Coverage of our cases and our lawyers, from the outlets that reported them.
Court-appointed receiver in the SEC receivership that repaid more than 1,600 defrauded investors.
Defense verdict for a national engineering and construction company after a four-week jury trial on a $14.5 million negligence claim, affirmed on appeal.
Prosecutors dropped the sexual battery charge against SKS client Ohad Fisherman the day before trial in the Alexander brothers case.
Court-appointed Special Master in the multidistrict litigation over defective Takata airbag inflators.
Commentary by Matthew DellaBetta in the Daily Business Review.
Receivership counsel in the contempt and collection battles that recovered assets for Par Funding investors.
Counsel for the former Cuban pilot charged in the 1996 shootdown prosecution.
Counsel to the whistleblower in the $22 million Medicare fraud settlement with the University of Miami.
Defense of the former FBI agent charged alongside Puerto Rico’s former governor.
Commentary by Matthew DellaBetta in the Daily Business Review.
The receivership pursued the law firm that advised Par Funding and recovered $38 million, with roughly $31.75 million going to defrauded investors.
Defense counsel in the federal prosecutions of Chinese nationals accused of photographing a Navy installation in Key West.
Founding, growth, and lateral moves, as reported by Law360, The American Lawyer, and the Daily Business Review.
Philadelphia Magazine's definitive feature on the $550 million fraud and the receivership unwinding it.
After the defense exposed copied-and-pasted police reports, a federal jury in Puerto Rico acquitted the client on all counts in under an hour.
More Coverage
On November 1, 2026, the dollar thresholds that drive white-collar sentencing ranges rise for the first time since 2015. The amendment is not retroactive. For a defendant whose loss figure sits near a line, two levels and months of recommended prison time turn on the date of sentencing. Read more →
A Florida federal judge on Friday rejected a proposed class of private equity investors' emergency request to lift a mandated stay on their $150 million fraud suit and won't hand… Read more →
By Matthew DellaBetta A Closer Look at DOJ's Takedown Announcements Every summer, the Department of Justice announces a coordinated "national health care fraud takedown," unveiled… Read more →
By Matthew DellaBetta and Ryan K. Stumphauzer, former federal prosecutors | Miami, FL On June 25, 2026, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced the results of its 2026… Read more →
A Chilean appeals court has vacated a $217 million arbitral award issued to Chinese agribusiness Joyvio Group Co. Ltd. following a dispute over its nearly $1 billion purchase of a… Read more →
A Florida federal court on Tuesday dismissed an antitrust case accusing Boats Group LLC of monopolizing the market for online platforms used to buy and sell boats, finding the… Read more →
The former CEO of Austrian lender Meinl Bank AG on Thursday pled guilty in Brooklyn federal court after a yearslong fight over accusations he helped Odebrecht SA hide $170 million… Read more →
A group of private equity fund managers and their companies urged a Florida federal court to dismiss a proposed class action brought by investors alleging a conspiracy to steal… Read more →
The former CEO of Austrian lender Meinl Bank AG who was extradited from the U.K. has reached a tentative deal to resolve criminal charges that he helped Odebrecht SA hide $170… Read more →
The former CEO of the Puerto Rico-based Nodus International Bank pled guilty Thursday to running a scheme that stole more than $13.6 million from the now-collapsed bank and… Read more →
The receiver for a Philadelphia company behind the $405 million Par Funding merchant cash advance Ponzi scheme reached a plea deal Monday, where the company pled guilty to… Read more →
A former health insurance agent has dropped his proposed collective action against a group of health insurance companies alleging they failed to pay overtime and improperly… Read more →
A Florida federal jury returned a guilty verdict on Monday against a marketing company CEO and insurance brokerage executive who were accused of submitting fraudulent enrollments… Read more →
Diaz Reus LLP has expanded in Miami with an international lawyer from Sequor Law whose practice focuses on white collar cases involving multiple international jurisdictions. Click… Read more →
A co-founder of a laboratory accused of submitting $40 million in unnecessary COVID-19 and genetic testing claims to healthcare benefit programs was sentenced to three years in… Read more →
A small Sunshine State firm launched in 2022 by attorneys with ties to the Trump administration and state Republican leaders has grown to become a fierce advocate of the… Read more →
A co-founder of a laboratory accused of submitting $40 million in unnecessary COVID-19 and genetic testing claims to healthcare benefit programs took the stand for the government… Read more →
The launches of new firms to take on the Trump administration were among the latest developments in the Washington, D.C., legal world to garner headlines in recent weeks. Click… Read more →
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action against Luli Fama and various social media influencers for failing to disclose the influencers' endorsements… Read more →
Continental PLLC bolstered its white collar, international arbitration and campaign finance capabilities with the addition of four new attorneys in Miami and Washington, D.C… Read more →
A Florida federal judge Wednesday sentenced the final defendant rounded up in the "Shell Factory Fraud" to 18 months in prison for his role in creating fake shell companies as… Read more →
