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Ben & Jerry's Sues Porn Company Over Dirty Ben & Cherry's Videos

Ben & Jerry's, the ice cream company that likes to push the limits with its own unique sense of edgy humor has finally reached its own limit.The frozen treat manufacturer, known for its pop-culture-inspired ice cream names, is suing the producers of Ben & Cherry's adult DVDs, saying the "har ... More >>

Hebrew National Not Kosher? Lawsuit Filed

ConAgra Foods is being sued over claims that their Hebrew National brand of hot dogs and deli meats are not kosher.A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota (Wallace et al v. ConAgra Foods Inc) alleges that the meat processing plant used by ConAgra, did not adhere to strict Ortho ... More >>

Protest Stupid, Racist Laws

The U.S. Supreme Court and President Obama leave the undocumented and their allies no choice but to escalate civil disobedience.

Food Lies: Antwerp LLC Convicted of Felonious Misbranding

Many of us gladly pay extra for organic produce, in the hopes that the pesticide-free fruits and vegetables are worth the extra money for their cleaner profiles and nutritional benefits. But can we really be sure that little sticker on the Mango is telling the truth?Key Biscayne-based Antwerp, LLC w ... More >>

Innocent Man to Remain in Prison After Judge Wants More Paperwork

A federal judge declined today to release a man from prison where he is serving a 24-year term on drug charges, despite the fact that prosecutors have agreed to drop the charges against him.Elroy Phillips will remain in federal prison in Miami while prosecutors and his defense attorney file a joint ... More >>

Charles Stiefel, Coral Gables Dermatology King, Sued By SEC For Bilking Investors

photo by Chzz via Wikimedia CommonsStiefel's new headquarters​When Charles W. Stiefel took control of his family's business, Stiefel Laboratories was the largest dermatology manufacturer on earth. And the Coral Gables-based firm, which traced its history 160 years back to Stiefel's ancestors in Ge ... More >>

Daddy Yankee Sued In Miami By Promoter Who Says Canceled Tour Caused "Bleeding In His Eyes"

​Concert promoters and musicians sue each other all the damn time over everything from disputed fees to canceled dates to whether all the M&Ms in the dressing room were green as specifically noted in the rider. Never before has a promoter taken a legal fight quite as hard, though, as poor Dieg ... More >>

Judge Grants Prisoner Chance to Present Evidence He Says Proves His Innocence

Photo by Eric BartonPhillips, in prison in Kentucky, received the judge's ruling in the mail yesterday.​A South Florida man sentenced to decades in prison for a minor drug charge will finally get his chance in court to prove he didn't commit the crime.U.S. District Court Judge Joan A. Lenard issue ... More >>

Former Lee County Commissioner Vicki Lukis Is No Longer A Convicted Felon

Vicki Lukis ​Fourteen years after New Times chronicled her free fall out of public office and into the slammer, Vicki Lukis has won her redemption. On Monday, federal Judge John Steele of the U.S. District Court in Lee County vacated her 1997 conviction on honest services fraud. Her case was a fas ... More >>

Trailer Park Resident Sues WikiLeaks, Julian Assange for $150M in Miami Court

​Julian Assange and WikiLeaks are currently knee deep in a heap of legal concerns. And their latest, and most ridiculous, comes from a Florida man named David Pitchford who has sued the organization and its figurehead for emotional distress. Pitchford, who lists a Key West trailer park as his addr ... More >>

"Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore Appears in Miami Court This Afternoon (Updated)

​Colton Harris-Moore stole five airplanes, hot-wired boats and cars, flew a plane from Indiana to the Bahamas with no formal training, won almost 30,000 friends on Facebook, and had his life's movie rights optioned before he turned 20. The Barefoot Bandit, in short, is much cooler than you.Bu ... More >>

Scott Rothstein Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

Kim Rothstein and friend Stacie Weisman leaving the courthouse after the sentencing.​Unless you've been under a rock for the past few months, you should know that South Florida got stuck with its own mini-Madoff who goes by the name of Scott Rothstein. Yesterday, Rothstein was sentence by U.S. Dis ... More >>

Ponzi playboy Sean Healy didn't invest money he swindled; he blew it in a hurry

Mark Lane is Much More Than An "83-Year-Old Jonestown Survivor"

Stephen Jaffe, a publicist hired by author Gerald Posner, responded to El Jefe's recent comment about lawyer and author Mark Lane. The comment, which was reported across the country, referred to Lane as an "83-year-old Jonestown survivor." Obviously, he is much more than that., We stand corrected. ... More >>

Liberty City Seven Member Sentenced to Six Years

​U.S. District Court Judge Joan Leonard handed out the first sentence to a member of the Liberty City Seven. Burson Augustin will serve six years in prison. Significantly less than the 30 years prosecutors wanted. Leonard believed he played only a minor role. Augustin was arrested in 2006, with ... More >>

Let the John Timoney Boot Party Commence!

