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Rick Scott wants Internet Cafes shut down, says they're 'not legal'MiamiHerald.com (blog)“I don't believe that the Internet locations are legal or should be legal,'' he said. “It's an area that I think dones' make sense. I don't believe in it.” The Senate Regulated Industries Committee on Thursday will take up two Internet cafe bills. …and [...]

Scott Walker Collective Bargaining Law: Government Workers Retired In Record …Huffington PostA record number of Wisconsin's government employees retired in 2011, the same year Governor Scott Walker (R) pushed a law that took away the collective bargaining rights of public employees and forced them to contribute more to their health care and …and more » View [...]

Washingtonian.com (blog) Legally Speaking: A. Scott Bolden talks DC Government ScandalsWashingtonian.com (blog)By Marisa M. Kashino The DC government isn't short on legal and ethical trouble. In the past year, Mayor Vincent Gray and several DC Council members have found themselves embroiled in scandal. Ward 5 council member Harry Thomas Jr. is in the middle of [...]

As his Ponzi scheme unraveled, Scott Rothstein fabricated numerous Florida Bar grievances to explain to investors why his bank accounts were being frozen and how he could not repay them. Rothstein said in a deposition that he even enlisted a paralegal to pose as a Bar staffer in a call with a worried investor. View [...]

Wink News Scott Rothstein Says 2 Law Firm Partners Knew of His SchemeBusinessWeek21 (Bloomberg) — Scott Rothstein, convicted in a $1.2 billion investment fraud, said two of his former law firm partners also knew of his scheme, according to a transcript of a sworn deposition made public today. Rothstein, sentenced to 50 years in …Florida [...]

The ethics scandal involving Scott Storms, the former general counsel of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, just won’t die. On Monday, a grand jury indicted Storms’ former boss for helping Storms set up a new job with Duke Energy while he still worked on Duke cases before the commission. View full post on Law.com – [...]

Judith Scott Named to Virginia Business Legal EliteMarketWatch (press release)Electronic ballots for the 2011 Legal Elite were emailed to 11580 attorneys throughout Virginia, and were available online. Virginia Business received 1483 completed ballots nominating nearly 3900 lawyers. Of that number, 811 attorneys, …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

Daily Mail Scott Disick breaks the law by chatting on his cell phone while drivingDaily MailHe is father to an adorable son, with another child on the way so Scott Disick really should no better than to break the law. But the 28-year-old reality star was caught talking on his cell phone while driving today [...]

USA Today Scott: Affordable Care Act 'not the law of the land'Florida IndependentRick Scott said that the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform bill passed by Congress and signed into law in 2010, is “not the law of the land.” Federal officials and health care advocates have long criticized Florida officials for not planning [...]

Russell Adler, a former name partner of the defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm, has asked a judge to sanction the trustee in the RRA bankruptcy case for allegedly violating a non-disparagement agreement and accusing Adler of participating in the $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. View full post on Law.com – Newswire