March 2020
PLAINTIFFS ATTYS BANK ON NEW ADA THEORY FOR CASH AWARDS
By Carolina Bolado, Law360 | March 13, 2020 After years of settling for injunctive relief, some plaintiffs attorneys in Florida think they've found a way to open the door for money damages for their clients, testing a new theory that relies on trespass claims. The Americans with Disabilities Act provides [...]
February 2020
LAWSUITS FOLLOWING UNSOLICITED MARKETING TEXTS KEEPS PRESSURE ON TCPA COMPLIANCE
Recent Eleventh, Seventh and Second Circuit court rulings have some lawyers on edge regarding the possibility that a single unsolicited marketing text message is enough standing to bring a TCPA violation suit. By Victoria Hudgins, LegalTech News | February 26, 2020 For most, a random text from a company marketing a [...]
‘I CAN’T TELL SOMEBODY THEY LOOK NICE?’: WEINSTEIN CASE REVEALS ‘NEW NORM’
Daily Business Review | Raychel Lean February 24, 2020 The #MeToo movement has attempted change the fabric of society in a radical way, according to legal ethics expert Jan Jacobowitz, who said it's resulted in a "sort of drastic time period" where the pendulum has swung very far in one [...]
January 2020
MIAMI BEACH SUED FOR $70M BY CONTRACTOR ON UNFINISHED CONVENTION CENTER
The city has issued a notice of default to Clark Construction Group and claims the city is entitled to damages. By Lidia Dinkova | January 30, 2020 The construction manager for the massive Miami Beach Convention Center redevelopment claims the city owes over $70 million for extra work resulting from [...]
BUILDER SAYS MIAMI BEACH OWES $70M FOR CONVENTION CENTER
Law360 | By Carolina Bolado January 30, 2020 The construction company behind the Miami Beach Convention Center expansion claims in a new lawsuit that the city of Miami Beach is refusing to pay more than $70 million incurred because of the city’s design changes and other issues. In a complaint [...]
MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER CONTRACTOR SUES CITY, ALLEGING $90M IN UNPAID WORK
Clark Construction alleges the city has not paid the firm and more than 30 subcontractors for some of the work it performed TRD MIAMI | By Keith Larsen January 29, 2020 During Art Basel Miami Beach, attendees enjoyed new exhibition space at the Miami Beach Convention Center, thanks to the [...]
EB-5 IN 2020: MANAGING THE ‘STUN GUN’ THAT JUST HIT THE INVESTMENT PROGRAM
January 22, 2020 | Dees Stribling, Bisnow National In November, the price of a U.S. permanent residency visa through the EB-5 program jumped by 80%, and the federal government tightened the rules on what qualifies as a legitimate EB-5 investment. In response, demand for the visas has slowed significantly, experts [...]
COME FOR THE TAX BREAK, STAY FOR THE COURTS?
If you’ve had experience with our court system, I’d bet you a cafecito that a major sticking point to achieving a utopian vision of a true business haven is our literally and figuratively crumbling judicial infrastructure. By Etan Mark for The Daily Business Review | January 15, 2020 With our [...]
December 2019
UNDERFUNDING OUR COURTS IS BAD POLICY
By Etan Mark for South Florida Business and Wealth | December 2019 Our local legislators are running themselves ragged, trying to attract new business to South Florida while ignoring the needs of our judicial system and the impacts on surrounding businesses. Etan Mark, founding partner at Mark Migdal & [...]
ON THE MOVE
By ALM Staff, The Daily Business Review | December 13, 2019 Brad Johnson has joined Gunster in West Palm Beach as a shareholder. Johnson’s practice focuses on business litigation and labor and employment law. Joseph A. Suarez has joined Chartwell Law in Miami as a partner. Suarez’s practice focuses on bad faith [...]
TIME FOR CANDIDATES TO RETHINK THE UPDATED EB-5 RULES?
By Tanya Sterling, GlobeSt.com | December 10, 2019 Miami, FL—Recently, the EB-5 Investor Visa Program was updated to reflect new rules that raise the minimum investment from $1 million to $1.8 million, and from $500,000 to $900,000 for a targeted employment area (TEA). The minimum investment amounts automatically adjusts every [...]
November 2019
GM’S BRIBERY SUIT AGAINST FIAT FACES BUMPY ROAD IN COURT
By Vin Gurrieri, Law360 | Nov 22, 2019 Although General Motors' suit accusing rival Fiat Chrysler of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act by bribing UAW officials isn't the first time RICO has popped up in civil disputes between competitors, GM still faces an uphill battle to keep [...]
MIAMI BOUTIQUE MARK MIGDAL ADDS 2 EXPERIENCED LITIGATORS
By Nathan Hale, Law360 | Nov 13, 2019 Miami-based Mark Migdal & Hayden has added a pair of new partners, who said they were attracted by the litigation boutique's progressive culture and entrepreneurial approach as well as its track record of taking on big cases and [...]
FRAUDULENT MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS DECLINE IN SOUTH FLORIDA
By Ashley Portero, South Florida Business Journal | Nov 6 2019 The number of fraudulent mortgage applications dropped in the third quarter, but South Florida still is leading in the U.S. in mortgage fraud. That's according to CoreLogic's third quarter mortgage fraud brief. Across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, [...]
September 2019
HELLO BRAVE NEW WORLD: LAW FIRMS AND THEIR CLIENTS ARE INCREASINGLY INTERACTING VIA TEXT OR CHAT MESSAGES
As more clients ditch email for text and chat tools, attorneys and their law firms are forced to navigate the risks of operating in characters instead of paragraphs. Can they keep up with the times? By Rhys Dipshan, Corporate Counsel | September 30, 2019 at 01:00 AM Long [...]
MARK MIGDAL BILLS ITSELF AS A DIFFERENT KIND OF LITIGATION BOUTIQUE
The nine-attorney Miami law firm offers an "appreciation of our client’s real business issues, fee arrangements, substantive work, culture, technology and branding" and promises to give its professionals greater control over their careers. By Catherine Wilson, Daily Business Review | September 26, 2019 at 09:00 AM From left: Don [...]