By Cynthia L. Cooper, ABA Journal | April 2nd, 2020 Litigation lawyer Vanessa L. Miller first took notice of the coronavirus spread in Wuhan, China, in early January. A partner at Foley & Lardner in Detroit, Miller knew that many automotive clients relied on that region for parts manufacturing. “We didn’t know how widespread the [...]
By Nathan Hale, Law360 | March 26th, 2020 Law360 (March 26, 2020, 9:19 PM EDT) -- The University of Miami asked a federal judge Thursday to sanction a former marketing graduate student and her counsel for filing and maintaining “frivolous” claims that the institution failed to address a former professor's alleged sexual harassment. The [...]
A voter wears a protective mask while exiting a polling station after casting a ballot in Miami, Florida, on March 17, 2020. Jayme Gershen—Bloomberg/Getty Images By Madeline Carlisle, TIME Magazine | March 17th, 2020 When Julie Snyder of Delray Beach, Fla., first tried to cast her vote Tuesday in the Democratic presidential primary, [...]
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 for just injunctive relief and [...]
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 service or product is annoying. [...]
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 direction. The criminal case against [...]
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 the city’s many designs changes. [...]
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 filed Wednesday in state court [...]
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 completion of a half billion-dollar [...]
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 tell Bisnow, because EB-5 is [...]