Monthly Archives: November 2021
Boeing Board Of Directors Will Pay $237.5 Million To Settle Shareholder Dispute
According to a report from the Seattle Times, a group of current and former directors at Boeing have preliminarily agreed to pay $237.5 million to settle a shareholder dispute. The proposed shareholder agreement, which was filed in the Delaware Chancery Court last week, is related to the board’s alleged oversight regarding safety issues related… Read More »
Starting A Partnership In Florida? A Checklist To Help You Avoid Disputes
Are you preparing to start a business partnership in Florida? If so, there are important steps that you need to take to protect your legal rights and financial interests. No one wants to end up locked in a dispute with a business partner. By putting the right structure in place, you can significantly reduce… Read More »
What Happens If You Still Run A Company After It’s Dissolved?
Whether you are voluntarily ending your business, or whether you’re concerned it could happen to you without you wanting it to happen, companies do dissolve. But how do companies dissolve—and what happens if, after your company dissolves, you keep running the business? How Companies Dissolve There are three main ways that a company can… Read More »
BFOQs: When Discrimination Isn’t Discrimination
We all know by now that discrimination in the workplace is illegal. However, there are times when you actually can, legally discriminate. This is when the basis for discrimination, is because of what is known as a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ). What is a BFOQ? In plain terms, a BFOQ is where someone… Read More »
Uber Gets Hit With Disparate Impact Discrimination Lawsuit
Most of the time, businesses have no intention of discriminating against employees, or against the general public. But what a lot of businesses don’t realize is that they often can implement policies and procedures that have the effect of discriminating—even if the policy itself says nothing about any particular race, class, or gender. Government… Read More »
What Evidence Can You Use To Prove An FDUTPA Violation?
The Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA) is a state law modeled after the federal Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act) that protects consumers and businesses against unjust commercial practices. The statute contains a private right of action—meaning you can hold a defendant liable for damages caused by an FDUTPA violation. Here,… Read More »
Airbnb And San Francisco Law Firm Facing Civil RICO Lawsuit In California
As of this writing, Airbnb and Sacks Ricketts Case LLP (a San Francisco based law firm) are facing a civil RICO lawsuit in a California federal court. The lawsuit stems from a business dispute involving the vacation rental company and its law firm with a local business owner. In this article, our Miami RICO… Read More »
Report: SPACs Increasingly Involved In Shareholder Litigation
According to a report from Reuters, special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have recently come under the microscope and are now facing a wave of litigation. Class action shareholder lawsuits involving special-purpose acquisition companies are up by more than 400 percent since this last year. Here, our West Palm Beach shareholder disputes lawyers provide an overview… Read More »
Serving A Lawsuit When You Can’t Find The Party That Needs To Be Served
It is a fundamental doctrine of our constitution, that someone who is sued, gets notice of the lawsuit, so that he or she may have the opportunity to defend himself. Usually, this is done through a process server, who personally serves someone with the lawsuit. But many times, the person that has to be… Read More »
Understanding Tenancies By The Entireties
When a husband or wife dies, the property of that spouse automatically transfers to the other spouse. No legal case or written document needs to exist, for that to happen. You may have known that already, but that concept is actually part of a larger doctrine in Florida (and national) law, called tenancy by… Read More »
