Scott Rothstein – Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:51:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 February 24 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/02/february-24-roundup/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:08:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16236 Adventures of a 28-year-old California foreclosure attorney [McSweeneys] National Enquirer ruled eligible for Pulitzer Prize consideration for John Edwards coverage [ABC, Guardian] Las Vegas attorney agrees to plead to unspecified charges in tort-mill scheme initially described by prosecutors as massive [ABA Journal, earlier here and here] Expect demands for greater regulation of general aviation after […]

February 24 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

]]>
  • Adventures of a 28-year-old California foreclosure attorney [McSweeneys]
  • National Enquirer ruled eligible for Pulitzer Prize consideration for John Edwards coverage [ABC, Guardian]
  • Las Vegas attorney agrees to plead to unspecified charges in tort-mill scheme initially described by prosecutors as massive [ABA Journal, earlier here and here]
  • Expect demands for greater regulation of general aviation after Austin attack [Skating on Stilts]
  • Dear firm colleagues: does Morocco has an extradition treaty with the U.S.? Need to know quickly [Lowering the Bar] Related on Scott Rothstein: do not purchase investment advice from persons with gold toilets;
  • Is a Texas prosecutor seeking to criminalize workplace accidents? [Bennett, Defending People]
  • Cold comfort dept.: lawprof tired of people carrying on about being dragged through litigation, it’s not as if they’re being held liable [Howard Wasserman, Prawfsblawg]
  • Iceland’s free-press project “is largely symbolic – which is not to say unimportant” [N.Y. Times quoting David Ardia, earlier]
    • Tags: , , , , , , ,

    February 24 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>         February 3 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/02/february-3-roundup-2/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:24:43 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=15904 Many of our readers liked the ruling, but someone didn’t: “Judge censured for ordering class-action lawyer to take pay in $125,000 worth of gift-cards” [BoingBoing, ABA Journal, Leonard/L.A. Times, Lowering the Bar] “NFL Concedes In Who Dat Battle” [Lowering the Bar, more, earlier; here’s a protest t-shirt, and more on those] Some plaintiff’s lawyers give […]

    February 3 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>
  • Many of our readers liked the ruling, but someone didn’t: “Judge censured for ordering class-action lawyer to take pay in $125,000 worth of gift-cards” [BoingBoing, ABA Journal, Leonard/L.A. Times, Lowering the Bar]
  • “NFL Concedes In Who Dat Battle” [Lowering the Bar, more, earlier; here’s a protest t-shirt, and more on those]
  • Some plaintiff’s lawyers give their side of the story, disputing fraud allegations in Dole banana-worker pesticide cases [Bronstad, NLJ, earlier]
  • “Google Blog Bundle — 42 criminal defense blogs” [Mark Bennett] And while you’re at it, why not take a moment right now to put Overlawyered in your RSS blog reader?
  • Massachusetts hardball: state lawmaker says private law schools might be breaking antitrust laws in working to oppose state school proposed in his district [ABA Journal via Above the Law; public law school plan OK’d]
  • Making the rounds: why medieval trial by ordeal may not have been so crazy after all [Peter Leeson, Boston Globe and full paper (PDF) via Volokh]
  • “Rothstein E-Mails Reveal Role of Former Plaintiffs’ Lawyer” [Brian Baxter, AmLaw Litigation Daily]
  • Obama: I tried to reach across aisle on medical liability reform but GOP wasn’t nibbling. Fact check please [Wood, PoL]
    • Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

    February 3 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>         Florida bar probing at least 35 senior lawyers in Rothstein firm https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/01/florida-bar-probing-at-least-35-senior-lawyers-in-rothstein-firm/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:03:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=15727 Does this set some sort of record? The bar confirmed that it is examining whether nearly three dozen “members of the former firm — Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler — lied about the amount of money in client trust accounts and whether they stole any of it. … Several of Rothstein’s former partners have said they were […]

    Florida bar probing at least 35 senior lawyers in Rothstein firm is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>     Does this set some sort of record? The bar confirmed that it is examining whether nearly three dozen “members of the former firm — Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler — lied about the amount of money in client trust accounts and whether they stole any of it. … Several of Rothstein’s former partners have said they were unaware of his scam.” [Miami Herald]

    Tags:

    Florida bar probing at least 35 senior lawyers in Rothstein firm is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>         The donations of Scott Rothstein https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/01/the-donations-of-scott-rothstein/ Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:26:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=15425 Did they pave the way for the now-disgraced lawyer’s efforts to obtain lucrative securities class-action work from the state of Florida? [Sydney Freedberg, St. Petersburg Times] Tags: class actions, Florida, politics, Scott Rothstein, securities litigation

