Author: Scott A. Ferris, Esq.

Miami-Dade Attorneys Trade Barbs in $11.4 Billion Bitcoin Lawsuit

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Miami-Dade Attorneys Trade Barbs in $11.4 Billion Bitcoin Lawsuit Neither side is holding back in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit playing out in federal court in Miami-Dade. Their pleadings are relentless — 52 in the last five months — and riddled with barbs in what has become one of the most visible fights over bitcoin in the United States. Now, it is up to U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom to decide whether the complaint will... [...]

Chicago Priests Caught Having Sex in Public on Ocean Drive

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Chicago Priests Caught Having Sex in Public on Ocean Drive Beach Police say two men from Illinois — Diego Berrio, who is 39, and Edwin Giraldo Cortez, age 30 — were caught performing oral sex on each other in a car parked along Ocean Drive, Miami Beach's busiest tourist road, around 3:20 p.m. Labor Day. Someone called 911 to report that two men were [engaging in sexual activity] on Miami Beach's most famous street, and when... [...]

Miami-Dade Police Give Most Pot Citations to White People, While Black People Are Jailed

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Miami-Dade Police Give Most Pot Citations to White People, While Black People Are Jailed New data from the Miami-Dade Police Department confirms the conclusions of a recent New Times investigation showing that thousands of South Floridians are needlessly arrested and saddled with criminal records for possession of small amounts of marijuana. The strategy is employed in a racially biased fashion and wastes tens of millions of taxpayer... [...]

Popular Broward doctor’s ‘pill mill’ punishment is much less than feds sought – Sun Sentinel

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A federal judge didn't fully buy prosecutors' argument that Dr. Andres Mencia, who specialized in geriatric care, deserved a more severe punishment for illegally prescribing addictive pain pills. The appropriate penalty, the judge ruled, was six and a half years in federal prison. Source: www.sun-sentinel.com Popular Broward Doctor's 'Pill Mill' Punishment is Much Less than Feds Sought When a popular doctor went to trial this year on a... [...]

Donald Trump Jr’s controversial Twitter use reportedly played a role in his wife filing for divorce

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An issue at the core of Vanessa Trump reportedly filing for divorce from Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday is his Twitter use, Page Six reported. On Wednesday, the publication reported, citing two sources, that President Donald Trump's eldest son "appears to have changed recently, and friends are concerned about him." Those concerns increased after Trump Jr. recently liked a tweet linking antidepressants to mass murder, and another pair of tweets... [...]