Broward judges deemed 107 civil and family cases "confidential" from 2001 through last month, reports the clerk's office. Those cases were taken off the docket, the public log of court proceedings.

More than 300 civil cases filed between 1989 and 2001 in Broward Circuit Court were kept secret from the public, showing that the hiding of select lawsuits was a deep-rooted practice.

Chief Judge Jack Tuter made the appointment after state legislation increased the county court's jurisdiction from cases with up to $30,000 in dispute, instead of $15,000 — meaning the circuit ...

Chief Broward Circuit Judge Peter Weinstein largely defeated a lawsuit by foreclosure defense attorneys to compel the disclosure of emails about case reassignments after judicial disqualifications ...