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SUPREME COURT UPDATES IOTA INTEREST RATE FORMULA

The Florida Supreme Court has approved a Florida Bar proposal that changes how interest rates are calculated on lawyer trust accounts, a move designed to align the court’s Interest on Trust Accounts program with recently enacted legislation and help ensure …

FRAUDSTERS ARE IMPERSONATING ATTORNEYS IN IMMIGRATION SCHEME

The Florida Bar is able to place a temporary alert on a member’s Florida Bar profile to warn the public about an incident involving identity theft and prompt anyone who may suspect that they are being scammed to contact the member directly.  The ABA is …

Attorney General Bonta Secures $4.6 Million Settlement, Consumer Relief with Mortgage Servicer, Select Portfolio ...

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a $4.6 million settlement with Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS), a large sub-prime mortgage servicer operating in California, resolving allegations that the company violated state and federal …

Legal Aid Clinic - June 2026

BAST AMRON DONATES FORUM PROCEEDS TO DADE LEGAL AID

Cristina Bengochea and Maylynn Vargas-Menoud of Bast Amron LLP, from the left, and Karen Josefsberg Ladis, Stephanie Grosman, Adriana Salazar, and Natalie Concepcion of Dade Legal Aid. Bast Amron recently donated $6,200 to Dade Legal Aid following the firm …

28 Appointments to NYS Court of Claims and Supreme Court

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced 28 judicial appointments, consisting of seven new judges on the Court of Claims, seventeen appointments to new terms of sitting judges of the Court of Claims and four interim Justices of the Supreme Court. “Our …

THESE FLORIDA MOTHERS WARNED FAMILY COURTS ABOUT ABUSE. NOW THEY CAN’T SPEAK TO THEIR CHILDREN

The boy was 13 when he met with the judge keeping him from his mother, an opportunity rarely granted to children in family court. “I want to be with my mom,” he told the judge over Zoom from the military school in Georgia the court had ordered him to …

The Dugger Law Firm, PLLC Files Class Action Complaint Against The Legal Aid Society Alleging Disability Accommodation ...

Long Island City, NY, New York – On May 11, 2026, Plaintiff Marissa Kubicki filed a putative class action complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against The Legal Aid Society, Connie Park, Laura Walsh, Rebekah …