October 2021
WHAT FLORIDA LOCAL FEDERAL COURT RULE CHANGES MEAN FOR ATTORNEYS
By Yaniv Adar and Etan Mark (October 28, 2021) While the first week of December in South Florida is typically associated with the international art fair, Art Basel, litigators in the region eagerly embrace another holiday tradition — annual changes to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of [...]
September 2021
“GLAD IT’S HERE”: REMOTE DEPOSITIONS ARE A FIXTURE NOW, STUDY OF POST-PANDEMIC LITIGATION SAYS
"Glad It's Here" : Remote Depositions Are a Fixture Now, Study of Post-Pandemic Litigation Says By Aleeza Furman, The Legal Intelligencer | August 24, 2021 What You Need to Know Virtual interaction can also make interactions between the attorneys themselves more challenging. Problems like witness coaching and technological challenges [...]
August 2021
SURFSIDE BUILDING COLLAPSE PROMPTING SOUTH FLORIDA CONDO UNIT OWNERS TO FOCUS ON LIABILITY ISSUES
"People Love living on the beach here, they love sunny South Florida, but that's the worst thing for a building." Miami attorney, George Breur said By Melea VanOstrand, Daily Business Review | August 9, 2021 As the investigation into who is responsible for the June 24 collapse of Champlain Towers [...]
HISTORYMIAMI MUSEUM EXHIBITION MARK’S MIAMI’S 125TH BIRTHDAY
By Community News | August 10, 2021 Image courtesy of HistoryMiami | Letter “B” neon sign (2019.001.088) and door pull (2019.001.087) from Burdines department store on the corner of Miami Avenue and Flagler Street. These treasures are on display to the public, just in time to celebrate Miami’s 125th birthday, [...]
DOTTED LINE: CONTRACTORS CAN STILL BE LIABLE FOR FAILURES YEARS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION
By Joe Bousquin, Senior Reporter, Construction Dive | July 27, 2021 As the Champlain Towers collapse raises legal issues around building failures, contractors need to know that liability for injuries or death can last for decades. This feature is a part of "The Dotted Line" series, which takes an in-depth [...]
July 2021
MARK MIGDAL & HAYDEN HIRES INTERNATIONAL LITIGATOR FROM BILZIN SUMBERG
MARK MIGDAL & HAYDEN HIRES INTERNATIONAL LITIGATOR FROM BILZIN SUMBERG Over the past year, COVID-related disputes and Florida-bound migration have bolstered the international litigator's practice while Latin American clients dealt with the region's economic slowdown. By Dan Roe, Daily Business Review | July 22, 2021 What You Need [...]
HOW BIGLAW CAN MIRROR SMALL FIRM ATTORNEY ENGAGEMENT
HOW BIGLAW CAN MIRROR SMALL FIRM ATTORNEY ENGAGEMENT By Michelle Genet Bernstein LAW360 | July 13, 2021 As law firms return to the office post-pandemic, BigLaw has the unique opportunity to hit refresh and implement policies and practices that smaller firms naturally employ — policies that can provide [...]
June 2021
DIVERSE VOICES : DON HAYDEN
Early in his career, Don Hayden was a young associate and closeted gay man in a litigation department that he describes as “a male-dominated frat house full of testosterone.” By South Florida Business Journal | June 21, 2021 “I was always concerned that I didn’t fit the traditional heterosexual male [...]
MEET THE 2021 DIVERSE VOICES
Welcome to the Business Journal’s inaugural Diversity & Inclusion Awards section, which honors nearly two dozen diverse executives excelling in business in a variety of key sectors. By South Florida Business Journal | June 21, 2021 These honorees underscore the diverse makeup of our thriving business community, and our profiles [...]
MAKING SOUTH FLORIDA THE MOST LIVABLE COMMUNITY IN THE U.S. FOR LGBTQ
Pride Month: "Our Fund" aims to make South Florida the most livable community in the U.S. for LGBTQ By Melissa Marrero WSFL-TV | June 3, 2021 In recognition of Pride Month, cities across the country and around the world are holding events throughout the month to recognize and celebrate [...]
SHOULD LAW FIRMS ENCOURAGE MASKS IN THE OFFICE DESPITE CDC GUIDELINES?
"Law firm leaders are going to be judged on how they respond and react to moments like this for the next decade," one attorney said. By Melea VanOstrand Real Estate Reporter | June 14, 2021 As attorneys and staff are returning to the office amid the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, many [...]
May 2021
HOW SOUTH FLORIDA FIRMS ARE PUSHING TOWARD FULL-VAX
We polled leading South Florida law firms to understand how (and why) they're asking their attorneys and staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine. By Dan Roe Daily Business Review | May 28, 2021 At the time of this writing, 38% of Floridians are fully vaccinated from COVID-19. In the legal [...]
MIAMI BEACH HOTEL SET FOR FORECLOSURE AUCTION AFTER $32M JUDGEMENT
By Brian Bandell, Senior Reporter, South Florida Business Journal | May 21, 2021 The Variety Hotel in Miami Beach is slated for auction after its owner lost a foreclosure judgment. BI 44 LLC, an affiliate of Miami-based BridgeInvest, won a $31.8 million foreclosure judgment against AC 1700 Alton Owner LLC. [...]
PROPOSED CHANGES TO FLORIDA’S CONSTRUCTION DEFECT STATUTE
Proposed Changes to Fla.'s Construction Defect Statute Require Property Owners to Fully Vet Claims Before Filing Suit If the intended purpose of Chapter 558 (aka Florida’s Construction Defect statute) is to reduce litigation and provide an opportunity to resolve construction defect claims pre-suit, the statute has woefully failed at its [...]
EVERYBODY HAD TO SCRAMBLE: HOW CHIEF JUDGE JACK TUCKER LED BROWARD CIRCUIT THROUGH COVID-19 PANDEMIC
By Michael A. Mora, Daily Business Review | May 3, 2021 "If you would have told me a year ago, calling and saying, 'Hey, judge, let's try a remote jury trial online and see what that looks like,' I would have looked at you like you stepped off the planet [...]
April 2021
WHO COMMITTED THEFT AND FRAUD AT THIS DORAL REAL ESTATE FIRM?
Lawsuits are piling up By RENE RODRIGUEZ, Miami Herald | April 27, 2021 Jennifer Hernandez did almost everything right. The single mother of three spent four years paying off her bills after her divorce to improve her credit score. She also squirreled away enough money for a down payment on [...]