News in Brief: Supreme Court of Florida approves Oakland Park-based Florida Justice Center; Watches of Switzerland opens at The Gardens Mall

Francis Alvarez, who operated a Houston-based freight-forwarding service to Honduras, pleaded guilty in a South Florida District Court on Oct. 25 to a charge of price fixing, the U.S. Justice Department said. read more.....»»

Tamarac-based City Furniture has opened a new $20 million-plus, 120,000-square-foot showroom at 4779 Vineland Road near the Mall at Millenia, creating roughly 200 jobs. This is the 20th location to open for the Florida retail giant and it marks the sec.....»»

Drury Development Co., a St. Louis-based developer primarily of hotels, bought the Palm Beach Gardens Plaza retail center for $16.5 million......»»

Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, criticized efforts by Parkland, Florida survivors in several Facebook posts. .....»»

Virginia 'Ginni' Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, criticized efforts by Parkland, Florida survivors in several Facebook posts. .....»»

"Chief Justice Roberts will become the new ideological center of the court based on the data that we have," Risa Goluboff, a professor at the University of Virginia school of law, told Newsweek. .....»»

Los Angeles-based engineering giant AECOM (NYSE: ACM) is laying off hundreds of workers at Kennedy Space Center as a major contract comes to a close. The company notified Florida on Dec. 5 that it will lay off 629 workers by Jan. 31. This news com.....»»

Lucid Motors opened its first South Florida showroom in West Palm Beach to display its new luxury electric vehicle. The Newark, California-based company is opening showrooms nationwide as it prepares for delivery of its first vehicle, the Lucid A.....»»

The Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined 20 attorneys — including five from Central Florida — disbarring four, revoking the licenses of three, suspending 12 and reprimanding one......»»

A complaint for breach of contract was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against local energy company Tampa Electric Company, or TECO. The complaint was filed by Beachview Energy Solutions, a Georgia-based.....»»

The University of Central Florida will open a drive-thru testing center for the coronavirus next week. The on-campus site is a partnership between UCF and Aventus Biolabs, a testing lab owned and operated by Orlando-based Aventus Health. The universi.....»»

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Sixty Vines restaurant and wine bar has jobs on tap for its first Florida location in Winter Park. Owner Dallas-based Front Burner Restaurants is preparing for a mid-March opening for its Sixty Vines concept in a space formerly occupied by a Kona Gr.....»»

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A mixed-use project — one of the biggest proposed developments in Central Florida based on construction costs — has started site work. Orlando-based developer City Center West Orange LLC expects to complete the first phase of the eponymous, $1 bi.....»»

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Walgreens, turning away an appeal by a fired former Florida employee of the pharmacy chain who asked not to work on Saturdays for religious reasons as a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church......»»

Some of Florida's most luxurious malls — including Orlando's Mall at Millenia — will change hands in a $3.6 billion deal. Mall giant Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) said Monday that it will acquire Michigan-based Taubman Centers (NYSE: TCO)......»»

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The appeal came after a marijuana producer sued the state for "unconstitutionally restricting" the license registration process......»»