Daily Business Review

Donna DiMaggio Berger’s commentary on the First District Court of Appeal’s recent ruling on short-term rentals in private communities was published in the Daily Business Review’s May 16, 2017, issue. With Airbnb and similar short-term rental sites here to stay, Donna dissects the ruling’s impact on residential use restrictions in private residential covenants. She discusses […]

The practice of law provides incredible opportunities not only to advance your career but excel as a person. The process begins once you pass the bar and continues throughout your career. As the late Arnold Palmer taught us, “The road to success is always under construction.” Here are five tips to help get you there. […]

Although Lee Weintraub graduated from the University of Florida, the Florida Gators were not the only college football team the attorney cheered for. He was also a fan of the Louisiana State University Tigers. The Fort Lauderdale shareholder with Becker & Poliakoff recently helped LSU — home to his second favorite team — close a $400 million […]

This intra-family dispute on ownership of a residence in Broward County has important implications for probate and real estate lawyers and has become a favorite of those who teach Florida homestead constitutional principles. If you do not specialize in Florida constitutional homestead law, do not dabble in it, as the lawyers learned here, where the […]

Condo association boards hoping to cut legal fees by performing some everyday tasks in-house will need to reconsider after the Florida Supreme Court reaffirmed an earlier opinion that these duties constitute practicing law without a license. Still reeling from the last housing crash that left some filing for bankruptcy to remain solvent while scrambling to […]

Business leaders who fail to properly prepare for an eventual theft or corruption of valuable company data do a disservice to their company’s stakeholders, in particular its shareholders and customers. Boards, officers and other senior-level managers who do not recognize the pervasiveness of data breaches leave their organizations legally vulnerable to state and federal authorities, […]

With same-sex marriages now taking place throughout Florida, many employers will soon learn how it will affect their businesses and their bottom line. According to recent statistics, approximately 24,248 gay couples are expected to marry in the next three years. Many cities and counties in Florida, including Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Tampa, West Palm Beach, […]

A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit case in Finnerty v. Stiefel Laboratories may have changed the disclosure landscape for privately held companies— and not necessarily for the better. Stiefel Laboratories Inc. was a family-owned, privately held company for over 160 years. Coral Gables-Based Stiefel took great pride in […]

There seems to be a proliferation of drone sightings these days and not simply of the military variety. OpenSky Drones LLC, a South Florida company, recently launched with a promise to offer engineers, architects and government agencies a less-risky way to inspect real property. In addition to their uses for the military and the real […]

Developers and their partners are avoiding stiff litigation costs by finding ways to resolve disputes out of court in South Florida’s postrecession construction boom. At the bottom of the market, developers entered shotgun marriages with unfamiliar partners to survive in a struggling economy. The trick has been to find ways to negotiate immediate solutions for […]