Epstein Secrets

control of The Boatslip. The Monroe County litigation ultimately was settled. Ferrell, who was dissatisfied with the outcome, sued his partners in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ("the Federal case"). Ferrell's New York counsel retained the appellees, two Miami attorneys and their law fi

Fla. 197, 44 So. 357 (1907). In Levitt, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, P.A. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 639 So.2d 606, 608 (Fla.I994), the Florida Supreme Court extended the litigation privilege, already applicable to defamatory statements (slander and libel) and perjury, to all other torts so long as the

the individuals referred to in paragraph (7), supra, elects to file suit pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2255, Epstein will not contest the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida over his person and/or the subject matter, and Epstein waives his right to contest liability and also waives h

tion. A21 EFTA00798187 Court of Appeal reversed and remanded in November 2015, with the Mandate issuing in December 2015. The matter was sent to the Florida Supreme Court and, in large part, there were no substantive filings in this case until June 2017, after the Supreme Court declined jurisdiction. Defendant notice

hearing En Bane Denied Dec. 10. 1987. Persons whose state grand jury testimony had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury appealed from order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Nos. MISC-J-86-183-14, MISC-J-86-183- 4, Susan H. Black, J., which denied motions to suppress subpoenas. The

s is without a basis in Florida law. We find no evidence that the Florida courts derive an evidentiary privilege from F1a.Stat. § 905.27. Indeed, the Florida Supreme Court has noted that [t]he rule of secrecy concerning matters transpiring in the grand jury room is not designed for the protection of witnesses b