Practice Divisions

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated a decision of U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida which had upheld the City’s of St. Petersburg municipal ordinance [...]

Yesteday, Judge Steven Liefman ruled that the current programs operated by South Florida cities do not violate equal protection and that they are not unconstitutional.  Michael S. Popok, [...]

The U.S. District Court in Delaware ruled that a defendant can be served via his or her e-mail address, and that a client’s e-mail address is not subject to attorney-client privilege. Judge Mary [...]

Following the passage of the sweeping growth management legislation included in House Bill 7207 of 2011 (the “Community Planning Act”), the Town of Yankeetown,Florida sued to overturn the bill. [...]

On November 14, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the 2010 healthcare overhaul law. The Court will hear an appeal from the Eleventh [...]

In Glenn v. Brumby, 1:08-CV-023360-RWS (11th Cir., December 6, 2011), the court found that a governmental employer violates the Equal Protection Clause’s prohibition of sex-based discrimination [...]

The Miami-Dade County Commission recently approved two applications that could move the Urban Development Boundary (“UDB”) and allow more development on previously sacrosanct property. The [...]

Timothy M. Ravich will be honored this November as one of the 40 Under 40 Outstanding Lawyers of Miami-Dade County at an awards gala hosted by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The selection [...]

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, [...]

The Act limits the scope of the state land planning agency’s (now the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) but, as of October, to become the Department of Economic Opportunity) ability to object [...]