Oct 06, 2025

CBS Miami Seminole Tribe sues Lennar Homes after alleging defective construction

The Seminole Tribe is suing Miami-based Lennar Homes after it says hundreds of the homes built on its reservations are defective. In Hollywood, Lennar built more than 200 townhomes and single-family homes. According to the Seminole housing department, when the problems started, they thought they were dealing with isolated incidents, but as days went by, […]

Sep 29, 2025

Seminole Tribe sues Lennar over 552 ‘defective’ new houses across Florida

Hundreds of homes built by the Miami-based Lennar Corporation on tribal land over the last five years are in such shoddy condition that no one can safely live in them, according to a lawsuit against the construction company filed by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The lawsuit was filed in March, but efforts to resolve […]

Jun 18, 2025

Ex-Broward County Chief Judge Returns to Private Practice at Conrad & Scherer

Chief Judge Jack Tuter, retired judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit—the second largest in the state of Florida—is rejoining Conrad & Scherer as a senior partner after a 20-year-gap. Tuter, who has over 40 years of legal experience, was appointed to the Broward County bench in 2005 by then-Gov. Jeb Bush. He was then elected […]

Jun 18, 2025

Retired Fla. Judge Joins Conrad & Scherer As Senior Partner

A former Florida state court judge has returned to private practice at Fort Lauderdale-based Conrad & Scherer Trial Lawyers, telling Law360 Pulse on Monday that he wasn’t quite ready to call an end to his lengthy legal career. Jack B. Tuter, who retired as chief judge of Florida’s 17th Judicial Circuit Court in May, joined Conrad […]

Apr 01, 2025

‘Justice has prevailed’: Seminole Tribe wins $832M verdict against Wells Fargo Bank

A jury has awarded more than $800 million to the Seminole Tribe of Florida after finding that Wachovia Bank and its new owner Wells Fargo Bank charged more than $7 million in unauthorized fees and mishandled a trust fund set up for the tribe’s children. The civil jury in Broward County court found on Tuesday, […]

Mar 26, 2025

Jury orders Wells Fargo to pay Seminole children’s trust $832 million

A Broward jury on Tuesday ordered one of the biggest banks in America to pay $832 million to the children of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the beneficiaries of a trust they say was mismanaged to yield anemic returns for more than a decade. The award is one of the biggest in Broward County history, […]