Pearl Restaurant & Champagne Lounge, which first opened in 1999 and closed in 2005, is back in Miami Beach, with a location at 1 Ocean Drive. The eatery, which is located in the 8,000-square-foot second-floor space at Nikki Beach, will be helmed by executive chef Sylvain Noel. “We figured that since everyone else missed it as much as we did, let’s bring it back,” he said. [Eater] [more]

Disbarred Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein has been sentenced to 50 years behind bars, after pleading guilty to perpetrating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. Millions of dollars worth of personal property was revoked from Rothstein following his arrest, including 22 real estate properties, an 87-foot yacht and a fleet of pricey sports cars. Federal officials hope to use that money to reimburse those victimized by Rothstein. Among Rothstein’s group of investors was Manhattan-based developer Stephen Ross, whose Related Companies funneled $4 million to Rothstein’s firm. [Sunshine State News]

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Yet another Scott Rothstein creditor has emerged, demanding that the Ponzi schemer, who bilked investors out of an estimated $1.2 billion before pleading guilty to racketeering-conspiracy charges in January, pay up, according to CBS4. The Miami-Dade tax collection agency says Rothstein owes it $226,248 in back taxes on his Ocean Drive mansion, which has an estimated value of $10.7 million. Rothstein purchased the mansion, which once belonged to Gianni Versace, with a group of investors early in the last decade and used the property as a restaurant and hotel. [CBS4]