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Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:28 AM

Fort Lauderdale

Type: City

Name: Fort Lauderdale

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 5 Documents

Tri-Rail train strikes car on tracks; 2 women killed

The lights started flashing. The gates lowered. A gold Toyota Camry drove onto the tracks. Thirty seconds later a 325-ton Tri-Rail commuter train barreled through the crossing at 60 mph.The northbound train with 250 passengers aboard plowed into the car ... [Miami Herald - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Amtrak, Fort Lauderdale, Traffic Homicide Investigator

First Reported 1 hour ago - Updated 58 mins ago - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Philip Morris International

Jury Says Philip Morris Must Pay $300M to Longtime Smoker

A jury in South Florida says Philip Morris USA must pay $300 million, including $244 million in punitive damages, to a 25-year Benson & Hedges smoker who argued that the cigarette company committed fraud by concealing the dangers of smoking from her.Lawyers ... [ABA Journal - 58 mins ago]

Entities: Philip Morris International, Altria Group Inc, Punitive Damages, Fort Lauderdale, Murray Garnick

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 Documents

Altria Group Inc

Ex-smoker’s lawyers to discuss $300M Fla. verdict

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— A former smoker who just won a $300 million verdict in Florida against Philip Morris USA has pulled out of a news conference about the case. Lawyers for 61-year-old Cindy Naugle will talk at the Friday news conference in Fort Lauderdale. ... [Economy-Finance - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Verdict, Altria Group Inc, Fort Lauderdale

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 Documents

World's biggest cruise ship goes on display

Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest and newest cruise ship, arrives off the Florida coast, headed for its home port in Port Everglades in Fort LauderdaleThe world's biggest cruise ship - boasting its own open air park and amphitheatre - was officially ... [The Independent - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Royal Caribbean, Fort Lauderdale, Passenger Shipping Assoc

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Computer glitch delays flights out of South Florida

Some flights leaving Miami and Fort Lauderdale international airports on Thursday may be delayed about 15-30 minutes because of a glitch with the nation's air traffic control system, authorities said. ... [South Florida Sun-Sentinel - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Air Traffic Control, Fort Lauderdale, Miami (Florida, United States)

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 Documents

Worlds biggest cruise ship: Oasis of the Seas

The worlds biggest cruise ship, which boasts an amphitheatre and a park the size of a football pitch with its own microclimate, has been officially unveiled.The 225,000-tonne Oasis of the Seas was shown to the media and public at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ... [Times Online - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Royal Caribbean, Fort Lauderdale, Finland

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Toyota Motor Corporation

Two die after train hits car

Two people were killed in Oakland Park Thursday morning after their car got caught in railroad tracks and a Tri-Rail train hit the vehicle.The northbound train hit a gold Toyota with three people inside on Commercial Boulevard near Powerline Road.Police ... [Miami Herald - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Toyota Motor Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, Miami (Florida, United States)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Today's Gutierrez endorsement is from...Fort Lauderdale

Justin Sayfie, who was Gov. Jeb Bush's chief spokesman and speechwriter until 2001 when he resigned to found (among other things) the must-read aggregated political news site , has endorsed Armando Gutierrez for Congress.Gutierrez, a Miami real-estate ... [Orlando Sentinel - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Armando Gutierrez, Fort Lauderdale, Jeb Bush, George P. Bush

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Crist promotes staffers

Josh Hafenbrack just filed this report:Former Fort Lauderdale policeman Chuck Drago has been promoted to Gov. Charlie Crist?s deputy chief of staff, the administration announced Wednesday.Drago, 57, started in the Fort Lauderdale PD as a detective and ... [Orlando Sentinel - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Charlie Crist, Chief of Staff, Stephanie Smith, Promoter

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Ousted Law Firm Chairman Requests Disbarment in Wake of Fraud Probe

Besieged Fort Lauderdale, Fla., attorney and political rainmaker Scott Rothstein is now picking his battles -- and trying to stay a lawyer is not one of them. The ousted chairman of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler has decided to surrender his law license, ... [Law.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Supreme Court, Fraud, Fort Lauderdale, Charlie Crist

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Other law firms scoop up Scott Rothstein's colleagues

While the tentacles of the $1 billion investment scheme attributed to Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein have reached far and wide, some of the firm's attorneys are escaping the effects of any stigma now associated with him.Just this week, less ... [Miami Herald - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Arthur Rice, Fort Lauderdale, Robinson & Co., Litigation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Swine flu vaccination hours expanded at Broward clinic

Children and pregnant women looking to be vaccinated from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, can take advantage of new, expanded hours at a clinic in Fort Lauderdale.Officials at the Broward County Health Department announced Wednesday that ... [Miami Herald - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Swine Flu, Fort Lauderdale, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Risk (Health), National Guard

Quotes

...Lauderdale branch vice president Frank Spinosa, served as a ''critical linchpin legitimizing'' the Rothstein-led ''plot'' to fleece investors. "Investors were duped by TD Bank employees conspiring with the principal conspirators to manipulate TD Bank's trust account statements and conniving investors with the false sense of security predicated on written assurances that settlement funds existed and would only be released directly to them" the suit says

Suit alleges massive fraud by Scott Rothstein, TD Bank and others [Miami Herald - 8 hours ago]

...'The jury saw her condition,' Todd Falzone, who also represented Naugle, said in a statement. "We think that they felt it. She needed to rest for five minutes to catch her breath after making the 7 step walk to the witness stand." Naugle started smoking in 1968 when she was 20 because she thought they 'made her look older...

