Business ANALYSIS

Liquid Gold Lounge Fights $162K Rent-Deposit Demand in South Beach Eviction Case

A Miami-Dade judge ordered the tenant to respond by noon Thursday to a $162,000 emergency rent-deposit demand; the tenant fired back that state law requires the court, not the landlord, to set that figure.

Journal Staff Sep 17, 2026

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Landlord Fires Back at Superhuman Museum, Personally Names Berke Brothers in Counterclaim

The California company that owns the former Regal Cinema at 1100 Lincoln Road has denied wrongdoing, raised nine affirmative defenses, and sued the museum's founders personally under a lease guaranty.

Journal Staff Sep 11, 2026

Litigation

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Falwell Family Accused of Secret Insider Deal at Miami Beach Property

A former business partner has filed two lawsuits alleging the family used a hidden financial arrangement to push him out of a prime Alton Road property.

Journal Staff Aug 12, 2026

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Doctor Sued for Punching Employee, Sexual Harassment, and Retaliatory Firing After Police Report

A medical assistant who spent nearly 18 years at a Miami Beach clinic is suing a doctor alleging years of sexual harassment, age-based insults, physical violence, and firing after she went to police.

Journal Staff Aug 12, 2026

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Yardbird Vanished Overnight. Its Founder Owns the Building It Left Behind.

Iconic brunch landmark Yardbird Southern Table & Bar abruptly shuttered its original Miami Beach location on August 5 — and public records show the building's owner is a Florida LLC managed by the restaurant's own founder.

Journal Staff Aug 07, 2026

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Eleven Cannabis Firms With a Lincoln Road Address Collapse in Coordinated Wind-Down, Handing Assets to Creditors

Five of eleven affiliated cannabis companies headquartered at 1111 Lincoln Road filed state-law insolvency petitions on July 28, saddled with hundreds of millions in debt and blocked from federal bankruptcy by cannabis's illegal status.

Journal Staff Jul 31, 2026

Litigation

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Vacchi's $95M Fraud Case Against Developer Michael Stern Escalates: A Blown Deadline, a 'Phantom' Lawsuit, and Defamation Claims

Two weeks after Miami's highest-profile development fraud case became public, an amended complaint escalates it sharply — adding new defaults and defamation counts, and deepening the financial case against the developer behind the $95.75 million claim.

Journal Staff Jul 21, 2026

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Miami Beach Hotel at Center of Multimillion-Dollar Fraud and Asset-Hiding Lawsuit

Investors behind a landmark Miami Beach hotel say its developer secretly moved millions in assets into family trusts and shell companies to dodge creditors — right as a coordinated three-step scheme allegedly unfolded.

Journal Staff Jul 16, 2026

Litigation

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Mount Sinai Fires Back at the Star Urologist — Citing an Agreement That Hasn't Surfaced in the Case Before

In a point-by-point reply to the urologist's defenses, Mount Sinai invokes a previously undisclosed agreement it says undercuts his central theory of the case — and days later, a judge set the non-compete fight on a fast track toward a jury trial.

Journal Staff Jul 03, 2026

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Italian Mogul Gianluca Vacchi Sues Miami Developer Michael Stern for $95 Million, Alleging Massive Ponzi Scheme Across Luxury Projects

Italian entrepreneur and social-media celebrity Gianluca Vacchi is suing Miami developer Michael Stern for $95.75 million, alleging a Ponzi-like scheme spanning several luxury condo projects — with a hook that lands squarely in Miami Beach.

Journal Staff Jul 02, 2026

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Contractor Sues Demolition Crew for $205K After Botched Dig Killed Miami Beach Traffic Signal, Stalled Convention Center Permits

A demolition subcontractor working at the Fontainebleau Convention Center on Collins Avenue allegedly destroyed a county traffic signal during crane foundation removal, triggering a city permit freeze and a $205,000 cleanup bill now at the center of a Miami-Dade lawsuit.

Journal Staff Jul 02, 2026

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Owners of Greystone Hotel Sue Powerhouse Law Firm for $70M, Alleging Years of Secret Conflicts of Interest

The investors behind the Greystone Hotel on Collins Avenue claim their own attorneys secretly represented both sides of the deal for eight years, costing them tens of millions of dollars.

Journal Staff Jul 02, 2026

Litigation