I’ve written another new post for Fox’s In the Weeds blog. See my post which provided an update regarding Florida medical marijuana smoking litigation.
Dori K. Stibolt is a partner with the law firm of Fox Rothschild LLP. Dori defends
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Are My Retirement Accounts Exempt? – Beware of Prohibited Transactions
By Heather Ries
IRA and 401(k) retirement accounts are generally exempt from claims of creditors pursuant to Section 222.21, Florida Statutes and Section 522 of the Bankruptcy Code. For this reason, these types of retirement accounts can be a useful asset protection tool. …
Suing Consumer Bureaus: An Interesting Canadian Law Distinction
By W Mason
In the US, it is almost universally established that BBB grades are opinion statements entitled to absolute privilege under the First Amendment of the Constitution. Some inroads on BBB liability have been made by attacking statements other than the rating.…
Florida Construction Contracts: Significant Changes in the 2017 AIA Documents – Evidence of Owner’s Financial Arrangements
By W Mason
The 2017 revisions to the A201 improves the Contractor’s ability to request and obtain financial information from the owner throughout the project. On most projects, Owner’s typically create a single purpose legal entity, usually an LLC, that owns the real…
Update on Florida Medical Marijuana Cases
I’ve written a new post for Fox’s In the Weeds blog. See my post which provided an update regarding Florida medical marijuana litigation.
Dori K. Stibolt is a partner with the law firm of Fox Rothschild LLP. Dori defends and…
Employers Beware
An employer can be liable for the actions of its employees, even if committed outside the course and scope of the employment. The two causes of action are negligent hiring and negligent retention. The principle difference between a negligent hiring…
Marriage and Asset Protection – Is TBE for you?
By Heather Ries
Congress Considers Crackdown on Comfort Animals on Planes
There has been a lot of press lately on animals (and humans) behaving badly on airplanes. Some of the problems in the friendly skies relate to the huge increase in passengers bringing on animals they claim to be emotional support…
The Next Wave of ADA Title III Litigation in Florida – Hotel Reservation Systems
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
That’s a quote from Ferris Bueller, but these days the sentiment is equally applicable to Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)…
Florida Court Holds That Taxpayer’s Change of Domicile Does Not Work Out
On Fox’s Tax Controversy Sentinel blog, partner Charles Bender recently examined a Florida case involving the state’s Homestead Exemption. The Exemption allows for a reduction in local real estate taxes and also provides that the homestead is exempt from claims…