Florida Attorney Blog including business law and real estate legal topics.
Florida Employee Overtime
One of my business clients wanted to address Florida employee overtime issues that were becoming more common. His work force streamlined from the economic downturn was now being used to cover a recent increase in business...
Foreclosure FAQ: Lender Lost the Note. How Does that Help Me?
It’s all the rage. You’re in foreclosure. You find out the lender has lost the note. Or if it was lost initially, the lender suddenly finds the note or proves its terms. But either way, the lender still can’t prove when it took ownership or assignment of the note. You argue the lender can’t show […]
Sales Tax on Non-Taxable Items in Retail and Office Leases: Commercial Lease Lawyers
Recently, a commercial tenant came to me concerned about a landlord having the nerve to charge sales tax on his share of electricity. It seems incredible but the landlord did exactly what the law requires as commercial lease lawyers will tell you. Tenants must pay sales tax on common area maintenance charges (“CAM”) required by […]
Tampa Business Lawyer Reviews When You Can Delete Business Records.
This year, the Florida Supreme Court adopted rules addressing discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”) in lawsuits. Electronic Discovery (“E-Discovery”) is how a Tampa Business Lawyer obtains ESI in business litigation.
Electronically Stored Information
As a Tampa Business Lawyer, in litigation I want to tell a story. Even better, I want to show it. I do this […]
Temporary Injunctions in Commercial Litigation – Careful what you ask for. You might get it.
You have a business dispute. Either the seller of the business you bought is directly competing against you after the closing or an ex-employee has gone to work for the competition taking trade secrets with him. First, hopefully you have a signed a Non-Compete Agreement. Now you have to evaluate certain risks in asking for […]
Banks Must Protect Your Accounts: Business Attorney Clearwater FL
Keylogging software used by hackers presents an increased security risk to small businesses. As a Business Attorney Clearwater FL I can’t emphasize to my clients enough of how vigilant they need to me. This software records keystrokes on your keyboard and is used by hackers to obtain banking credentials to transfer money out of bank […]
Social Media and Company Liability
Businesses are using social media more and more. Even small businesses have put time and effort into their social media profiles such as Facebook Pages, Twitter, YouTube, and Google+. The legal implications of social media mandate you have strict marketing goals governed by clear company policies.
Businesses are wise to adopt a social media policy to […]
How to Protect and Copyright Your Web Content
Imitation, they say, is the greatest form of flattery. But ask a business owner if he would be happy to find out a competing company or ex-employee has copied the content of his website for their own. It is surely unfair after all your hard work to have someone simply take your business material. It […]
Florida Power of Attorney Law
Have you ever had the need for a Florida Power of Attorney? If you have lately then know that effective October 1, 2011, new requirements provided by the Florida Power of Attorney Act must be satisfied. Changes to existing law are not retroactive so if you have a Power of Attorney from before October 1, […]