WSH Website Is An “Outstanding Achievement”
The Interactive Media Association (“IMA”) has awarded Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.’s website with an Outstanding Achievement Award, acknowledging its design as one of [...]
Snapshots From The Community Planning Act, Part 4: Permit Extensions Redux
As in the film “Groundhog Day,” local governments woke up at the end of the 2011 Legislative Session to find that yet another set of permit extensions were provided directly by the state, [...]
Third DCA Holds Attorneys’ Fees Can Be Included In Set-Off Where They Are Provided For In Contract
Last week, the Third District Court of Appeal held that a contractor may not be entitled to summary judgment in an amount equal to the claimed contract balance less the owner’s claimed [...]
Jeb Bush and WSHPC&B Agree: Coral Gables Is A Great Place to Work
The most recent issue of Florida Trend Magazine presents a favorable portrait of Coral Gables with an emphasis on why businesses enjoy basing their operation there. Michael S. Popok, the Partner [...]
Best Lawyers In America 2012 Include Several WSHPC&B Attorneys
We are thrilled to report that several WSHPC&B attorneys were selected as Best Lawyers in America for 2012 in their area of practice. Mitchell A. Bierman – Government Relations. [...]
WSH Litigation Team Wins Big For Aventura: Third DCA Holds Red-Light Camera Program Not Preempted By State Law
Today, in a much anticipated decision for local governments, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled that the City of Aventura’s red light camera program, operated pursuant to its police and [...]
Snapshots From The Community Planning Act, Part 7: Discouraging Urban Sprawl
The Act continues to require local governments to discourage the proliferation of urban sprawl. For the first time, urban sprawl has been defined in the Community Planning Act, as: “a development [...]
Timothy M. Ravich to Speak at ABA’s Aviation and Space Law Litigation National Conference in Washington, DC
WSHPC&B attorney Timothy M. Ravich has been invited to join the faculty of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section’s Aviation and Space Law [...]
Fifth District Holds Corporate Registered Agent Is Not Conduit for Witness Subpoenas
On September 16, 2011, Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal handed down a decision with substantial significance for out-of-state corporations doing business or looking to do [...]
Snapshots From The Community Planning Act, Part 1: When Do Local Governments Have To Comply?
This is the first in a series of blog entries focusing on particular aspects of the 2011 Community Planning Act. (See House Bill 7207, enacted by the 2011 Florida Legislature to reform the 1985 [...]
