By Catherine Wilson, Daily Business Review | July 23, 2018 Miami attorney Etan Mark is a tech nerd. “I love talking about legal tech,” the Mark Migdal & Hayden co-founder said. “It’s impacting my marriage.” But don’t worry, he said his wife is a lawyer and “a good sport.” “One of my general strategies in [...]
By Lidia Dinkova, Daily Business Review — July 24, 2018 The building collapse injured a 42-year-old project manager with a demolition company. A building collapse in Miami Beach that left one victim in critical condition could give rise to lawsuits against the general contractor, subcontractor and possibly the developer, attorneys said. The vacant Marlborough House [...]
By Lidia Dinkova, Daily Business Review — June 28, 2018 The owner of the six-story office building says tenants were soaked and moved out during an exterior renovation. A Hollywood landlord claims he’s owed $6.5 million by a contractor that installed a new facade but left the offices exposed to rain, forcing out luxury brand [...]
By Marcus Lim, Miami Today — May 24, 2018 A South Florida real estate investment firm has formed a $300 million lending venture to offer a simple, quick loan solution for buyers of luxury apartments in Miami-Dade, especially for foreign investors, already closing numerous units for one tower with future plans to work with three [...]
By Keith Larsen, The Real Deal — May 21, 2018 A Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in Dania Beach just received a $6.75 million mortgage from one of area’s most active real estate lenders. Little Rock, Arkansas-based Bank of the Ozarks granted Brauser Maimonides Academy the mortgage on May 15, property records show. The private [...]
By Gina Passarella Cipriani, Law.com — May 01, 2018 As the legal industry clamors for a new model, will the market for spinoffs grow? If so, what goes into starting anew, and what are the hurdles to overcome? [...] If there is one piece of advice those who have made the leap all shared, it’s [...]
By Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel — April 23, 2018 People’s Trust Insurance lost $42 million in 2016, was recently in financial “shambles,” and was overvalued by more than $50 million when current President and CEO George W. Schaeffer agreed to buy half of the company from the widow of his late partner. Those claims surfaced [...]
By Don Hayden On March 25th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a very favorable decision for pregnant employees seeking protection under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, 92 Stat. 2076, 42 U.S.C. §2000 et. seq. (“PDA”), that may have far reaching implications in other employment discrimination claims depending upon how one interprets the majority decision authored by [...]
By Don Hayden In July 2013, Section 90.702 of the Florida Evidence Code, which governs the admissibility of expert testimony, was amended to adopt the same standard for admission of expert testimony used by federal courts and the majority of state courts since the US Supreme Court’s decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceutical Inc., [...]