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 [...]
WSHPC&B Files Amicus Curiae Brief On Behalf Of Florida League Of Cities In Significant Home Rule Case
Edward G. Guedes, Susan L. Trevarthen and Jamie A. Cole teamed together to prepare and file an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Florida League of Cities at the Florida Supreme Court. The [...]
Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation Ends in Florida
On Monday, Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Canady issued an Order terminating the state’s mandatory foreclosure program. Citing the program’s abysmal success rate, Justice Canady wrote that [...]
Health Care, Free Speech and Criminal Appeals Dominate Docket for Supreme Court’s 2011-2012 Term
On October 3, the Supreme Court returned to the bench for its 2011-2012 term. Although the caseload for the term is usually finalized in February, the Court already has forty-nine appeals on its [...]
Snapshots From The Community Planning Act, Part 6: Evaluation and Appraisal Process
The Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) as you have known it is dead. In its place is a requirement that local governments evaluate, every seven years, whether changes to the comprehensive plan [...]
