GDC trial: a bonanza in fees and acrimony

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Attorneys defending officers of General Development Corp (GDC) against fraud charges dispute claims that their fees are too high. The Florida case has already accounted for $10 million in fees. National Union Fire Insurance Co which carries GDC's insurance is litigating to prevent paying any fees for defense until a verdict is returned since fraud is not part of the coverage. Joel Hirschhorn is defending GDC pres Robert Ehrling, while members of two New York firms and a Miami firm are defending GDC chmn David Brown.

Subdividers and developers, not elsewhere classified, Fraud, White collar crimes, White collar crime, General Development Corp., GDV

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A rising star takes a fall in Miami sting

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Dade County, FL Circuit Court Judge Phillip S. Davis, one of five arrested in the Miami Operation Court Broom sting to expose judicial corruption, is on trial for offenses including bribery and evidence suppression. The judge, an Afro-American who for a while claimed there was a racist plot to strip him of his position, has moved to pleading that his cocaine addiction affected him so severely that he did not know what he was doing.

Bribery, Judicial corruption, Judicial misconduct

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Fla. fee scandal prompts change

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Dade County, FL, responded to a spate of overbilling by court-appointed counsel by instituting a random rotation system under the supervision of an independent panel. Among other changes are billing standards, peer review, random audits and a limit of $75,000 annually in fees per attorney.

Finance, Court-appointed counsel, Court appointed counsel

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