Business and Legal Insights

The Whitlow opinion provides a thoughtful and scholarly discussion regarding the importance of jury trials, the purpose of summary judgment proceedings, and the practical impacts of the new summary judgment rule.Read More

On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules requiring public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents they experience and to disclose on an annual basis material information regarding their cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance. Read More

Because emojis can be used as a form of communication, the question arises as to whether emojis can create a binding legal contract.Read More

On May 2, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law HB 3, also known as “An Act Relating to Government and Corporate Activism (the “Act”). Read More

To address the shortage of affordable housing, the Florida legislature passed the “Live Local Act” (the “Act”), the State’s most impactful housing legislation in decades.Read More

The Live Local Act (SB 102) (the “Act”), amends multiple provisions of the Florida Statutes with the overarching purpose of spurring additional development of affordable housing in the State. Importantly, for qualifying affordable housing projects, the Act preempts local zoning codes and comprehensive plans with...Read More

In a recent case, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal offered a reminder that the fundamental—and limited—purpose of a preliminary injunction is to maintain the status quo.Read More

A recent court case (Exclusive Motoring Worldwide, Inc. v. Soral Investments, Inc., 2022 WL 5237093 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022)) serves as a good reminder that a landlord may only be able to obtain funds deposited into the court’s registry “[i]f the landlord is in actual danger of loss of the premises or other hardship resulting from...Read More

A recent case weighed the extent to which a purchaser was able to negotiate terms when exercising a purchase of property under an option in a lease.Read More

In certain landlord-tenant disputes, courts may be open to requiring the landlord to produce leases with other tenants, but also may be open to redactions to those leases.Read More