Practice Divisions

By Brett Schneider In two companion cases, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) recently addressed issues involving an employee’s offsite use of social media to communicate with other [...]

On Friday, June 5th, Joe Hernandez (Chair of our Real Estate Group) and Josh Krut (Chair of our Community Association, Club & Resort Practice Group) were speakers at the Palm Beach County Bar [...]

  On June 2, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman hosted a fundraiser to Retain Judge Jennifer Bailey in its Coral Gables Office.  We had a wonderful turnout, and we thank our [...]

  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 [...]

  The wait is nearly over for the municipalities that joined together to sue Broward County over how much they are owed regarding the assets of a countywide garbage disposal system created [...]

The Miami real estate market is on fire! After last month’s news of a vacant lot overlooking the Miami River selling for an astonishing $100 million an acre, there are now reports of retail [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]