The Federal Trade Commission last year proposed a sweeping rule outlawing most non-competition agreements nationwide. The rule applied both to non-competes in the employer-employee context and to a seller of a business in an M&A…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Florida Housing Finance Corporation is preparing to begin processing applications for the Missing Middle Tax Exemption for the 2025 tax year. Some of the deadlines for processing exemption applications have changed. This…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
The legal landscape for condominium law continues to evolve. On August 5, 2024, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Rebull issued an illuminating order in the long-running Carillon litigation. Moreover, on October 1, 2024,…
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/ Real Estate - Residential
The Florida Housing Finance Corporation has recently updated its guidance surrounding the Multifamily Middle Market Certification and its application process, as established by the Live Local Act. This initiative is significant…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
On May 7, 2024, significant changes were made to the procurement landscape for Architectural and Engineering (A&E) firms in Miami-Dade County. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners approved Ordinance No. 24-47, which…
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/ Business Organizations, Construction Law, Government Contracting
Evolving, expanding, and enduring—the field of construction is consistently changing to meet demanding challenges. One of the ways these challenges are being met is the development of concepts of design assist and delegated…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law
The US Supreme Court this month declined to rule on whether Florida and Texas laws limiting social media platforms’ content moderation violates the First Amendment, sending the issue back to the lower courts. But in doing so,…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law
For many years now, colleges and universities have looked to public-private partnerships (P3s) as the vehicle for delivering modern, apartment-style student housing facilities with quality amenities that enhance the overall…
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/ Education Law, Government Contracting, Real Estate - Residential
In May, President Biden announced the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s proposed rule reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 12, 2024, the City of Miami Gardens passed an ordinance that updates its municipal code to reflect new processes for unsolicited proposals and Public-Private Partnerships (“P3”) now allowed by statute. As we have…
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/ Construction Law, Government Contracting, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
CS/CS/CS/HB 1021 (“HB 1021”) covers many topics, including the statutory recognition of condominiums in vertical subdivisions and condominium building safety measures. However, the legislation is also a reaction to a slew of…
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/ Construction Law, Real Estate - Residential
On May 28, 2024, Chief Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, certified a class of consumers in an action against Barilla Foods…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Business Torts
This year’s extensive condominium bill CS/CS/CS/HB 1021 (“HB 1021”) containing amendments to the Condominium Act created a new Section 718.407 entitled “Condominiums created within a portion of a building or within a multiple…
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/ Construction Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Credit goes to the City of Miami staff for becoming among, if not the first Florida municipality, to publish their updated interpretation and guidelines for Live Local Act 2024 (SB328). With the new clarifications generally,…
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/ Construction Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Final Rule Requires Notice to Workers of Unenforceability by September 4, 2024 -
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a sweeping rule last year, outlawing most non-competition agreements nationwide. The rule drew widespread…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment Law