Fla. jury awards $300M to former smoker [Washington Times - 23 hours ago]

...they're not sure where any liability, lawsuits or distractions may come from,'' said Abbe Mald Bunt, president of Bunt Legal Search in Hollywood. "Other firms are maybe seeing this as a great opportunity to get talent that would not normally be available."

Other law firms scoop up Scott Rothstein's colleagues [Miami Herald - 11/19/2009]

More Content

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Jury Says Philip Morris Must Pay $300M to Longt... [ABA Journal - 58 mins ago]
Ex-Smoker Wins Against Philip Morris [New York Times - 59 mins ago]
Former Smoker Wins Case Against Philip Morris [New York Times - 1 hour ago]
Bank helped Rothstein in fraud scheme, lawsuit ... [South Florida Sun-Sentinel - 2 hours ago]
Next Weekend Away: Cheap Travel to San Francisco [Cheapflights.com - 2 hours ago]
Worlds biggest cruise ship: Oasis of the Seas [Times Online - 4 hours ago]
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Once bitten [South China Morning Post - 6 hours ago]
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New routes launched during the last week (Satur... [anna aero - 7 hours ago]
Bank of Florida seeks foreclosure on Lake Worth... [Biz Journals - 7 hours ago]
Suit alleges massive fraud by Scott Rothstein, ... [Miami Herald - 8 hours ago]
Oasis of the Seas: inside the world's biggest c... [Telegraph - 8 hours ago]
Regulators should give insurers more leeway to ... [SmartBrief - 9 hours ago]
Woman wins $300M verdict in tobacco suit [UPI - 9 hours ago]
Hearing delayed for ex-Broward School Board mem... [Miami Herald - 9 hours ago]
Free Legal Workshop December 3: Fashioning Your... [Business Wire - 11 hours ago]
Bank teller, 5 others accused of identity theft [Miami Herald - 11 hours ago]
Next Oasis cruise ship launched [The Motor Ship - 11 hours ago]
Allure of the Seas launched at Turku shipyard [Cruise Business Review - 11 hours ago]
Oasis Of The Seas: world's biggest cruise ship ... [Telegraph - 11 hours ago]
Ex-Broward School Board member Beverly Gallaghe... [Miami Herald - 12 hours ago]
Spherion: Ohio workers gloomy about job market [Biz Journals - 12 hours ago]
World's biggest cruise ship goes on display [The Independent - 12 hours ago]
World's biggest cruise ship Oasis of the Seas u... [Telegraph - 13 hours ago]
Regulators warn West Palm Beach bank [Miami Herald - 14 hours ago]
Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever... [USA Today - 14 hours ago]
Police ID victims of Tri-Rail crash \| Video [South Florida Sun-Sentinel - 15 hours ago]
Police identify victims of Tri-Rail crash in Fo... [Individual.com - 19 hours ago]

Blogs

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Ex-smoker’s lawyers to discuss $300M Fla. verdict [Economy-Finance - 9 hours ago] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— A former smoker who just won a $300 million verdict in Florida against Philip Morris USA has pulled out of a news conference about the case. Lawyers ...
A Scott Rothstein Sampler Platter [WSJ.com: Law Blog - 11/19/2009] Though he has been absent from the blog for a few days, Scott Rothstein has not been far from our thoughts. Lets get you caught up on the latest news about the ...
"The View From Your Window" - Now Jus... [The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 11/19/2009] Apologies for the belated update, especially to the 1000+ readers last week who pledged to purchase at least one Window View book. (Total pledges: nearly ...
Dem Govs Group Blasts Florida GOP Candidate Ove... [TPMMuckraker - 11/18/2009] The Democratic Governors Association is going after Bill McCollum, the likely GOP nominee in the race for Florida governor, in the wake of TPMmuckraker's report ...
Hut, Hut! Jindal Chomped Up $10k From Accused F... [TPMMuckraker - 11/18/2009] Just hours before the University of Florida Gators administered a 51-21 trouncing of LSU last year, Gov. Bobby Jindal was rubbing elbows with well-heeled Florida ...

Audio/Video

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FBI: Don't Believe $1B Fraud 'first in South Fla.' [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/12/2009]

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