News & Updates

  Ed Guedes, the Chair of the WSH Appellate Practice Group, reviews the recent appellate case on the ability of real estate brokers to protect their commercial real estate commissions: The [...]

By Edward Guedes On November 13, the Florida Supreme Court in Special v. West Boca Medical Center announced a new harmless error rule applicable in all civil cases.  The Court concluded that [...]

Just this week, the City Council for Marco Island voted to re-hire the Firm as City Attorney.  Weiss Serota Helfman served as City Attorney in Marco Island from 2008-2011, with Alan Gabriel [...]

The refurbishment or new construction of a courthouse is a costly but necessary venture, one that tax-payers would likely need to foot if the bonds for a new courthouse are approved in the [...]

The State of Florida has a uniform building code entitled the “Florida Building Code” that governs construction of buildings across the State.  Local governments are preempted from adopting their [...]

We recently asked WSH Partner and Real Estate Practice Group Chair Joseph Hernandez to provide some insight on the real estate market recovery and trends in the industry. Here’s what Joe had to [...]

John J. Quick continues to generate recognition and recently received the President’s Community Service Award from the Miami-Dade County League of Cities. The Miami-Dade County League of Cities [...]

As real estate and construction continue to rebound, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole Bierman & Popok have responded to the needs of clients by adding Terence McKinley to  the firm as Of [...]

Miami-Dade is in need of a new courthouse. A new courthouse designed to be safe, healthy and green; a courthouse that will be less of a burden to taxpayers than it presently is. In its current [...]

Condominium Associations are tasked with a difficult assignment.  They want to keep the condo running smoothly, while keeping residents and unit owners happy and still complying with [...]