David Winker

January 03, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Let's celebrate Harvey Ruvin by doing our best to make Miami-Dade the best it can be every day.

By David Winker

3 minute read

April 20, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Imagine being a small business owner and opposing counsel asking you at a deposition: Are you prepared to bankrupt your company fighting this?

By David Winker

4 minute read

March 04, 2021 | Daily Business Review

It appears that one of the most interesting trademark battles in recent memory will be settled. Major League Soccer filed a consent motion for suspension for settlement on March 2.

By David Winker

4 minute read

March 04, 2021 | Daily Business Review

A "special area plan" is a zoning process in Miami 21 that allows a developer that assembles over nine acres of land to apply for the right to build at much greater height and density than would otherwise be allowed.

By Marleine Bastien and David Winker

7 minute read

January 04, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Besides work that needs to be done to shore up play in the field (they released Sporting Director Paul McDonough on Dec. 9), Inter Miami is still trying to make its permanent home at Melreese Golf Course next to Miami International Airport in the face of widespread community opposition.

By David Winker

6 minute read

April 14, 2020 | Daily Business Review

This "shelter in place" effort has shut down huge swaths of our economy, from tourism to hospitality to elective healthcare to restaurants and bars. One of the most critical economic issues is how landlords and lenders and the court system will handle this.

By David Winker

5 minute read

February 13, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Members of the 2017 World Series Champion Houston Astros held a press conference to open Spring Training this week. The purpose was to apologize for…

By David Winker

3 minute read

February 10, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Inter Milan took away a key victory in the first round of their trademark battle, as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office dismissed one of the two arguments made by Inter Miami that it should not be forced to change its name.

By David Winker

6 minute read

January 10, 2020 | Daily Business Review

On Dec. 4, the Miami Planning and Zoning Appeals Board (PZAB) voted 8-1 to recommend repealing special area plans (SAPs) from Miami 21's zoning code.

By David Winker and Andrew Parrish

8 minute read

November 15, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Under the Miami 21 zoning code, development may occur without meaningful public participation because as a form-based code, development is now allowed "by right."

By David Winker

5 minute read