Litigation and Restructuring Lawyers

City of Miami Beach Challenged for Excessive Fines in Suit Over Short-Term Rental Ordinance

 November 29, 2018 – Attorney Christopher Spuches said the city’s laws against Airbnb and other short-term rental services violate the Florida Constitution’s clause against excessive fines. A complaint has been filed against the City of Miami Beach for allegedly using strong-arm tactics to enforce its rules against short-term rentals Click here to learn more

Homeowner Sues Miami Beach Over Short-Term Rental Ban

November 29, 2018 — A Miami Beach homeowner is challenging a city ordinance restricting short-term rentals on platforms like Airbnb, claiming the city has imposed “constitutionally excessive” fines and cut off electricity and water for violations. In a suit filed Monday in Miami but made public Wednesday, the property owner, 3098 Alton Road LLC, said Miami Beach’s ordinance curbing short-term…

Agentis PLLC Lawyers named in Florida Super Lawyers and Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite

MIAMI, FL – June 27, 2018 – Agentis PLLC is pleased to announce that 4 members of the firm have been recognized in the 2018 edition of Florida Super Lawyers and 3 members of the firm have been recognized in the 2018 in the Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite special report. Super Lawyers, a registered trademark of Thomson Reuters, publishes…

MoMa TM Not Famous Enough For Infringement, Cafe Claims

MoMa TM Not Famous Enough For Infringement, Cafe Claims By: Joyce Hanson Law360 (May 22, 2018, 7:18 PM EDT) — Matcha Japanese tea powder aficionados operating Manhattan’s MoMaCha cafe urged a New York federal judge on Monday to toss the Museum of Modern Art’s claim alleging the cafe dilutes its trademarks, saying MoMa’s infringement suit fails to demonstrate its nickname,…

‘Chambers USA 2018’ Legal Rankings Released

MIAMI, FL – May 16, 2018 – Agentis PLLC attorneys Robert P. Charbonneau and Jacqueline Calderín have again been ranked among the top Florida lawyers in Bankruptcy/Restructuring in Chambers USA 2018. The firm also received a ranking for its practice in Bankruptcy/Restructuring. Chambers & Partners conducts extensive independent research regarding law firms and lawyers in the United States and throughout…

Miami-Dade Condo Building Tied to Airline Faces $3M Foreclosure

By: Brian Bandell South Florida Business Journal Centurion Air Cargo and an affilied company were hit with a $2.85 million foreclosure lawsuit over a condominium building in Hialeah. The news comes as the Miami-based cargo airline attempts to resume its operations. SHEDDF2-AE LLC, an affiliate of Miami Beach-based Safe Harbor Equity, filed a foreclosure lawsuit April 19 against Centurion Air…

Nicklaus Children’s Hospital to submit bid on shuttered hospital

By: Brian Bandell SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAL – The shuttered Miami Medical Center could head to bankruptcy auction and Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has lined up as a bidder. Affiliates of Miami-based nonprofit Nicklaus Children’s Hospital are already the landlord, the biggest creditor, and a minority investor in the Miami Medical Center. If it’s successful in the bid, that would give…

Spuches brings his expertise on the changing foreclosure landscape to the Daily Business Review

MIAMI, FL – December 20, 2017 Christopher Spuches, Agentis founding partner, recently had a column “Foreclosures: Rulings Favor Lender’s Stake,” featured by the Daily Business Review. The column tapped into Spuches’ expertise of the foreclosure landscape in the aftermath of the Fourth District Court of Appeals’ Glarum v. La Salle Bank decision six years ago. Spuches broke down how subsequent appellate…

Agentis fights to protect commercial landlords’ rights

MIAMI, FL – November 15, 2017 – News Agentis fights to protect the rights of commercial landlords. To read this article, please visit: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-31/for-manafort-questionable-airbnb-sublets-became-a-family-affair Agentis is a modern law firm based in Miami, Florida. The firm and its attorneys serve their clients in the areas of business restructuring and dispute resolution.

Agentis is Recognized in World Renowned Chambers USA and Florida Super Lawyers

Our law firm is pleased to announce that the firm and its attorneys have been recognized in world renowned Chambers USA 2016 America’s Leading Business Lawyers for Business and the 2016 edition of Florida Super Lawyers. Chambers USA has once again ranked Robert P. Charbonneau and Jacqueline Calderín among the top Florida lawyers in Bankruptcy/Restructuring. The firm’s Business Restructuring practice…

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