Jamie Cole is an Ultimate Broward CEO
On October 27, the South Florida Business Journal held its 2011 Broward Ultimate CEO Awards to honor influential, innovative and successful business leaders throughout Broward County. This year, [...]
Law Firm Alliance Selects WSHPC&B As Sole South Florida Representative
Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. is proud to have been selected as a member of the Law Firm Alliance, an elite coalition of law firms made up of 60 plus firms and 1500 [...]
South Florida Municipalities Continue To Fight Pain Clinic “Pill Mills”
Despite 2011 legislation regulating the pain management clinics which have made Florida a center for illicit trafficking in prescription narcotics, local governments continue to face the serious [...]
Takings in Eminent Domain: Testing The Waters Does Not Create a Property Right
In its recent decision in the matter of St. Johns River Water Management District v. Koontz, SC09-73, the Florida Supreme Court held that under the U.S. and Florida Constitutions there is not a [...]
NLRB Changes Procedures to Speed Up Union Elections; Employer-Friendly Organizations Respond With Lawsuit
On December 21, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) published a new Rule that will change the procedures for private sector union representation elections. The Rule, which will take [...]
Eleventh Circuit Upholds County’s Nude Dancing Ban, Despite Strip Club’s Unsavory Allegations Against Lower Court Judge
The Eleventh Circuit recently upheld a Spaulding County, Georgia ordinance banning nude dancing in places where alcohol is sold. In holding for the County, the Court also upheld the Order of [...]
WSH Partner Ed Guedes Wins Appeal Before Third District Court of Appeal for Miami-Dade School Board
WSH was recently retained by the Miami-Dade School Board to take the lead in a difficult, ongoing appeal before the Third District Court of Appeal of a decision by the State Board of [...]
WSH Litigators Obtain Victory in North Bay Village First Amendment Challenge
On June 12, Judge Ungaro of the Federal Southern District of Florida, granted the City of North Bay Village’s motion for summary judgment seeking the dismissal on standing grounds of a [...]
Supreme Court Tackles Health Care: Day 1 of Oral Arguments
This Monday, oral arguments began in the challenge brought by the attorney generals of 26 states to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Supreme Court previously issued a writ of [...]
WSH Litigation Team Wins for the Miami Art Museum
Judge Barbara Areces of the 11th Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County entered a declaratory ruling today that the lease between the City of Miami and Miami Art Museum of Dade County [...]
