By Josh Rubens On May 3, 2013, the Florida legislature enacted the Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act, which will govern all LLCs formed or registered in Florida on or after January 1, 2014.  By January 1, 2015, the current law will be repealed and the Revised Act will govern …

By Steve I. Silverman Recently I read a series of articles addressing the question of whether the e-discovery process violates a defendant’s due process rights because it forces the defendant to part with its property (in this case, money) without due process of law.  The rationale for this argument is …

By Marko Cerenko Much has been written about the recent Florida Supreme Court case of Delmonico v. Traynor, which declined to extend Florida’s long standing absolute litigation privilege to statements made by an attorney during ex-parte, out of court questioning of a nonparty witness. Recently I came across an interesting twist …

By Bruce A. Katzen Recently, I handled a very interesting FINRA arbitration dealing with exploitation of the elderly by a joint tenant – in this case, her granddaughter. What made this case so interesting is that we were able to use the elder abuse statute to support our claim.  Traditionally, …

By Todd A. Levine I handle many so-called “business divorces,” where partnerships or other business entities split up.  Because I am a trial lawyer, most of these cases are already heading towards litigation when the client first consults me.  However, I find it is generally in the client’s best interest …