» Former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez has been named a partner at the international law firm DLA Piper. A lawyer with 25 years of private-practice experience, Martinez, also a former chairman of Orange County, will work in the firm’s government affairs practice and be based in both Tampa and Washington, D.C.

» The Florida Supreme Court ruled that the state must pay Hillsborough Circuit Court Judge Gregory Holder $70,000, part of the $1.8 million he spent successfully defending himself against charges of plagiarism in 1998.

» Retired judges can no longer use the formal title “judge” in advertisements, according to a ruling by the Florida Bar’s committee on advertising. The terms “former judge” or “retired judge” are still acceptable.

» Edith Osman, head of the family law practice group at Carlton Fields, has been named president of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society.