April 06, 2026
An attorney sanctioned for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the Miss America pageant and using them to help his client put the company into bankruptcy, indicated Monday that he is appealing the sanctions order to the Eleventh Circuit.
March 09, 2026
A Florida federal judge Monday sanctioned a businessman and his attorney for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the Miss America pageant and using the documents to put the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
February 27, 2026
Kluger Kaplan attorneys said Friday they can no longer represent a businessman in a $500 million dispute over the ownership of the Miss America pageant, after a Florida federal court's questions to the lawyers about documents the court has found to be fraudulent put them in conflict with their client.
February 02, 2026
Attorneys for a Florida businessman locked in a $500 million dispute over the ownership of the Miss America pageant urged a federal judge Monday not to sanction their client for filing allegedly false documents, arguing they withdrew the documents once they were notified of questions about their authenticity.
January 30, 2026
A Florida attorney testified Friday in a $500 million dispute over the ownership of the Miss America pageant to explain how the operating agreements for two companies associated with the competition were not false but retyped versions of the originals after his laptop was stolen on a trip to Ecuador.
December 11, 2025
A Florida federal judge said Thursday that he wants to get to the bottom of the authenticity of operating agreements for two companies associated with the Miss America pageant filed in court in a $500 million dispute over the ownership of the competition.
December 08, 2025
A Florida federal judge allowed Carlton Fields and its attorneys on Monday to withdraw from representing the plaintiffs in a dispute over the ownership of the Miss America pageant, after the firm said "irreconcilable differences" drew it to ask to step down.
December 02, 2025
The plaintiffs in a Florida federal court battle over the ownership of the Miss America pageant have pushed back against a sanctions bid against their attorneys, saying the court should reject it because it's "wholly meritless."
November 18, 2025
In a Florida federal court battle over the ownership of the Miss America pageant, the defendants have filed a competing sanctions motion against the plaintiffs and their counsel for "false narratives" following the latter parties' own bid for sanctions filed in September.
September 26, 2025
A real estate developer and his attorney have hit back at claims they should be sanctioned for allegedly submitting fake contracts as evidence they own the company that runs the Miss America pageant, asserting in a Florida federal court filing that their litigation opponents are the ones "engaging in fraud."