News & Updates

Founding Member Richard Jay Weiss has been named the 2012 Miami Government Relations Practice Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, the leading survey of lawyers worldwide. Each year, the honor is [...]

On June 17, 2011, Governor Scott signed Senate Bill 88 (the “Bill”) into law, which amends Section 215.425, Florida Statutes, in two material ways. As summarized below, the Bill contains [...]

This Saturday, November 12, attorneys, judges, and law students alike will convene at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah for the 8th Annual Kozyak Minority Mentoring Picnic. Weiss Serota Helfman [...]

The American Bar Association (“ABA”) has secretly dismissed a significant number of President Barack Obama’s potential federal judicial nominees as “not qualified.” The ABA’s judicial [...]

Insurance coverage for property damage is standard on most construction projects, from the General Contractor down to lowered-tiered subcontractors. All too often, damage caused from construction [...]

In 2006, a condemning authority notifies the public that it intends on widening Congestion Drive, and that it will need to acquire 10 feet of right of way on the North side of the road.  The [...]

The Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami seeking information on any investigation and analysis they did prior to issuing millions of dollars in [...]

On Wednesday, WSH litigators achieved a big win for the Village of Indian Creek in an emergency injunction trial before the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court. The owner of an unoccupied [...]

The Florida Supreme Court has a strong message for newly admitted attorneys: be civil. Citing “acts of incivility among members of the legal profession,” the Florida Supreme Court [...]

When someone files a lawsuit, or reasonably anticipates one, many courts hold that a duty arises at that time to preserve all information that might be relevant to the dispute. Particularly when [...]