Tag: Civil Lawyer

Miami Beach set its own minimum wage. Now it’s being fought before state Supreme Court.

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In a case being watched by business groups and local governments, the city of Miami Beach is asking the Florida Supreme Court to act quickly in a battle about the legality of a local minimum wage. Justices last month, in a 4-3 decision, agreed to take up the city’s appeal of a ruling that blocked a minimum-wage ordinance from taking effect. The ordinance, approved in 2016, had been planned to set the minimum wage in the city at $10.31... [...]

Flickr Miami City Employee Says He Was Fired for Using Medical Marijuana

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More than 70 percent of Floridians voted to legalize medical marijuana in 2016, yet many local governments still have bizarrely hostile relationships with pot. Take the City of Miami. Despite the fact that Miami-area cops have the option to issue tickets for weed, a New Times investigation found that they're instead still arresting thousands of mostly minority residents for weed. Elsewhere, city officials have compared legalizing pot to... [...]

Litigation Over Ultra Music Festival’s Trademark Abroad Proceeds to Trial in Miami

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A case being heard in federal court in Miami will decide the fate of the city’s world-renowned Ultra Music Festival across the Atlantic Ocean. Just as tickets were placed on sale for the forthcoming 21st edition of the Miami-born festival on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno presided over litigation between Worldwide Entertainment Group and Adria MM Productions, battling for the right to use the Ultra name for... [...]

‘Bullied’ Stores Sue Miami Mall for Sparking ‘Mass Exodus’ Over Poor Conditions

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Eduardo Maura of Ayala Law in Miami has filed a putative class action lawsuit on behalf of a string of businesses that claim that landlords Sterling Retail Services Inc. and SC Mota Associates Partnership, which own the Miami Mall of the Americas, favored Costco’s side of the retail center over theirs. The named plaintiff is Ulises Ruiz, owner of Mota Pizza Rustica Corp., which opened in September 2015 with a $200,000... [...]

X Miami $106M Loan was ‘David Versus Goliath’ Battle for Developer’s Attorneys

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Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr partners Luis Flores, Rebecca Abrams Sarelson and Louis P. Archambault, all based in Miami. Three Miami attorneys were pitted against two big institutions — a New York investor and a Los Angeles bank — plus their legal teams in financing negotiations to secure a $106 million loan. Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr partners Luis Flores, Rebecca Abrams Sarelson and Louis Archambault obtained the loan for... [...]