In a one-word opinion, Florida's Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court's decision to disqualify a plaintiff's attorney in a long-running construction ownership… Read more →
The former CEO of Austrian lender Meinl Bank AG was extradited from the U.K. and pled not guilty Friday to money laundering charges, stemming from allegations that he helped… Read more →
Defense attorneys representing three men, including former high-profile luxury real estate brokers, want a Florida court to sanction the prosecutor on the case for allegedly… Read more →
Federal prosecutors opened their case Tuesday against two laboratory owners, telling jurors in Florida that they ran a more than $40 million scheme to submit medically unnecessary… Read more →
A Florida federal judge has signed off on a $38 million deal resolving legal malpractice claims against Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC by investors who fell victim to a Ponzi… Read more →
The final defendant rounded up in the "Shell Factory Fraud" prosecution of a group that created fake shell companies as part of a pump-and-dump scheme pled guilty Monday in Miami… Read more →
A Florida state judge on Thursday denied a request by three men, including a real estate broker, facing sexual assault charges to force discovery of reports by the victim's… Read more →
A laboratory owner pled guilty Tuesday to running a $36 million scheme to submit false COVID-19 testing claims to healthcare benefit programs just one week before his… Read more →
Three men, including a real estate executive and a broker, facing sexual assault charges are asking a Florida court to force prosecutors to hand over reports by the victim's… Read more →
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday excoriated a real estate agent for fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program, sentencing the agent to six… Read more →
A Florida federal judge on Monday approved a distribution plan by the receiver for Par Funding and authorized the first distribution of more than $110 million that the receiver… Read more →
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday rejected a bid from a couple accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of a nearly half-a-billion-dollar fraud to reverse an order… Read more →
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a decision in favor of the Florida High School Athletic Association and its decision denying the use of a loudspeaker for prayer before… Read more →
A customer support services company agreed to pay out $3 million to end a U.S. Department of Labor suit in Florida federal court claiming it misclassified thousands of workers as… Read more →
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a Miami federal jury's verdict rejecting claims that the University of Miami fired a compliance officer for his refusal to close an investigation… Read more →
Miami, FL Partner Matthew DellaBetta provided the Daily Business Review with commentary on the Supreme Court's recent decision in Snyder v. United States, in an article titled… Read more →
A couple accused of scamming 1,200 investors out of nearly half a billion dollars asked the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to reverse an order expanding a receivership of their… Read more →
Employees for a customer support services company have control over their work and manage their own business, the company told a Florida federal court in its request to stop the… Read more →
The U.S. Department of Labor urged a Florida federal judge to grant it a pretrial win in its suit accusing a customer support services provider of misclassifying 22,000 workers as… Read more →
Three owners of laboratories spanning the U.S. were indicted by a grand jury in Florida on federal charges that they conspired to defraud the U.S. government by more than $36… Read more →
Miami litigation boutique Stumphauzer Kolaya Nadler & Sloman PLLC has brought on two attorneys who were previously federal prosecutors, including a former Kelley Uustal partner… Read more →
Geico reached a settlement with a Florida podiatrist it accused of engaging in a patient brokering and kickback scheme with other physicians to channel business through his… Read more →
State Farm asked a Florida federal court to resolve a dispute between it and a medical care company, saying the company was attempting to dodge an agreement to settle over $31… Read more →
A Florida federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit against a chiropractic center brought by State Farm over fraud claims, saying the insurer made specific enough allegations… Read more →
A putative class that invested in FTX through Singapore-based Temasek Holdings is suing the company and others and joining the multidistrict litigation against the now-defunct… Read more →
A Florida Christian school urged the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to reverse a ruling in favor of the Florida High School Athletic Association and its decision denying the use of a… Read more →
As Fenwick & West LLP faces scrutiny over its role counseling FTX, the law firm has hired Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to represent it in matters related to the now-bankrupt crypto… Read more →
A Florida federal judge has spiked a class action against a Chicago attorney accused of helping cover up a $40 million Ponzi scheme, finding that investors' claims against the… Read more →
A Florida federal judge has paused discovery in a class action from plaintiffs alleging that a lawyer crossed the line from attorney to active participant in a $40 million Ponzi… Read more →
The plaintiffs behind a class action over a $40 million Ponzi scheme case say a Florida federal court should reject an attorney's motion to stay discovery because the lawyer — who… Read more →
