Category: Civil Procedure Subject: Personal Jurisdiction By: Marty Can a court exert personal jurisdiction over individuals who allegedly engaged in a conspiracy with a Florida resident to harm an individual in Florida even though they do not have any contacts with Florida? Yes. In a dissolution of marriage proceeding where a husband conspired with his […]
Read More »Category: Employment Law Subject: Good faith defense for failure to pay over time under the FLSA By: Marty Can an employer’s “good faith” misunderstanding of the Fair Labor Standards Act exonerate the employer from paying past-due overtime or liquidated damages? No. A labor and employment law attorney asked us to research whether an employer could […]
Read More »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. […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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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