Category Archives: Business Law
Which Businesses are Booming Through the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Since the first cases of the coronavirus were discovered in the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought havoc on many businesses. Over the past several months, negative effects of business slowdowns and shutdowns have affected many South Florida businesses, including restaurants, hotels, health clubs and gyms, and retail shops, among others. Not all… Read More »
Business Interruption Claims Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the United States, it has created new hurdles for many businesses and industries along the way. When, whether, and how to reopen businesses is one issue that has dominated news reports over the past few months. According to a recent analysis presented in the Insurance Journal, one… Read More »
Forum Selection Clauses in Contracts
Generally, business contracts (and other contracts) are drafted with an eye towards anticipating as many potential future concerns and considerations as possible, and providing for them. One concern or consideration that is often addressed in a contract is how and where future disputes between the parties will be resolved. Examples of contractual clauses that… Read More »
Online Tourism Sites and Tourist Development Taxes
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to the normal operations of countless businesses throughout the country and the world. Among the industries that have been particularly affected over the past several months is the tourism industry. Challenges have presented themselves in this industry at every level – globally, nationally, regionally, statewide and locally…. Read More »
Arbitration Clauses: Who Decides if the Dispute Goes to Arbitration?
Arbitration is one type of alternative dispute resolution process that may be used to resolve conflicts outside of litigation. Many types of contracts contain clauses that provide for arbitration in the event of a contractual dispute. Resolving a dispute by arbitration can have advantages and disadvantages. Among the advantages often associated with arbitration is… Read More »
The Hotel Industry: National and Statewide Effects of the Pandemic
The hospitality industry has been particularly hard hit economically in terms of job losses and furloughs that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. At the national level, Fox Business reported this week that the number of jobs lost in the hospitality and leisure industry is more than seven and a half million. Based on… Read More »
COVID-19 Lawsuits – Liability Concerns
As businesses begin to resume operations in some parts of Florida and in other states across the nation, consumer health and safety concerns in light of COVID-19 are presenting new questions and posing new challenges. Among these questions and challenges is how litigation based on COVID-19 will be handled. According to a report in… Read More »
Marriage-Based Employment Discrimination in Florida
Discrimination in the workplace is prohibited in Florida by federal and state laws. In an employment discrimination lawsuit, it is generally up to the employee alleging that the discrimination occurred to present all of the elements of a discrimination claim, and then up to the employer to show that the treatment of the employee… Read More »
Unfair Business Practices Under Florida’s Unfair Competition Laws
Florida’s small business community plays a significant role in keeping the Sunshine State’s economy vibrant and strong. According to 2018 data provided by the United States Small Business Administration, small businesses comprised more than 99 percent of all Florida businesses and employed over three million people. The operations of small businesses (and all businesses)… Read More »
Employment Agreements and Restrictive Covenants
Contracts are made up of promises. For example, one party to a contract may promise to do some type of work while the other party promises to pay for that work. The promises on both sides are referred to, in law, as covenants. Most often, contractual covenants require one party or the other to… Read More »
