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Rescission of a Lease Agreement

Category: Landlord-Tenant Subject: Rescission of a Lease Agreement By: Marty Can a tenant assert that a commercial lease agreement is void and subject to rescission when the tenant later discovers that a zoning ordinance precludes the tenant’s business on the premises but the tenant continues to occupy the premises anyway without payment of rent? No. […]

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Online Reviews – Defamation Per Se

Category: Online Review Subject: Business By: Genny A. Castellanos and Kelly, Senior Attorney, De Novo Review Online Reviews – Defamation Per Se A person writes an online review having little thought of its legal implication. We are after all the country of free speech. Shortly after, the company who was the subject of the review […]

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Non-Disclosure

Category: Nondisclosure Agreement Subject: Business Owners By: Genny A. Castellanos, De Novo Review Nondisclosure Agreement “Confidentiality Agreement” A nondisclosure agreement is essentially a confidentiality agreement. It is used to protect a business’ trade secrets and proprietary information. Trade secrets are confidential information that has value and that the business would like to maintain private. Examples […]

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Guarantors

Category: Loans Subject: Guarantors By: Erin, Senior Attorney, De Novo Review If a borrower defaults on a loan, and a demand letter is served on a guarantor to the loan, can the guarantor raise the same defenses as the borrower? Yes. See Scarborough Assocs. v. Fin. Fed. Sav & Loan Ass’n of Dade Cnty., 647 […]

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Time Sharing

By: Erin,  Senior Attorney, De Novo Review Are there consequences when mothers fail to encourage time sharing between father and child when time sharing has been ordered? Absolutely. In Ginnell v. Pacetti, 31 So. 3d 217, 218-19 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), the appellate court affirmed the trial court’s decision to modify time sharing in favor […]

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