Press coverage and representative cases relating to hospitality and food service industries.
[EMPLOYMENT LAW] Obtained summary judgment and final order in arbitration on behalf of timeshare and tourism company for claims of race, gender, and disability discrimination, harassment, hostile work environment, and retaliation.
[WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE & INVESTIGATIONS/CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS] Represented luxury hotel brand in an internal investigation concerning construction defects and products liability under foreign and US law.
Constitutional challenge to Miami Beach ordinance.
Plaintiff Brandon Berkenfeld is a former employee of Sysco Southeast Florida, LLC (“Sysco”). Sysco requires employees to provide them with two-weeks notice of separation from the Company and conditioning payment of accrued benefits of compliance with that notice provision. Despite burdening its employees with the inability to work for anyone else for two weeks after [...]
[SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE] MM&H represents the plaintiff and one of the equity owners of the historic Greystone Hotel in Miami Beach in a knock-down-drag-out dispute with his former best friend, equity partner and co-guarantor. In late 2020, one of the equity owners of The Greystone purchased the $30MM+ debt on the property and sued MM&H’s client [...]
[GOVERNMENT/MUNICIPALITY] The sidewalk cafés of Lincoln Road are a staple of the iconic pedestrian thoroughfare located within the City. The ability to offer outdoor dining on the City’s sidewalks is essential to dozens of the businesses located on or near Lincoln Road. Should these businesses be stripped of their ability to provide outdoor dining, the [...]
Negotiated an amicable buy-out of a minority member of a successful restaurant enterprise without litigation by carefully and strategically exercising rights available pursuant to the Florida Revised LLC Act and applicable corporate governing documents.
[CORPORATE DIVORCE / SHAREHOLDER DISPUTE] Settled 2 cases involving a shareholder dispute over a restaurant chain relating to lack of funding and breach of fiduciary duty.
Broken partnership among hotel developers.
Obtained arbitral award for a Caribbean entity against a diversified multinational arising from the construction of an internationally acclaimed resort, resulting in an award satisfying the full amount of the client’s claims after a three-day final hearing before the International Centre for Dispute Resolution.