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 objective. By Jordan Nadel and [...]
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 Mars," Broward Circuit Chief Judge [...]
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 a house. But according to [...]
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 seen, the increased desire to [...]
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 Year Award. Adam S. Hall, [...]
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 virus subsides. By Niki Namazi, [...]
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 are bracing for an uptick [...]
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 to turn the page on [...]
"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 disadvantage of the little guy. [...]
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 now." By Catherine Wilson, Daily [...]