The Surfside condo collapse that killed an estimated 97 people in June is creating new challenges for Florida property insurers that were already dealing with rate increases and hurricane damage claims prior to the tragedy.
The owner of a unit at the Surfside condo building that suffered a deadly collapse last month is suing the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association in a proposed class action that seeks $5 million in damages.
Jordanna Ishmael, an associate in the Miami office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A., has been appointed vice-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Committee of the Miami Dade Bar for the 2021-2022 session.
The City of Miami Beach faces civil charges from a Miami-Dade County resident who says the city violated the First Amendment, according to a lawsuit filed on January 20 in the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court.
A Miami family accused the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) of abuse of power and false imprisonment in a lawsuit filed on Feb. 23 in the Southern Florida District Court.
Justice Jorge Labarga was the keynote speaker for today’s Broward County Hispanic Bar Association (BCHBA)’s Bilingual Conference for High School Students.
Environmental groups aim to launch a volley of civil lawsuits to gain the upper hand on Florida habitat and wetlands oversight issues as President-elect Joe Biden’s administration prepares to assume power in Washington on Jan. 20.
Attorneys and business staff from the Miami and Doral offices of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. raised $14,500 in support of a holiday food drive organized by Chapman Partnership, the private sector partner of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust.
The Florida Bar has filed its fourth complaint against Miami-Dade County attorney Scot Strems, alleging that Strems and the Strems Law Firm (SLF) engaged in a pattern of duplicitous behavior and subterfuge to enroll property owners into legal services.
The state Supreme Court should reject an appeal that argues a local red-light camera program flies in the face of Florida traffic statutes, Attorney General Ashley Moody states in a brief filed earlier this month.
Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Miami office Real Estate Practice Shareholder Nancy B. Lash and Land Development Shareholder Ryan D. Bailine assisted longtime client Atlantic Pacific Communities in obtaining approval for a 90-year master ground lease from the Miami-Dade County Commission to accommodate the building of mixed-use, transit-oriented development Quail Roost Transit Village.
Miami’s Fontainebleau Hotel is suing the local hospitality workers union in federal court, arguing that the resort is not required to pay millions of dollars for health care coverage of laid-off employees.
TALLAHASSEE — Miami attorney Stephen Gutierrez has been suspended following a Feb. 26 Florida Supreme Court after his trousers pocket erupted in flames in court while representing an arson client, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
While a lower court said a man surrendered his ownership of a soccer field rental company when he allegedly embezzled money, an appeals court reversed the order.
Florida attorneys over the past week have been slogging their way through successive announcements about courtroom closures while law firms roll out new work rules to ensure safety during the coronavirus pandemic.
A Boca Raton law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against the People’s Republic of China, alleging that its public agencies were negligent for failing to contain the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has caused economic devastation in the U.S.
MIAMI — The Third District Court of Appeal in Florida has entered a judgment in favor of Geico General Insurance, Co. in its appeal in the case against Beacon Healthcare Center, Inc.
