Press coverage and representative cases relating to the construction industry.
[CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS, FRAUD, CONSUMER PROTECTION] Enforcement action against a "pay when you sell" renovation company that used deceptive marketing and unconscionable contracts to exploit homeowners, many of them elderly. The action sought injunctive relief, restitution, civil penalties, and voiding of liens on more than 100 properties.
[REAL ESTATE] Developed and aided client in implementing HUD compliant procedures for Section 8 housing program, and successfully enforced such procedures in court.
[WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE & INVESTIGATIONS] White Collar Defense & Investigations: Represented a cell phone tower builder in an FBI investigation into misappropriation of competitor's information.
MM&H obtained largest settlement by City of Miami Beach history ($35 million) for general contractor in dispute arising out of $500 million renovation and expansion of the historic Miami Beach Convention Center. The settlement occurred mid-trial. The claim resulted from extensive mismanagement and interference in the Project by the City and its construction management firm, [...]
MM&H has been retained as counsel for a group of high net worth individuals to intervene in a highly contentious dispute between developers of a high-end condominium building on South Beach to force turnover and to allow the homeowners’ association to take control and bring appropriate claims against the developers for dissipation of assets and [...]
This dispute concerns the redevelopment of a historic hotel located in Miami Beach, FL. The property was originally constructed in 1948 as a 102-room hotel. The redevelopment project was intended to fully modernize the hotel and add adjacent commercial retail space and parking. However, the general contractor, architect and engineers collectively failed to adequately design [...]
MM&H is counsel to a homeowners’ association of another high-end condominium building located on South Beach. The association claims significant damages against the general contractor and several of the subcontractors for this prominent development to the structure as a result of structural deficiencies.
Massive construction litigation case against Miami Beach.
After purchasing a mostly-occupied commercial building in 2013, Ownership intended to remove the exterior of the building and modernize it with a sleek, hurricane rated glass curtain wall. During this renovation, very quickly the construction devolved into what has been described as “war zone” – collapsing ceilings, mold, massive water leaks. MM&H obtained a significant [...]
Represented target defendant in the Chinese Manufactured Drywall Litigation, which involved hundreds of national class actions consolidated in a multi-district proceeding in the federal court in New Orleans. Knauf Plasterboard, one of the world’s largest privately-held building materials manufacturers was the primary defendant in litigation involving over 30,000 impacted found primarily throughout the Southeastern U.S. [...]