Practice Divisions

On October 5, the Third DCA held that strict compliance with Florida’s construction lien laws is a condition precedent to a claim against a payment bond. What was likely a scrivener’s error [...]

On August 1, Yankeetown asked a Leon County circuit court judge to declare HB 7207 unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed against the Department of Community Affairs, DCA Secretary Billy Buzzett [...]

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. in the first-tier in its inaugural Best Law Firms issue. Our ranking in Miami is in the [...]

Reacting to ongoing criticism about aerospace manufacturer Boeing Co.’s decision to move its 787 production plant to South Carolina, Congress voted by a vote of 238 to 186 to ban the National [...]

On June 17, 2011, Governor Scott signed Senate Bill 88 (the “Bill”) into law, which amends Section 215.425, Florida Statutes, in two material ways. As summarized below, the Bill contains [...]

Founding Member Richard Jay Weiss has been named the 2012 Miami Government Relations Practice Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, the leading survey of lawyers worldwide. Each year, the honor is [...]

On August 2, the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission issued a Final Order in favor of the City of Deerfield Beach in a claim filed against the City by a former City mechanic alleging [...]

The Florida League of Cities has established Florida City Government Week as part of an effort to increase civic participation in Florida through education about municipal government and [...]

Every lawyer who has ever worked with experts knows the rule: everything is discoverable. Except in federal court. On December 1, 2010, amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took [...]

Recently, Daniel L. Abbott and Daniel A. Seigel successfully defended the Town of Manalapan in Palm Beach County and its elected officials in a jury trial brought by a home owner who attempted to [...]