Kristen Clarke, the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, will be the featured Spring speaker for The Alan S. Becker and Gary A. Poliakoff Preeminent Leaders in Law Speaker Series April 28, 2022. Clarke leads the DOJ’s broad federal civil rights enforcement efforts and works to […]
Pictured: Lee A. Weintraub, Claramargaret H. Groover, Steven B. Lesser, Perry M. Adair, Sanjay Kurian, and Scott Kiernan March 14, 2022 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Becker, a multi-practice commercial law firm with attorneys, lobbyists, and other professionals throughout the US, extends congratulations to Claramargaret (“Claire”) H. Groover who received […]
Becker is pleased to announce that construction attorney Claramargaret Groover has been inducted into the 2022 class of the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL). Steven B. Lesser, chair of Becker’s nationally recognized construction practice, was appointed to ACCL’s Board of Governors, where he will serve a three-year term. The […]
The next digital revolution will be based on blockchain, a system by which independent computers verify transactions with no central authority, as described by Becker Shareholder Robert C. Brighton, Jr. in the latest issue of Financier Worldwide. In these systems, security and reliability are maintained through consensus. For public blockchains, […]
There was a time, not so long ago, when Floridians could easily, and anonymously, report known or suspected violations of local ordinances and regulations to code enforcement. Neighbors could report their concerns about abandoned or unsafe structures, building without permits or by unlicensed contractors, unpermitted uses of property, noise violations, […]
