Monthly Archives: May 2024
Can I Rescind a Business Contract?
Did your business recently enter a contract? Are you having second thoughts about the terms of the agreement? You may be wondering: Can I rescind a business contract? The answer is “it depends.” While Florida law provides a limited short-term rescission right for certain types of agreements, the contract itself will largely determine if… Read More »
How Much Do Tipped Employees Need to be Paid?
If you have a business where many of your employees are paid by tipping, you need to understand how federal law, specifically the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), treats tipped employees. There are some detailed rules about what employers can and cannot do, and even if you generally understand how the FLSA works with… Read More »
Price Fixing, Collusion and the Realtor’s Settlement: There’s a Lesson to be Learned
You may not give much thought to collusion, the act of working with your competitors to fix or agree on prices. But collusion is illegal, and can get you sued, whether by consumer or by the government, as the recent lawsuit related to realtors’ commissions demonstrates. Realtor’s Settlement As you may know from buying… Read More »
IP Licensing Agreements: The Basics
Could your business make money by using licensed characters or intellectual property (IP)? Imagine sports teams, sci-fi and movie characters, or TV characters, adorning your product or your website or on the items you sell. Instant recognition and popularity can translate into sales. The problem of course is that you don’t own any of… Read More »
Can You Sue a Car Dealership for Misrepresenting a State of a Used Vehicle?
Purchasing a used car can be stressful. While most consumer advocates agree that a good used car offers a better value than a brand new car, there is also a significantly higher risk of something going wrong. This raises an important question: Can you sue a used car dealership for making material misrepresentations about… Read More »
Disney Locked in Contract Dispute With Former General Contractor
According to a report from Florida Politics, the state’s largest and most prominent corporation—Disney—is locked in a contract dispute with the former general contractor for its massive Walt Disney World hotel renovation project. The protracted contract dispute over the problematic construction project is currently set for trial starting on April 22nd, 2024 in a… Read More »
Tesla Seeks to Revive Compensation Package for Elon Musk (Previously Blocked By Judge)
On April 18th, 2024, the New York Times reported that Tesla is seeking to revive the approximately $56 billion compensation package for Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon Musk. The package was voided earlier this year by a Delaware Chancery Court after a shareholder dispute was filed. Here, our West Palm Beach shareholder dispute attorney… Read More »
Could Non Compete Agreements be Going the Way of the Dinosaur?
With some exceptions and with a good number of restrictions and limitations, Florida allows employers to require employees and others, such as contractors or vendors, to sign non compete agreements. But many states do not—and the current trend is that the United States government may, one day, make these kinds of agreements completely illegal…. Read More »
