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Archive for November, 2007

Pugliese v. Pukka Development, Inc.: The ILSA Quagmire Gets Thicker For Developers As A New Opening For Condo Contract Revocation Emerges

Posted in Condo Litigation, Florida, Florida Condo Law, Florida Condo Market, Florida Law, Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, Litigation, Miami Condo Contract Lawyer, Miami Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation, South Florida on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Update (December 10, 2008): The Eleventh Circuit reversed in Pugliese v. Pukka yesterday.  Read my analysis here.
I’ve received a number of requests to address the Southern District of Florida’s recent decision in Pugliese v. Pukka Development, Inc., so it appears that the topic of this post will be of some interest to this blog’s readership.  [...]

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The Battle For “Material And Adverse”: A Tale Of Two Florida Appellate Courts, And Two Florida Condominiums

Posted in Condo Litigation, Florida, Florida Condo Law, Florida Condo Market, Florida Law, Litigation, Miami Condo Contract Lawyer, Miami Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation, South Florida on November 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »

One of the more popular articles on this blog provides a short discussion of Florida case law on what constitutes a material and adverse change to a condominium purchase agreement sufficient for the buyer to rescind the contract and recover his or her deposit money.  Here, in an effort to get a clearer sense of how the [...]

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What Is Causing The Recent Uptick In Florida Wage-And-Hour Lawsuits?

Posted in Florida, Florida Law, Litigation on November 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »

While the recent explosion in condo contract lawsuits has been well-documented on this blog and in the media, apparently, another type of lawsuit is also on the rise in Florida courts — and has been so for several years.  As Julie Kay of the Daily Business Review reported on Monday (unfortunately, there is no link [...]

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Some Thoughts On The Yin And Yang Of Florida Condo Contract Litigation

Posted in Condo Litigation, Florida Condo Law, Florida Condo Market, Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, Miami Condo Contract Lawyer, Miami Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation on November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I would be remiss not to offer some quick thoughts on yesterday’s article in the Miami Herald which reports on yet another spate of lawsuits brought by condo purchasers in Florida, and which is aptly dubbed a “Condo Lawsuit Serenade” in the South Florida Lawyers Blog.
The statements from the two attorneys quoted in the article [...]

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Collapsing Florida Real Estate Market Means More Delayed Projects, And More Buyers Who Want To Cancel Contracts

Posted in Condo Litigation, Florida Condo Law, Florida Condo Market, Miami Condo Contract Lawyer, Miami Real Estate on November 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »

The New York Times reports that Standard & Poor’s has cut the credit rating of America’s three largest homebuilders–Miami-based Lennar, Pulte, and D.H. Horton–to “junk” status. Even worse off is Fort Lauderdale-based Levitt, which is rapidly closing down its operations. The company’s stock price is down more than 85% and is teetering on the brink [...]

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