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BOI Reports: What Business Owners and Attorneys Should Know

The BOI is the U.S. Treasury’s efforts to prevent illegal activities and financial crimes tied to business entities that may be formed to hide personal liability and owner information—specifically, business owners and individuals who use shell companies to launder money, avoid taxes and hide wealth. Most importantly, this helps to identify business owners who may defraud customers and employees.
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Don’t Forget the Owner’s Manual: A Guide to Proving Liability Through Manufacturers’ Warnings and Instructions

Trial lawyers often rely on industry standards and expert testimony to prove negligence without ever looking at the owner’s manual of the product at issue to determine whether the tortfeasor followed the manufacturers’ warnings and instructions.
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Key Reputational Risks Facing Businesses Filing Bankruptcy

The company seeking bankruptcy protection faces many reputational and business challenges, the biggest of which is a loss of confidence from the stakeholders.
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Insurance Coverage for Emerging Supply Chain Risks in Latin America

Monitoring and managing the risks that may impact supply chains in Latin America are key to maintaining their functionality and reliability, as a single point of failure can quickly ripple to stop or limit business operations and cause serious financial and reputational losses.
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Leveraging the Power of Local Chambers of Commerce: A Second-Career Lawyer’s Guide to Building a Thriving Practice

After a successful first career in technology, I began my legal career and immediately joined the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, attending events and immersing myself in its councils, eventually being named to the board. This journey not only accelerated my path to building a thriving practice but also revealed the tremendous power of a chamber as a resource for professional growth, visibility and relationship-building.
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CFPB Proposes Rule to Regulate Data Brokers Selling Sensitive Information

In today's digital landscape, data brokers are like modern-day gold miners, sifting through the intimate details of our lives—our addresses, financial records, Social Security numbers—and quietly turning that information into profit. Most of us never asked for this arrangement, yet here we are, with personal data fueling a booming, largely unregulated industry.
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Essential Labor Shifts: Navigating Noncompetes, Workplace Politics and the AI Revolution

With the Aug. 20, 2024, nationwide permanent injunction issued by Judge Ada Brown, for the Northern District of Texas federal court, a contentious FTC rule prohibiting the use of most non-compete agreements is not going into effect. The rule is likely to remain in legal limbo until other courts also considering it finalize their rulings and any appeals run their course—which may ultimately involve the U.S. Supreme Court weighing in.
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Divorce Timing Is Everything: Waiting for the New Year May Have Its Advantages

Heading toward divorce during the holidays can feel like navigating a snowstorm with no clear road ahead—stressful, overwhelming and full of obstacles. But do not worry; there is a light at the end of the tunnel—it is the fresh start that January can bring. Waiting until the new year to file for divorce might not seem festive, but it could be your favorite gift of the season because the timing of this decision can have significant financial, legal, and emotional impacts.
4 minute read

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Initial Steps to Set Up a Fla. Appeal: Your Future Self (or Appellate Attorney) Will Thank You

Most Florida litigators know that an appeal begins with the filing of a notice of appeal in the trial court. In my experience, fewer trial attorneys are also familiar with the initial steps for an appellant to properly set up the appeal and perfect the record. No attorney wants to be embarrassed in front of their client and the appellate court later in the process by having to scramble to fix problems that should have been avoided.
6 minute read

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Motions for Summary Judgment and Discovery: The 2021 Rule Changes Continue to Emerge

Moving parties must cooperate with discovery at the risk of the court allowing additional discovery and delaying the hearing of their motion, and nonmoving parties must diligently pursue their case throughout the discovery period to avoid losing everything.
5 minute read

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