California’s Fragner Seifert Pace & Winograd has expanded into Texas with an office near Austin, hired Dickinson Wright corporate member Robert M. Mintz in Texas, and changed the firm’s name to Fragner Seifert Pace & Mintz. Mintz focuses is a seasoned corporate lawyer with a background in accounting, finance and business. https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2022/03/16/california-boutique-opens-texas-office-with-new-austin-area-partner/

The Daily Business Review recently reported on the Fast Burn going through South Florida Courts as Judge accelerates cases. According to Hinshaw partner litigation Paul Gamm, since COVID-19, and pursuant to a recent Florida Supreme Court administrative order, there are very limited reasons to obtain a continuance. https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2022/02/16/fast-burn-understaffed-south-florida-courts-are-denying-continuances-rocketing-through-dockets/

Coral Gables-based Kerdyk Real Estate has handled the $6.5 million cash purchase and sale of a 10,274-square-foot strip mall at 1435 W. 49 St. in Hialeah. The buyer was First American Bank (American Real Estate Investment No. 8 LLC), a $6 billion bank headquartered in the Chicago metropolitan area, which plans to relocate its existing Hialeah branch at 611 W. 49 St. into part of the strip mall’s retail space. https://communitynewspapers.com/featured/kerdyk-real-estate-brokers-6-5-million-purchase-and-sale-of-hialeah-strip-mall/