John Kerry and…
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Kristen A. Corpion, an Associate in the Litigation Practice at the Miami office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig, was named the winner of …
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Recently, Miami became the second U.S. city to sue JPMorgan Chase & Co. ( JPM ) over its discriminatory lending practices. Last month, the bank was …
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The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami, however, upheld red light camera fines collected in Aventura before the new law was passed. While Downs …
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. … officials made the announcement at a visitors center for gays and lesbians in Miami Beach, citing Crist's current support for same-sex marriage and ongoing legal efforts to overturn the state's ban on the unions.
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AP Legal Affairs WriterJune 10, 2014 Updated 60 minutes ago … MIAMI — A South Florida jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a second man …
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MIAMI — A former partner of convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein in a now-defunct South Florida law firm is set to plead guilty to conspiracy.
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AP Legal Affairs WriterJune 10, 2014 Updated 6 minutes ago … MIAMI — A man identified by prosecutors as the greedy organizer of a bungled 2007 …
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MIAMI — Fireworks may be legal again in Miami by this year's Independence Day holiday. The Miami City Council is considering passing an ordinance …
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Iris Escarra, a shareholder in the Miami office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig, has been named Co-Chair of the Miami office's Land …
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… a University of Utah law professor who is representing the two women. The U.S. attorney's office in Miami would not comment. But the U.S. attorney …
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MIAMI – APRIL 22: The city of Miami skyline seen from the ocean on April 22, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Though it is hard for law enforcement officers to …
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… in the United States but added that the money from the Miami remittance company has “contaminated” its own legal transfers of money to the island.
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Porpoise Evans, a shareholder in the Litigation Practice at the Miami office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig, has been selected to join the …
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Abbey Kaplan, a partner at the Miami law firm Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, which filed the board's lawsuit, called the city's accusations …
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He concentrates his practice in the areas of securities law, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law. Mr. Schubauer represents public and …
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AP Legal Affairs WriterMay 9, 2014 Updated 19 minutes ago … MIAMI — A federal prosecutor says new charges are likely for two brothers in a South …
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An arraignment for North Miami Mayor Lucie Tondreau, a member of … Tondreau is not the first member of the anti-gun MAIG to land in legal hot water.
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A Troy law firm's request to disqualify Miami County Municipal Judge Elizabeth Gutmann from hearing cases involving the firm has failed, a judge has …
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The city is calling MOCA's suit to move some of its artwork and spread it out across South Florida “legally deficient.” “We're not going to let anybody …
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LawWithoutWalls (LWOW), devised and led by Miami Law Professor Michele DeStefano aims to develop in its students the skills necessary to provide …
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“Quite frankly, it was impossible for us not to have been successful given the amount of support we received from Miami Law's incredible faculty, …
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AP Legal Affairs WriterMay 2, 2014 Updated 47 minutes ago … the southwest Miami area to Key West and includes much of Everglades National Park.
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Although federal law is explicit in its protection of pregnant women, state … Delva initially filed her case in Miami-Dade County, where the court also …
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AP Legal Affairs WriterApril 25, 2014 Updated 32 minutes ago … MIAMI — A federal appeals court in South Florida is considering whether …
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Escoto's legal adviser, Terry Lenamon, told CBS Miami that it was Escoto's decision to represent himself throughout his trial that failed him …
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