Republicans and Democrats reached a hard-won agreement on the Senate‘s $2 trillion worth of fiscal stimulus to shore up an economy crippled by the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate returns at noon Wednesday and, while a vote is expected, Majority Leader McConnell has not yet set a time. The final version […]
“Expanding the Professional Liability of Architects and Engineers to Contractors” – ActionLine
More than 45 years ago, the Florida Supreme Court established in A.R. Moyer v. Graham that an architect can be liable to a contractor who is impacted by the architect’s negligence. A.R. Moyer established the potential for liability even without contractual privity between the architect and the contractor. Opinions that […]
Secretary Mnuchin has approved the establishment of three new facilities under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act to provide liquidity to the financial system and support the flow of credit to American workers, households, and businesses. These include: The Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF): under which the Federal […]
Cybersecurity During COVID-19
By now many of your employees are working remotely. As an employer, this poses an increased risk for a cyber incident to occur. Cyber threat actors are preying on the concerns associated with COVID-19 and using the hysteria as a launching pad for cyber-attacks. These attacks can have significant consequences. […]
The World Health Organization has declared the Coronavirus a pandemic. States of emergency have been declared at the federal, state and many local levels. Not surprisingly, we are being asked what steps associations can and can’t (and should and shouldn’t) take. All of the association statutes in Florida contain an […]