By Nathan Hale, Law360 | Nov 13, 2019 Miami-based Mark Migdal & Hayden has added a pair of new partners, who said they were attracted by the litigation boutique's progressive culture and entrepreneurial approach as well as its track record of taking on big cases and prominent clients. Maia Aron joins [...]
By Ashley Portero, South Florida Business Journal | Nov 6 2019 The number of fraudulent mortgage applications dropped in the third quarter, but South Florida still is leading in the U.S. in mortgage fraud. That's according to CoreLogic's third quarter mortgage fraud brief. Across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, there was a 22% decrease [...]
By Martin Keane One of the unique aspects of the franchise business model has long been that many franchisees are considered independent contractors. However, a new franchise law set to take effect in California looks to fundamentally change that. California Assembly Bill 5 (AB-5) was signed into law last month and is set to become [...]
As more clients ditch email for text and chat tools, attorneys and their law firms are forced to navigate the risks of operating in characters instead of paragraphs. Can they keep up with the times? By Rhys Dipshan, Corporate Counsel | September 30, 2019 at 01:00 AM Long accustomed to writing formal letters [...]
The nine-attorney Miami law firm offers an "appreciation of our client’s real business issues, fee arrangements, substantive work, culture, technology and branding" and promises to give its professionals greater control over their careers. By Catherine Wilson, Daily Business Review | September 26, 2019 at 09:00 AM From left: Don Hayden, Etan Mark and Josh [...]
By Gisela Salomon, AP | September 25, 2019 José Ramón López Regueiro speaks during a press conference in Coral Gables, Florida on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. The Cuban exile has filed a Helms-Burton suit against American Airlines and LATAM Airlines Group. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Translated from Spanish) CORAL GABLES, Florida, USA (AP) - A Cuban [...]
By Nathan Hale, Law360 Law360 (September 25, 2019, 3:48 PM EDT) -- American Airlines Inc. and Chilean airline LATAM Airlines were hit with a Helms-Burton Act lawsuit Wednesday by a Miami man who claims to be the rightful owner of Cuba's José Martí International Airport and says the airlines trafficked in stolen property by operating [...]
Kevin Gale, South Florida Business and Wealth | September 16, 2019 Don Hayden models one of the buttons used in the 28 Legal Minds campaign Mark Migdal & Hayden has begun a mental health awareness fundraising campaign, 28 Legal Minds, to help end the stigmatization of mental health issues in the legal community [...]
Doubts and uncertainty remain over the viability of pursuing legal action against businesses for trafficking in property that was seized by the Cuban government following the island's communist revolution. By Zach Schlein, Law.com | September 04, 2019 at 03:36 PM The Carnival Cruise Ship Fascination at the Caribbean Sea. Photo: Solarisys/Shutterstock.com Florida litigators [...]
By Katherine Kallergis, The Real Deal | August 22, 2019 01:30 PM Ruling caps a yearslong feud between the developers and their former attorney and rep Regalia and one of its developers, Gilberto Bomeny (Credit: Getty Images) A Miami-Dade judge ruled the developers of Regalia, a luxury condo tower in Sunny Isles Beach, [...]