Your only florida lawyer news source! Click on each item to read full story.   Lawyer suspended after arrest in burglary at client's home read story Albert E. Ford II was arrested in July after police say he burglarized the home of former client Kasee Singh A Longwood lawyer arrested in July on charges of burglarizing the home of a former client has been suspended by the Florida Supreme Court, The Florida Bar announced Tuesday.   Florida Supreme Court strikes 3 GOP-backed amendments from Nov. 2 ballot read story Florida Supreme Court strikes 3 GOP-backed amendments from Nov. 2 ballot   Lawyer Rothstein Ordered to Repay $363 Million to Victims For Ponzi Scheme read story Scott Rothstein , the former South Florida lawyer serving 50 years in prison for a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, was ordered by a U.S. judge to repay $363 million to his victims.   Florida Supreme Court hears Serrano's appeal read story TALLAHASSEE - A lawyer being paid by Ecuador's government told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday it should reverse the murder convictions and death sentence of a dual U.S.-Ecuadorean citizen for four killings at a Bartow factory in 1997.   Ex-Lawyer to Pay $363 Million for Ponzi Scheme read story An ex-lawyer convicted of running a huge Ponzi scheme in South Florida has been ordered to pay $363 million in restitution to victims. U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn issued the order Monday in the case of former lawyer Scott Rothstein. Rothstein is serving a 50-year prison sentence. Rothstein, 48, has admitted operating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme using false legal settlements to lure ...   Florida Supreme Court refuses to put redistricting, property tax and health amendments back on the ballot read story TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld lower-court decisions to remove three legislatively drafted constitutional amendments dealing with property tax breaks, redistricting and the federal health-care reform from the Nov. 2 ballot.   Lawyer in Scientology case is stuck between state and federal judges read story By Craig Pittman and Curtis Krueger, Times staff writers Tuesday, August 31, 2010 LARGO — One of the Church of Scientology's most vocal critics, Tampa lawyer Ken Dandar, is in a pickle. Six years ago, he settled a wrongful death case against the church on behalf of the family of Lisa McPherson, who died in 1995 after 17 days in the care of church members in Clearwater. Part of the settlement ...   Filipino women at work read story Romero, Florida Ruth. "Filipino women at work." Philippine Labor Review 4 (Fourth Quarter 1979), 4:53-60 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Lawyer Flerida Ruth P. Romero discusses the status of working women in the Philippines , specifically their occupations and participation in the labor force, as well as the problems and the forms of discrimination they experience in the workplace.   Florida condo, HOA laws available on smart phones read story Settle law disputes with owners or associations instantly As a Boca Raton homeowner, Chandra Doucette uses an iPhone app to pull up state laws during association board meetings. As a shared community lawyer, she relies on it when out of the office to respond to client cell-phone calls as fast as they come in.   Florida Supreme Court reprimands Seminole's Judge Eriksson read story Chief justice: Eriksson's behavior was 'intolerable' and he punished the innocent Showing no emotion and saying not a word, Seminole County Judge Ralph Eriksson this morning stood before the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee and was publicly reprimanded for being a bad judge.