    The donations of Scott Rothstein is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>     Did they pave the way for the now-disgraced lawyer’s efforts to obtain lucrative securities class-action work from the state of Florida? [Sydney Freedberg, St. Petersburg Times]

    Tags: , , , ,

    The donations of Scott Rothstein is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>         December 18 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/12/december-18-roundup-2/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/12/december-18-roundup-2/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:06:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=15216 Class action to follow? Longtime Overlawyered favorite Gloria Allred now representing one of the Tiger Tootsies [The Observer] Alabama lawyer moves to postpone trial so he can see Crimson Tide take on Texas [Yahoo “Rivals”] “Thomas the Tank Engine attacked for ‘conservative political ideology'” [Telegraph; Canadian academic calls for tighter controls on children’s broadcasting] Government […]

    December 18 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>
  • Class action to follow? Longtime Overlawyered favorite Gloria Allred now representing one of the Tiger Tootsies [The Observer]
  • Alabama lawyer moves to postpone trial so he can see Crimson Tide take on Texas [Yahoo “Rivals”]
  • “Thomas the Tank Engine attacked for ‘conservative political ideology'” [Telegraph; Canadian academic calls for tighter controls on children’s broadcasting]
  • Government manages to lose money at bookie racket: “NYC’s Off-Track-Betting Seeks Bankruptcy Protection” [Bloomberg]
  • “Rapist ex-lawmaker claims copyright on his name, threatens legal action” [Boing Boing, Volokh, Randazza/Citizen Media Law]
  • Graubard Miller $42 million contingency fee “now in referee’s hands” [NYLJ; earlier Oct. 5, etc.]
  • It’ll destroy our image of him: opponents say “alleged Ponzi schemer and disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein filed frivolous lawsuits” [DBR]
  • New Hampshire disciplinary panel finds prominent injury attorney broke ethics rules in handling client who talked of firing him from multi-million-dollar case [Keene Sentinel]
    • Tags: , , , , , , ,

    December 18 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/12/december-18-roundup-2/feed/ 5     Scott Rothstein and the legal profession’s image https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/12/scott-rothstein-and-the-legal-professions-image/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/12/scott-rothstein-and-the-legal-professions-image/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:28:38 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=15092 The South Florida Daily Business Review finds a range of opinions: “I don’t think he made us all look bad. I think he made lawyers wearing $5,000 suits and driving $500,000 cars look bad,” said David Markus, a Miami criminal defense attorney. …Still, if there is only 1 percent of bad lawyers in a state […]

    Scott Rothstein and the legal profession’s image is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>     The South Florida Daily Business Review finds a range of opinions:

    “I don’t think he made us all look bad. I think he made lawyers wearing $5,000 suits and driving $500,000 cars look bad,” said David Markus, a Miami criminal defense attorney.

    …Still, if there is only 1 percent of bad lawyers in a state with 85,000 attorneys, the public could be more than vulnerable, [Nova Southeastern law professor Robert] Jarvis said.

    “That is 850 rogue attorneys. That is a lot of rogues,” Jarvis said.

    (& welcome WSJ Law Blog readers)

    Tags: ,

    Scott Rothstein and the legal profession’s image is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/12/scott-rothstein-and-the-legal-professions-image/feed/ 6     December 1 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/12/december-1-roundup/ Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:51:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14965 Hertz drops libel lawsuit against investor research outfit that claimed its solvency was at risk [Crain’s New York, earlier] Report: New Jersey blogger jailed for threats against federal judges was on FBI informant payroll [AP] “Bentley Photos Are Props in Willie Gary’s High School Motivational Speech” [ABA Journal] Australian personal injury lawyers evade ad ban […]

    December 1 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>
  • Hertz drops libel lawsuit against investor research outfit that claimed its solvency was at risk [Crain’s New York, earlier]
  • Report: New Jersey blogger jailed for threats against federal judges was on FBI informant payroll [AP]
  • “Bentley Photos Are Props in Willie Gary’s High School Motivational Speech” [ABA Journal]
  • Australian personal injury lawyers evade ad ban [Sydney Morning Herald]
  • Scott Rothstein’s alleged Ponzi scheme “targeted people who invested in law suits” [Steele/Legal Ethics Forum] “Two Inside Looks at Rothstein’s Firm, Lifestyle” [Ambrogi/Legal Blog Watch]
  • O’Quinn driving nearly twice speed limit on rainy pavement at time of crash [Chron]
  • “Support for UN religious defamation rule drops” [Media Watch Watch] On the other hand? “Envoy’s Speech Signals Softening of U.S. Hostility to International Court” [AP]
  • Rudely titled new book on how to avoid getting sued [Instapundit]
    • Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