Advising a client to take the Fifth does not mean a law firm actively participated in an alleged Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of more than $40 million, according to a… Read more →
An attorney accused of helping clients pull off a $40 million Ponzi scheme has moved a suit against him from Florida state court to federal court, citing the high dollar amount… Read more →
A former University of Miami compliance officer won't be able to retry his suit claiming he was fired for pushing for an investigation into improper billing within the… Read more →
A Chicago lawyer who represented a cryptocurrency trader for EmpiresX was hit with a suit Thursday from investors in the purported hedge fund embroiled in a $40 million crypto… Read more →
A Florida federal jury on Tuesday rejected a former University of Miami compliance officer's claims that he was terminated for his refusal to shut down an investigation into the… Read more →
A former compliance officer at the University of Miami told jurors Monday that the morale-killing layoffs he implemented in the university's health system were applauded by… Read more →
Miami, FL The attorneys at Stumphauzer Kolaya & Sloman received three favorable rulings from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit over the last few weeks… Read more →
A Florida federal judge on Monday rejected the University of Miami's bid for an early win in a retaliation suit filed by a former compliance officer who says he was fired after… Read more →
Winston & Strawn LLP is continuing the growth of its new Miami office with the addition of a co-founder and named partner of Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya PLLC. Click… Read more →
Sidley Austin LLP picked up a Miami attorney who was a named partner and co-founder of Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya PLLC. Click here for more Read more →
A Florida state court's recent decision in NM Residential v. Prospect Park highlights the unpredictability around how and when the state's courts enforce nonreliance provisions in… Read more →
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday set an Oct. 11 trial date for a Colombian businessman accused of laundering $350 million from a Venezuela-based bribery scheme through the… Read more →
By Amy M. Bowers (Originally featured by the ABA International Section's Ethics Committee at: ABA – International Section: The Year in Review; International Legal Developments… Read more →
A South Florida attorney received a five-year sentence Friday for his role in raising nearly $149 million from investors as part of a $322 million Ponzi scheme run through… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer, Foslid, Sloman, Ross & Kolaya attorney Amy M. Bowers co-authored an article in The Year in Review: An Annual Survey of International Legal Developments, a publication of the American Bar Association International Law Section, which is published in cooperation with Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law…
A former Boies Schiller Flexner LLP legal assistant said Tuesday she won't appeal after her suit alleging she was fired due to her age and disability was cut down last month when… Read more →
By Ian M. Ross and Jorge A. Perez Santiago (Originally featured by the American Health Law Association in the Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, July 2021, at 29. © American… Read more →
A court-appointed receiver for a cash-advance business wants to pause legal malpractice claims against Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC for allegedly helping steer investors… Read more →
A Florida federal judge ended a former Boies Schiller Flexner LLP legal assistant's lawsuit claiming she was fired because of her age and anxiety disorder, finding Thursday that… Read more →
The University of Miami will pay $22 million to settle whistleblower False Claims Act allegations that it overcharged Medicare for doctors' services and for medically unnecessary… Read more →
By Ian Ross and Jorge Perez Santiago (Originally featured by Law360 at: law360.com.) Over the last two years, plaintiffs have increasingly looked to state courts when filing their… Read more →
To prepare for a new slate of privacy class actions, brought under Florida’s wiretapping statute against retailers using tracking software, companies should be assessing the… Read more →
Leading the charge for the federal criminal cases stemming from the attack on the U.S. Capitol is Michael R. Sherwin, acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Here… Read more →
A former South Florida attorney pled guilty this month to helping to perpetrate a $330 million Ponzi scheme run through purported commercial lender 1 Global Capital LLC. Here… Read more →
A South Florida attorney pled guilty Thursday to raising more than $100 million from investors to further a $322 million Ponzi scheme run through purported commercial lender 1… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer, Foslid, Sloman, Ross, and Kolaya's Jeffrey Sloman was referenced in a Miami Herald article on a proposed $22 million settlement of a whistleblower lawsuit… Read more →
A South Florida attorney was hit with criminal charges and a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday for allegedly "personally and fraudulently"… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya is proud to announce that partners Ryan Stumphauzer, Adam Foslid, Ian Ross, and Tim Kolaya have been recognized by their peers in Florida Trend magazine's 2020 Legal Elite. Additionally, Ian Ross has been recognized as one of Florida Trend magazine's 2020 "Legal Elite Up & Comers." The…
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya is proud to announce that partner Timothy Kolaya was appointed president of the University of Miami Law Alumni Association's Board of Directors. He will serve a one-year term leading the Board of Directors, which is the governing body of the Alumni Association and the more than 23,000…
