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, our success, with a partially [...]
"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 Deerfield Beach filed for Chapter [...]
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 course of a recent multi-day [...]
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 against 44 of the top [...]
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 illegal processing fees for making [...]
By Jim Ash, The Florida Bar News | Sept. 22, 2020 Surveys from President Dori Foster-Morales’ 20-circuit listening tour suggest that stress in Florida’s legal profession is a shadow pandemic. That’s on top of a 2016 ABA/Hazelton Betty Ford Foundation survey that concluded 28%, 19% and 23% of U.S. lawyers struggle with some form of [...]
BridgeInvest affiliate sued in June for $25M loan By Katherine Kallergis, TRD Miami | September 10, 2020 Facing foreclosure from their lender, the owners of the Variety Hotel in Miami Beach listed the property for sale asking $36.5 million. A company tied to Adam Verner of New York-based Springhouse Partners and Chaim Cahane of Forte Capital [...]
Expert Analysis Law360 (August 31, 2020) | Donald Hayden and Ibrahim Amir Title 28 of the U.S. Code, Section 1782 can be a powerful tool for parties looking to collect evidence for use in international arbitration. Upon application by any interested person, Section 1782 authorizes a U.S. district court to order a person or an [...]
In Episode 39, expert Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures interviews litigator Josh Migdal - a name partner in the Mark Midgal & Hayden law firm in Miami - about how banks are preparing for a possible "tidal wave" of mortgage foreclosures that could be occurring in 2021 as a result of an [...]
By Carolina Bolado, Law360 | August 26, 2020 A proposed class of consumers who had mortgages with Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC and PHH Mortgage Corp. told a Florida federal court Tuesday they had agreed to a $12.6 million settlement that will end their claims that the mortgage servicers charged illegal processing fees for payments made online or over the [...]