    December 1 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>         “Rothstein got top national rating for ethics” https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/rothstein-got-top-national-rating-for-ethics/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/rothstein-got-top-national-rating-for-ethics/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:37:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14775 Scott Rothstein, the Florida lawyer at the center of the biggest fraud investigation since, oh, Marc Dreier’s, got an “AV Preeminent” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which says its ratings “serve as an objective indicator that a lawyer has the highest ethical standards and professional ability and are used by buyers of legal services to justify their […]

    “Rothstein got top national rating for ethics” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>     Scott Rothstein, the Florida lawyer at the center of the biggest fraud investigation since, oh, Marc Dreier’s, got an “AV Preeminent” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which says its ratings “serve as an objective indicator that a lawyer has the highest ethical standards and professional ability and are used by buyers of legal services to justify their hiring decision.” [Buddy Nevins, BrowardBeat via John Darer]

    P.S. Related, from Worcester, Mass.: “‘Lawyer You Can Trust’ Gets Prison for Theft” [Ambrogi, Legal Blog Watch]

    Tags: ,

    “Rothstein got top national rating for ethics” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/rothstein-got-top-national-rating-for-ethics/feed/ 3     November 12 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-12-roundup-2/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-12-roundup-2/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:05:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14686 Judge cites Oregon elder abuse act in barring animal rights activists from harassing elderly furrier [Zick, Prawfsblawg] After fraud accusations against Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, politicos race to return his many donations [NYT, AmLaw Daily, DBR and more, Ashby Jones/WSJ Law Blog and more (Ponzi investments could exceed $1 billion, per FBI)] Ontario court […]

    November 12 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>
  • Judge cites Oregon elder abuse act in barring animal rights activists from harassing elderly furrier [Zick, Prawfsblawg]
  • After fraud accusations against Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, politicos race to return his many donations [NYT, AmLaw Daily,
    DBR and more, Ashby Jones/WSJ Law Blog and more (Ponzi investments could exceed $1 billion, per FBI)]
  • Ontario court ruling may invite U.S. class action lawyers to take on more projects in Canada [Kevin LaCroix]
  • “Mississippi Cardiologist Won’t Go to Prison for Online Dating” [Balko, Freeland]
  • Manuscript in the mail: “Kings of Tort”, Alan Lange/Tom Dawson book on Dickie Scruggs and Paul Minor scandals, which now has its own website and will go on sale Dec. 2;
  • A “cultural institution destroyed” in Louisiana: more on proposed FDA ban on raw oysters [NYT, earlier]
  • Update on Google Books settlement [Sag, ConcurOp]
  • Mark Steyn on the Zack Christie case and other annals of knives-in-schools zero-tolerance [NRO, Steyn Online via Skenazy]
    • Tags: , , , , , , ,

    November 12 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-12-roundup-2/feed/ 1     November 3 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-3-roundup-3/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:15:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14549 American Federation of Teachers backs off earlier aggressive trademark stance against critical website [AFT Exposed via Ron Coleman, earlier] Unintended but ever-so-predictable consequence of cash-for-clunkers: cheap used cars now a lot less cheap [Coyote] Strange that Pat Robertson doesn’t seem to know hate-crime laws cover crimes motivated by religious bias [Neiwert] Court rules against New […]

    November 3 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>
  • American Federation of Teachers backs off earlier aggressive trademark stance against critical website [AFT Exposed via Ron Coleman, earlier]
  • Unintended but ever-so-predictable consequence of cash-for-clunkers: cheap used cars now a lot less cheap [Coyote]
  • Strange that Pat Robertson doesn’t seem to know hate-crime laws cover crimes motivated by religious bias [Neiwert]
  • Court rules against New York law firm’s debt collection practices [ABA Journal]
  • Trouble amid the Lamborghinis: rumors swirl of financial defalcations at prominent south Florida law firm [WSJ Law Blog and more] Plus: Rothstein’s huge bipartisan political donations [DBR]
  • Ohio: “Man dressed as a Breathalyzer for Halloween is arrested for DUI” [Obscure Store]
  • Blawg star Mark Herrmann (Drug & Device Law) writes a brief in Supreme Court case on (unrelated) topic of prosecutorial immunity for misconduct [Scott Greenfield]
  • Administration’s task force on medical liability reform meets amid signs it won’t accomplish much [Wood, ShopFloor; related, Stanley Goldfarb/Weekly Standard]
    • Tags: , , ,

    November 3 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

    ]]>