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Gary Schaaf on Labor Shortages and Construction Contract Needs

10.30.2018

If you’re a fan of real estate development, now is a great time to be living, working and playing in Tampa. Between the skyline-altering Water Street Tampa project, and two other multi-billion dollar projects underway at Tampa International Airport and Port Tampa Bay, construction cranes dominate the city’s horizon. But, […]

Vincenzo Mogavero on Corporate Veil Piercing in the New Jersey Law Journal

10.29.2018

In theory, corporate subsidiaries and affiliates are separate and distinct. When these entities run as free-standing, self-governed organizations manned by their own employees that operate as a going concern such that the entities have a separate existence from their corporate parent, the law respects the corporate form. However, when corporations […]

Special Assessment Leftover Funds Must Be Returned or Credited To Account

10.28.2018

Q: Our condominium association board levied a special assessment for Hurricane Irma damage. Our insurance claim settled for more than we expected, resulting in an excess of funds due to the special assessment. What happens to this leftover money? (S.S., via e-mail) A: Sections 718.116(10) of the Florida Condominium Act […]

Becker’s Spotlight: Lame Duck Session Outlook

10.25.2018

Becker’s Spotlight offers a weekly in-depth analysis of an issue driving the discussion in Washington. This week’s edition discusses the lame duck session that will begin soon after the election. Congress must consider a spending bill and could also take up the Farm Bill, a tax package, or other outstanding […]