The lender alleges the hotel has failed to make payments since April By Keith Larsen, The Real Deal Miami | June 12, 2020 A lender filed a foreclosure lawsuit on a hotel in South Beach, in a possible sign of things to come. A company tied to BridgeInvest sued the owner of the 70-key Variety Hotel, which [...]
By Brian Bandell, South Florida Business Journal | June 11th, 2020 The new Variety Hotel in Miami Beach is the city's first hospitality property to face a foreclosure lawsuit amid economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. BI 44 LLC, an affiliate of Miami-based BridgeInvest, filed the suit June 8 against AC 1700 Alton Owner LLC. It [...]
While remote depositions, hearings and court arguments can make it difficult to read a client or judge's reactions, the long-term savings such technology affords may keep law firms and their customers engaged long after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. By Frank Ready, Legaltech News | June 2, 2020 With many courts across the country on the [...]
Legal industry hiring in South Florida. By ALM Staff, The Daily Business Review | May 29, 2020 Aron U. Raskas has joined Gunster in Miami as a shareholder. Raskas’ practice focuses on business, criminal, regulatory and other litigation and arbitration matters. Daniel Maland and Jordan Nadel have joined Mark Migdal & Hayden in Miami as partners. Maland’s practice focuses on complex [...]
Lawyers across the U.S. responded to questions about how their income, client and case intake has changed since the pandemic. Here's what Floridians reported. By Raychel Lean, The Daily Business Review | May 26, 2020 COVID-19 has already taken money from the pockets of Florida lawyers, who, according to an anonymous survey, expect things to get [...]
By Josh Migdal & Kevin Gale for South Florida Business & Wealth| May 21, 2020 In the classic film Groundhog Day (and yes, it is a classic), Bill Murray’s character wakes up over and over again in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, reliving the same day for (presumably) eternity, And every morning, the alarm goes off at 6:00 a.m. playing I [...]
By Brian Bandell, South Florida Business Journal | May 20, 2020 Many law firms in South Florida have lost significant business due to Covid-19, which could threaten some of the companies' survival, experts say. Layoffs, furloughs and significant reductions in compensation for attorneys have been the most recent effects resulting from the slow down in business. [...]
There is no better place to start than the unceremonious elimination of in-person state court motion calendar. It is rare that we are presented with such an elegant solution to such a pervasive problem. Commentary by Etan Mark for The Daily Business Review | May 7, 2020 Well, it took a pandemic, but lawyers have [...]
By Elizabeth Blosfield, Insurance Journal | May 6, 2020 Business interruption insurance has been a much-debated topic during the coronavirus crisis, with some businesses already pushing back against virus-related claim denials. In several cities, groups of businesses have filed lawsuits challenging virus exclusions in their business interruption policies, such as recent claimants in Philadelphia and [...]
By Xiumei Dong, Law360 | April 30th, 2020 While many BigLaw firms are tightening their belts during the COVID-19 outbreak, several boutique firms are offering additional benefits to keep their teams together, even if that means firm leaders will take "a personal hit." In contrast to larger firms that have implemented salary cuts and furloughs, [...]