By Isabella Espinoza. After two years of contentious litigation, Ayala’s case on behalf of its Venezuelan client is set for jury trial in October-2018. In the case, Ayala’s client claims that the defendant, through lies and deceit, induced him to invest $250,000 on a land under the promise of a phony business enterprise. The defendant has since held the land hostage, and has received extensive…

By Eduardo A. Maura. Sometimes the people that hate praise the most, are the most deserving of it. That is the case of Juan Carlos Gomez, Esq. Lawyer is an honorable profession. But what is it? What does it mean to be a lawyer? Being a lawyer is, in essence, a bunch of humans that decide they are going to learn monumental amounts of information…

Ayala files lawsuit in Miami Dade County against Wells Fargo for tortious interference with business relationship. Ayala represents a local law firm who had a contract with its client for representation in an insurance claim. The law firm, in good faith, endorsed the insurance proceeds to Wells Fargo under the promise that Wells then would pay the firm. Wells did not pay the law firm,…

By Isabella Espinoza. Ayala was retained by innovative technology company Shark Innovations Inc., to represent it in the application of the L-1A executive transferee visa for one of its main executives. In the words of Eduardo Ayala: “this is yet more evidence of foreign companies, this time those in the technology sector, trusting our highly experienced business immigration practice.” Article continues after image… An L-1A…

Ayala is pleased to announce that it was retained to represent the owner of two luxury condos in Brickell, Miami in the refinance and cash out of loans that total nearly 3.8 Million dollars. “This transaction represents a great reaffirmation of our growing real estate practice, and of the confidence South American investors place in our firm’s real estate knowledge” said Eduardo A. Maura, who is…

Unjust Enrichment is a legal theory applicable when one person is enriched at the expense of another in circumstances that the law deems unfair. It is usually used when there is no valid contract or no contract at all between the parties. The elements of unjust enrichment are: (1) plaintiff conferred a benefit upon the defendant, who has knowledge of that benefit; (2) defendant accepts…

An H-1B visa is a visa for foreign professionals coming to work in a specialty occupation. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) defines the H-1B visa classification as a visa available for foreign professionals who will “perform services … in a specialty occupation.”[1] The INA defines “profession” as including “but not limited to architects, engineers, lawyers, physicians, surgeons, and teachers in elementary or secondary schools,…

Ayala files lawsuit in the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida against a self-declared investment adviser’s scheme targeting foreigners. As stated in the Complaint, “[Defendants] . . . held themselves out to be experienced real estate investors and investment advisers able to purchase foreclosures properties at auction, and sell them at large profits.” Under the guise of being experienced investment advisors, the Defendants persuaded the Plaintiffs,…