TAMPA Operators of a nightclub that caters to swingers are trying to cancel a code enforcement hearing scheduled for next week. ...more

August 29, 2008

Operators of a nightclub that caters to swingers are trying to cancel a code enforcement hearing scheduled for next week. ...more

August 28, 2008

The ongoing legal battle between developer Gene Thomason and 20 homeowners suing him and his company for fraud got uglier Thursday, when the community development district tacked $500,000 for "extraordinary" legal costs onto an already-swelling budget. ...more

July 30, 2008

CORY LAKE ISLES - The ongoing legal battle between developer Gene Thomason and 20 homeowners suing him and his company for fraud got uglier Thursday when the community development district tacked $500,000 for "extraordinary" legal costs onto an already-swelling budget. If the CDD board approves the new budget in August, homeowners would be faced with a $1,106 increase in next year's assessments. ...more

July 24, 2008

TAMPA - An expert on family rights who works as a forensic trial consultant in domestic-violence cases will not be prosecuted regarding allegations he shoved his estranged wife. ...more

July 14, 2008

The Milberg law firm said Monday that it will pay $75 million to settle a federal kickback case involving class-action lawsuits against some of the nation's biggest corporations. ...more

June 17, 2008

that lawsuits and litigation can destroy quality health care, just as it nearly did the nursing homes and assisted living facilities that communities must have to care for their elderly. ...more

June 7, 2008

Friday morning, I was in contact with a member of the county legal department to receive clarification on several incorrect items that have been floating around in the public concerning their salaries and benefits. In an article written in the Hernando Today this week, the salaries of the county attorneys, along with their support staff, included benefits. The way the article was written it gave the reader the impression their benefits were in addition to the stated salaries when, in fact, they were already included in the total, per individual. ...more

June 3, 2008

TAMPA -- A former administrator at the University of South Florida is suing the vice president of Student Affairs, alleging discrimination, court papers say. Francis James Dragna, who was second-in-command in Student Affairs until October, filed a complaint in Hillsborough County Circuit Court on Friday. He is seeking reinstatement, lost pay, lost benefits and compensatory damages, according to the complaint. ...more

May 23, 2008

The last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, has died at 88. ...more

May 22, 2008