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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2003
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Bar seeks nominees for judicial award Coffman opens Tampa firm to handle insurance litigation Foley & Lardner adds two new associates to Tampa office

  • Law
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  • November 7, 2003
Real Estate Briefs

This week's items: Bluewater Development buys large Riviera Dunes pieceInland Retail Real Estate buys Cortez PlazaSaunders commercial records more than $45 million in sales Community foundationbreaks ground on new building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 7, 2003
Rise and Fall

A Tampa company's venture into Internet kiosks at shopping malls failed during the dot-com bust. An Ohio mall operator wants at least $4 million in unpaid rent.

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  • November 7, 2003
Court Record Moratorium

The Florida Supreme Court is expected to close the door to online court records later this month. Proponents claim it's an issue of balancing privacy and easy access.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2003
A Fair Count

Two Clearwater entrepreneurs say they have come up with a smarter way for state fairs to get all the money coming to them.

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  • November 7, 2003
Pricey but Popular

A high cost of living has not stopped growth in the country's pricier towns. The most expensive cities in America - San Francisco and New York - have enjoyed relatively continuous growth, even during the recent economic downturn.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2003
Hearsay (Tampa edition)

This week's items: An update on court funding Yanchuck Berman Wadley & Servos PA fighting insurance company over mold Local woman suesTampa attorney for error

  • Law
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  • October 31, 2003
Shedding Golden Handcuffs (Tampa)

Business litigator Peter Cardillo has split from Buchanan Ingersoll, where he built a lucrative practice representing real estate companies and condominium associations.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2003
Legal Briefs (Tampa Edition)

This week's items: Fowler White attorneys appointed to Florida Bar Williams Schifino Mangione names new firm presidentFlorida Bar appoints Eagan to grievance committee

  • Law
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  • October 31, 2003
Hearsay (Tampa Edition)

This week's items: Pinellas judge charged by Qualifications Commission Win some; lose some

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  • October 31, 2003
Legal Defense (Tampa Edition)

A small group of Tampa Bay area lawyers, including some former Florida Bar prosecutors, make a living defending peers accused of wrongdoing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2003
Aberrant Attorney Fees (Sara/Mana)

The Sarasota city staff projection of the cost of hiring staff attorneys strikes public and private attorneys as fairly outrageous. Here's our independent analysis.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2003
Free Parking

All the talk about the city of Sarasota getting 300 public parking spaces at a bargain price at the Whole Foods development is just that - talk. Read the contract?

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2003
New Leases on Life

When FCCI moved and Arthur Andersen collapsed, two of Sarasota's largest corporate office centers went vacant. The landlords' solution: convert them to multi-tenant use.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2003
Patently Offended

BillingNetwork.com, an Internet medical-billing company, notified 250 competitors they may be in violation of federal patent laws. It has sued four of them.

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