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 [...]
7 QUIRKY JOB PERKS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE USING TO ATTRACT TOP TALENT
From custom $1,200 suits to a gifted Peloton By Natalie Zfat, Business Insider | April 12, 2020 From fully remote work to seemingly endless video conference calls, COVID-19 has no doubt changed the way we work over the last year. And while its long-lasting effects remain to be [...]
YANIV & MAIA ARE ON THE RISE IN 2021…
Daily Business Reivew | March 28, 2021 Spring is here, which means it’s time for the Daily Business Review’s annual Florida Legal Awards. A full list of honorees is here. (Highlights below) And this year, the remarkable achievements of three prominent Florida legal minds have landed them in the running for the Attorney of the [...]
January 2021
BRAVE NEW WORLD: LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY AMIDST A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
COVID-19 has undoubtedly served as a catalyst for technological revolution within the legal industry. In addition to shifting away from brick-and-mortar workspaces, the pandemic has pressed law firms and factions of the legal industry (including the judiciary), to employ alternatives to traditional in-person collaboration that may endure long after the [...]
FLORIDA LITIGATION TO WATCH IN 2021
From changing the summary judgment standard to determining when plaintiffs can haul corporate executives into the courtroom, Florida courts will be busy in 2021. By Carolina Bolado, Law360 | January 3, 2020 After nearly a year of remote hearings, jury trial shutdowns and delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, litigators [...]
December 2020
PANDEMIC WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE SOUTH FLORIDA’S CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN 2021
In response to the pandemic in early March of this year, Florida, like most states, issued a stay-at-home order. Construction sites, however, were deemed an essential service and were allowed to remain open. By George Bruer, Daily Business Reivew | December 29, 2020 It seems the entire world is eager [...]
4 TIPS FOR EMPLOYERS AFTER 11TH CIRCUIT SUPPORTS $4M ARBITRATION AWARD
"Employers should not view alternative dispute resolution provisions as one-size-fits-all." By Don Hayden & Yaniv Adar, Law360 | December 15, 2020 In an employment or consumer context, people generally assume that mandatory arbitration provisions are a unilaterally imposed tool of the corporation with far superior bargaining power to the [...]
‘AWFUL IMPACT’: THE LONG-LASTING EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THE PRACTICE OF LAW
Most Effective Lawyers honorees take a step back and reassess working through a pandemic. "Before COVID-19, there was a big move for gyms to fill up the larger retail space where stores were that were closing," Jerry Markowitz said, “I suspect all those types of things are on hold for [...]
COMPLEX BUSINESS LITIGATION: MARK MIGDAL TEAM AVOIDS ARBITRATION ON HERBALIFE CLASS CLAIMS
Sales techniques used by Herbalife are under scrutiny in a class action alleging civil racketeering, fraud and conspiracy. By Catherine Wilson, Daily Business Review | December 7, 2020 Etan Mark, Don Hayden, Josh Migdal, Yaniv Adar and Lara O’Donnell Grillo – Mark Migdal & Hayden The sales network operated by [...]
GETTING THINGS DONE: THE DBR’S 16TH ANNUAL MOST EFFECTIVE LAWYERS
An assortment of South Florida attorneys found ways to make noteworthy achievements before and after the coronavirus overhang. By Catherine Wilson, Daily Business Review | December 7, 2020 It’s been an off year for almost everyone, but an assortment of South Florida attorneys found ways to make noteworthy achievements before [...]
November 2020
OPINIÓN: ¿CÓMO EVITAR SER VÍCTIMA DE FRAUDE? NUEVE CONSEJOS
La creciente incertidumbre social sumada a la inestabilidad económica que ha afectado a las bolsas alrededor del mundo ha marcado una tendencia en América Latina, donde los inversionistas están redirigiendo sus capitales y ahora apuestan a activos y oportunidades de negocios en Estados Unidos, las cuales consideran más seguras para [...]
WITHOUT AN OFFICE, CAN A LAW FIRM KEEP ITS CULTURE?
Several firm leaders say they are concerned about the impact of remote work on firm culture and associate mentoring. By Dan Roe, Daily Business Review / GlobeSt.com | November 9, 2020 One question continues to keep law firm leaders up at night: Would we lose our culture, and with it, [...]
YouFit HEALTH CLUBS’ BANKRUPTCY PETITION IS ANOTHER HIT TO MALL OPERATORS
"Before COVID-19, there was a big move for gyms to fill up the larger retail space where stores were that were closing," Jerry Markowitz said, “I suspect all those types of things are on hold for now." By Michael A. Mora | November 10, 2020 A health club chain based in [...]
October 2020
EASY WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF OUR ‘NEW NORMAL’
While all at that hearing did an admirable job advocating for their clients, those who took the extra step to polish their Zoom setups, ensuring their video and audio were on point, and that their cameras were well-positioned, unquestionably had an edge. By Daniel S. Maland | October 09, 2020 During the [...]
$140M CLASS ACTION AGAINST 44 TOP HERBALIFE DISTRIBUTORS REOPENS IN MIAMI FEDERAL COURT
If the plaintiffs prevail, Shannon Derouselle, a business law professor at the University of Miami, said it could have wide-reaching implications for other multilevel marketing companies. By Michael A. Mora | October 6, 2020 A federal court in Miami has reopened a class action seeking more than $140 million in damages [...]
September 2020
CLASS SEEKS TO BLOCK INTERVENTION IN OCWEN, PHH $12.6M DEAL
By Rachel O'Brien, Law360 | Sept. 23, 2020 A proposed class of consumers who had mortgages with Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC and PHH Mortgage Corp. urged a Florida federal judge Tuesday to bar a group of lawyers from using "obstruction ploys" and intervening in their $12.6 million settlement over claims the mortgage servicers charged [...]