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When purchasing a business, prospective buyers must take extreme care to ensure they are not also assuming the liabilities of that business. Florida follows the traditional corporate law rule which generally does not impose the liabilities of a predecessor business on a successor business. However, that rule is not absolute and exceptions exist that may result in a purchaser becoming responsible for the debts of the business being acquired. This Blog post will discuss the exceptions to the general rule and provide guidance on avoiding successor liability when purchasing a business.
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Condominium association budgets suffer significantly when unit owners become delinquent in paying assessments. Moreover, the burden for those unpaid assessments falls on the responsible unit owners who must make up the shortfall in the next yearly budget, which often results in higher assessments across the board. For this reason it is important that associations have collections policies in place to pursue unpaid assessments. However, associations must ensure that in their zeal to collect unpaid assessments that accepting partial payments from delinquent unit owners won’t be considered payment in full of the entire debt owed. This blog post will discuss a recent court case which serves as a loud warning to all associations when accepting partial payments from delinquent unit owners.
Many Florida contractors and license holders have a general understanding of the Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (“CILB”), but like many quasi-judicial bodies, it can remain a mystery to those who practice and appear in front of the CILB. For those who chose to appear pro se in front of […]
By virtue of HB 7015, signed into law by Governor Rick Scott, effective July 1, 2013, Florida state courts will no longer apply the “Frye standard” (Frye v. United States, 293 F. 2d 1013 (D. C. Cir. 1923)) for determining the admissibility of expert testimony. Instead, Florida now follows Section […]
Charles Jimerson comments on the rumors of a possible move of the Jaguars to London. Read the full Jacksonville Business Journal article, “Should fans be worried about the Jaguars moving to London?”
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One of the most challenging aspects of effectively running and operating a condominium association is the constant turnover in board membership and the inconsistency this creates concerning rules enforcement. Most association board seats are up for reelection at least every two years if not every year. When members decide to run for the board, they often do so because they feel the current board is not properly running the association or enforcing its rules. Yet once a newly elected and motivated board attempts to right the ship and enforce the bylaws and rules and regulations, it finds itself having to respond to selective enforcement defenses due to the prior board’s failure to act. This presents quite the conundrum. Board members have a fiduciary duty to enforce the association’s governing documents but cannot do so effectively. There must be a solution. This Blog post will discuss how a board can avoid the selective enforcement defense when enforcing condominium association rules and regulations.
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