11 months ago
Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman is pleased to announce that attorney Lori Smith-Lalla has joined the firm. Lori brings vast experience in public finance and bond transactions, and is board certified in City, County & Local Government Law by the Florida Bar.
Categories: Community Outreach
Tags: Bonds, Public Finance
11 months ago
Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman is pleased to announced that attorney Lori Smith-Lalla has joined the firm. Lori brings vast experience in public finance and bond transactions, and is board certified in City, County & Local Government Law by the Florida Bar. Categories: Community Outreach
Tags: Bonds, Public Finance
7 years ago
In the first significant impact of the federal sequestration on municipal bond issuers, the IRS announced on Monday that payments to issuers that elected to receive a direct credit subsidy under the Build America Bonds, Qualified School Construction Bonds, Qualified Zone Academy Bonds, New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, and Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds programs, will be reduced 8.7% effective March 1, 2013. The sequestration reduction rate will be applied until the end of the fiscal year (September 30, 2013) or intervening Congressional action, at which time the sequestration rate is subject to change.
Categories: Local Government, Federal Law
Tags: Municipal Government, Mitchell A. Bierman, Jamie A. Cole, Jeffrey DeCarlo, Chad S. Friedman, Richard Jay Weiss, David M. Wolpin, Bonds, Fort Lauderdale Local Government Law, Miami Local Government Law, South Florida Local Government Law, Fort Lauderdale Municipal Attorneys, Miami Municipal Attorneys, South Florida Municipal Attorneys, Public Finance, Municipal Bonds
Author(s): Jeffrey DeCarlo
7 years ago
Municipal market participants are breathing a sigh of relief that the recent fiscal cliff agreement did not include any changes to the tax-exempt status of interest on municipal bonds.
Categories: Local Government
Tags: Municipal Government, Special Counsel to Local Government, Mitchell A. Bierman, Jamie A. Cole, Jeffrey DeCarlo, Chad S. Friedman, Susan L. Trevarthen, Richard Jay Weiss, David M. Wolpin, Bonds, Fort Lauderdale Local Government Law, Miami Local Government Law, South Florida Local Government Law, Fort Lauderdale Governmental Affairs Attorneys, Miami Governmental Affairs Attorneys, South Florida Governmental Affairs Attorneys, South Florida Private Transactions Attorneys, South Florida Private Transactions Lawyers, Fort Lauderdale Private Transactions Attorneys, Miami Private Transactions Attorneys, South Florida Public Transactions Law, Fort Lauderdale Public Transactions Law, Miami Public Transactions Law , Public Finance, Municipal Bonds
Author(s): Jeffrey DeCarlo
7 years ago
In late 2011, WSH Partner Chad S. Friedman co-authored an article for The Environmental and Land Use Law Section Reporter about the continuing efforts of several South Florida local governments to implement property assessed clean energy (“PACE”) programs across the state. Under the PACE programs, local government non ad-valorem assessments are attached to a property tax bill through a lien to fund energy efficiency, renewable energy improvements or wind resistance improvements. Last month, Chad and his co-authors provided an update on the status of the PACE programs throughout the nation, singling out the significant progress made for PACE programs in Florida. You can read the update by clicking here.
Categories: Land Use & Zoning (Public), Environmental/Sustainability, Local Government, Land Use & Zoning (Private)
Tags: Municipal Government, Mitchell A. Bierman, Jamie A. Cole, Chad S. Friedman, Gilberto Pastoriza, Clifford A. Schulman, Susan L. Trevarthen, Richard Jay Weiss, David M. Wolpin, Bonds, Fort Lauderdale Local Government Law, Miami Local Government Law, South Florida Local Government Law, Fort Lauderdale Municipal Attorneys, Miami Municipal Attorneys, South Florida Municipal Attorneys, Fort Lauderdale Environmental Law Attorneys, Miami Environmental Law Attorneys, South Florida Environmental Law Attorneys , Florida Environmental Law, Municipal Bonds
Author(s): Brooke P. Dolara
8 years ago
On October 5, the Third DCA held that strict compliance with Florida’s construction lien laws is a condition precedent to a claim against a payment bond. What was likely a scrivener’s error precluded recovery of more than $269,000.
Categories: Litigation, Condominium Associations, Construction Law
Tags: Jamie A. Cole, Edward G. Guedes, Eric P. Hockman, Joshua D. Krut, Michael S. Popok, Joseph H. Serota, Bonds, Fort Lauderdale Business Litigation Attorneys, Fort Lauderdale Business Litigation Lawyers, Miami Commercial Litigation Attorney, Miami Commercial Litigation Lawyer, South Florida Commercial Litigation Attorney, South Florida Commercial Litigation Lawyer, Fort Lauderdale Condominium Association Attorneys, Miami Condominium Association Attorneys, South Florida Condominium Association Attorneys, South Florida Business Dispute Litigation Attorneys, South Florida Business Dispute Litigation Lawyers, South Florida Private Transactions Attorneys, South Florida Private Transactions Lawyers, Fort Lauderdale Private Transactions Attorneys, Matthew H. Mandel, Fort Lauderdale Litigators, Miami Litigators, South Florida Litigators
Author(s): Eric P. Hockman
8 years ago
Recently, the Town of Cutler Bay signed a landmark agreement with Ygrene Energy Fund Florida for Ygrene to provide no-risk administration of Florida’s first-ever Property Assessment Clean Energy (PACE) program. WSHPC&B associate Chad S. Friedman provided significant assistance in the creation of the program, under which participating local governments issue financing to property owners who want to make green friendly qualifying improvements to their buildings.
Categories: Land Use & Zoning (Public), Environmental/Sustainability, Local Government, Land Use & Zoning (Private)
Tags: Municipal Government, Chad S. Friedman, Gilberto Pastoriza, Clifford A. Schulman, Susan L. Trevarthen, Bonds, Fort Lauderdale Governmental Affairs Attorneys, Miami Governmental Affairs Attorneys, South Florida Governmental Affairs Attorneys, Fort Lauderdale Municipal Attorneys, Miami Municipal Attorneys, South Florida Municipal Attorneys, South Florida Private Transactions Attorneys, South Florida Private Transactions Lawyers, Fort Lauderdale Private Transactions Attorneys, Miami Private Transactions Attorneys, South Florida Public Transactions Law, Fort Lauderdale Public Transactions Law, Miami Public Transactions Law
Author(s): Chad S. Friedman & Brooke P. Dolara
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