A Florida federal judge on Thursday set a March 2021 trial date in a bias suit by a former Boies Schiller Flexner LLP legal assistant who says she was fired because she was over… Read more →
A Florida judge has denied a discovery request from Indian travel conglomerate InterGlobe Enterprises, ahead of an arbitration proceeding in New Delhi related to control of the… Read more →
An Indian tribunal adjudicating a power struggle for control over low-cost airline IndiGo has indicated that it would not be helpful for a Florida federal court to order one of… Read more →
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP urged a federal judge Thursday to toss a former legal assistant's suit alleging she was fired because she's over 60 years old and suffers from an… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya was proud to sponsor Read to a Child's annual Miami fundraiser on January 25, 2020. Read to a Child is a national literacy and… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya was proud to sponsor Miami-Dade FAWL's Luncheon and Discussion with The Honorable Robert J. Luck on January 8, 2020. Judge Luck… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya was featured in an article in the Daily Business Review on December 11, 2019. The article, which discusses the top lateral moves… Read more →
The Washington Supreme Court recently held that an investor didn’t need to show it relied on a misstatement to prove fraud in Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle v. Credit Suisse… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya was featured in an article in the Daily Business Review on November 14, 2019. The article, which was in a question-and-answer… Read more →
IndiGo cofounder Rakesh Gangwal, embroiled in a power struggle for control of the low-cost Indian airline, has urged a Florida federal court to reject his partner's bid to… Read more →
Coral Gables, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya partner Timothy A. Kolaya, a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law's class of 2008, was recognized at the 2019… Read more →
Miami, FL | November 1, 2019 Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya, PLLC (SFS) is proud to announce that the firm has been selected for inclusion in the 2020 edition of U.S… Read more →
An eventual resolution of whether unnamed class members are required to establish Article III standing by the Eleventh Circuit, together with its recent Telephone Consumer… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya, PLLC (SFS) is proud to announce that three of its partners have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© 2020. They were featured in the following practice areas: Ryan K. Stumphauzer: Criminal Defense – White-Collar Adam M. Foslid: Commercial…
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya, PLLC was mentioned in an article on Law360 for a recent settlement its attorneys negotiated in connection with a False Claims… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya, PLLC's newest attorneys, Jacqueline DerOvanesian and Erica Perdomo, were featured in the Daily Business Review's On the Move… Read more →
Greenberg Traurig has added two new shareholders in its corporate and litigation departments in Miami as it continues to bring on new talent in the wake of several recent… Read more →
Morrison & Foerster LLP is expanding to Miami with four partners from Greenberg Traurig LLP, including the co-chair of Greenberg's Miami corporate practice. Click here for more Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya partner Timothy A. Kolaya, a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law's class of 2008, has been named President-Elect of… Read more →
As Florida district courts grapple with how to interpret certain aspects of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, three upcoming TCPA decisions from the Eleventh Circuit could… Read more →
Three litigators from Greenberg Traurig PA's Miami office, including the former chair of the litigation department in that location, have joined Stumphauzer & Sloman PLLC as name… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya, PLLC has been featured in an article on Law360 for its recent addition of partners Adam Foslid, Ian Ross, and Timothy Kolaya… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya, PLLC partners Adam Foslid, Ian Ross, and Timothy Kolaya have been featured in the Business Section of the April 15, 2019 edition… Read more →
Miami, FL Stumphauzer & Sloman, PLLC have announced that Adam Foslid, Ian Ross, and Timothy Kolaya, three partners from Greenberg Traurig, P.A.'s Miami office, have joined the… Read more →
Miami, FL Timothy A. Kolaya has been appointed to The Florida Bar's Civil Procedure Rules Committee for a three-year term lasting through the spring of 2021. The Civil Procedure… Read more →
Washington, D.C. Stumphauzer & Sloman partner Ryan Stumphauzer will speak on November 1, 2017, about criminal and civil enforcement actions against compounding pharmacies at the Health Care Compliance Association's (HCCA) Third Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Institute in Washington, DC. Mr. Stumphauzer, along with Assistant…
National Harbor, MD Stumphauzer & Sloman partner Ryan Stumphauzer recently gave two presentations at the Health Care Compliance Association's (HCCA) 21st Annual Compliance… Read more →
On March 20, 2017, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida appointed Ryan K. Stumphauzer as Receiver over the following entities: LottoNet Holdings… Read more →
Miami, FL | June 2015 Miami-based litigation boutique announces that former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jeffrey H. Sloman has joined the firm as a… Read more →