Whitney Roux​Well, that didn't take long. WSVN and the Miami Herald report John Timoney is hanging up his Miami Police uniform. He'll be gone by the beginning of the new year. Esquire once dubbed him "America's Best Cop." Miami New Times crowned him the nation's worst cop. But rest assured, T ... More >>

Dog Bites Man

Miami Police canine units attack first, ask questions later.

Hialeah Boat Captain Gets 3 Years for Human Smuggling

The young Hialeah boat captain caught transporting eight immigrants to Boynton Beach this past January will serve up to three years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth A. Marra sentenced 28-year-old Jovel Dominguez-Hernandez to 36 months yesterday for human smuggling. The indictment notes ... More >>

Spies in the Magic City

The Supreme Court will decide whether to reconsider conviction of the Cuban Five.

Timoney Loses, Freedom Wins, Taxpayers Pay

Miami Police Chief John Timoney screwed up, and we taxpayers are just gonna keep paying and paying.Back in November 2003, the City of Miami shut down some protests against a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) meeting being held here. The cops beat some protesters and illegally jailed others. Jus ... More >>

Club Madonna Owner Sues Miami Beach Over Alleged Extortion Scheme

Miami Beach officials tried to extort $30,000 in legal fees out of a strip club owner in exchange for a liquor license -- so says Leroy Griffith, owner of Club Madonna. Griffith, whose club is the only nudie joint in SoBe, made his claims in a lawsuit filed against city officials last week in U.S. D ... More >>

A Stripper, a Mobster, and a Murder

Yep, that's Miami.

Jack Thompson, 2 Live Crew's Greatest Nemesis, Disbarred

Jack Thompson Don't Know Jack

Why will the right-wing crusader likely lose his license? Swastikas are just the start.

Ignored and Cheated

Farm workers earn nada in America's green bean capital.

Could Che Guevara Be Cloned?

Riptide investigates the odds of a new generation of revolutionaries

Butcher of the Andes

A Peruvian soldier slaughters dozens, gets away with it, and heads for the subtropics

Cut and Run

Hundreds of mostly poor investors taken for millions? Say it ain't so.

Letters from the Issue of November 9, 2006

"Murder millions in Allah’s name?"

Creativity in the Corporate Age

When art imitates life a little too closely

When Online Got Off Base

Or: How Mark Cuban would have--and could have?--saved the music biz

Letters from the Issue of March 7, 2002

More debate about "Strings Attached"

The Morning After the Night Before

Three scenes from a botched election

Side Dish

Patience no longer is just a virtue -- it's a valuable commodity

DeFede

A Modest Proposal for Elian Gonzalez

The Assassin Next Door

Chile's infamous undercover operative Armando Fernandez Larios has lived a quiet life in Miami. But his past is about to catch up with him.

Riptide

Slippery eels

It's Payback Time

Eleven years after the ACLU sued the City of Miami for harassing homeless citizens, the plaintiffs will get their cash

Waiting for Floyd

New Times reporters hit the road to bring you all the prehurricane weirdness fit to print

Riptide

Serious downplaying

In Pursuit of Willy and Sal, Part Two

Having lost their case against the drug kingpins, federal prosecutors vowed to convict jury foreman Miguel Moya of bribery. Didn't quite work out that way.

Letters

Letters

Welcome to America. Now Go Home.

Granted sweeping new powers by Congress, the INS is quickly earning a global reputation for cruel and capricious conduct at Miami International Airport

Juris Without Prudence

What litigant is willing to take Madonna, the CIA, and Governor Chiles to court? It's Alfredo F. de Castro, Miami's one-man suit factory.

Give It Arrest

The ACLU claims Dade County is using a temporary employment law to keep Hispanic day laborers off the job and in jail

Big Wheel Keep on Turnin'

Outgoing U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey has a little farewell soiree, at which everyone remains fully clothed

Musical Mayors

First he was Miami's mayor, then Metro's, then Miami's. Now he's thinking about running for county mayor again. Why can't Steve Clark make up his mind?

Coral Gables Officials to See Red

A federal judge says yes to colorful newsracks