Monthly Archives: September 2025
Major Crash Reported Between Semi-Truck and SUV in South Florida
On September 7th, 2025, CBS News reported that there was a major wreck involving a semi-truck and an SUV in South Florida. It led to the shut down of a significant stretch of Sheridan Street in Hollywood. The driver of the SUV was transported to a nearby emergency room with serious injuries. The truck… Read More »
Are Truck Accidents in West Palm Beach No-Fault Cases?
Hurt in a semi-truck accident in West Palm Beach? You need immediate medical attention. You also have the right to bring a legal claim to seek compensation for your damages. This raises an important question: Do truck accident injury claims in West Palm Beach fall under Florida’s no-fault insurance law? The short answer… Read More »
Should You Hire In-House Counsel?
If you are a company with legal needs, you may be thinking of hiring in-house counsel. There are some pros and cons to hiring in-house counsel, which you should consider before making a decision. What Do the Numbers Say? To some extent, having in-house counsel is an economic decision, which requires that you crunch… Read More »
What to Do When Directors Have a Conflict of Interest
It often happens that your company is voting on something through its Board of Directors, and it turns out that a board member has a conflict of interest with respect to the matter being voted on. The board member may benefit, personally, by the outcome of the vote, or conversely, may be negatively affected… Read More »
It May be Time to Amend Your Bylaws
Many companies have bylaws, but they are collecting dust. They have not been looked at in many years or revised, and many higher level owners or operators of the business may not even have any idea what they exactly say. Now is the time to look at them and make necessary revisions. Some will… Read More »
Former At-Large Senator Fighting Evidence in Sexual Battery Case in Court in Florida
According to reporting from WTJX News, a former senator is fighting key evidence in a sexual battery case. Former At-Large Senator Steven Payne Sr is facing a sexual battery charge for mistreatment of a former employee. Notably, Mr. Payne Sr is facing complaints from three women, including one who is a minor. In this… Read More »
Would a Truck Driver Ever Be Charged With a Crime After a Crash?
A truck accident claim is a civil legal case. You can hold a negligent trucker (and truck company) responsible for a serious injury in a crash. In some cases, a trucker could also face a criminal charge for misconduct. Here, our West Palm Beach truck accident attorney explains the most common reasons why a… Read More »
Tractor Trailer Rear-Ends Nearly Two Dozen Vehicles in Miami-Dade County
According to a report from CDL Life, a tractor trailer rear-end accident in Miami-Dade County caused damage to nearly two dozen vehicles. A trucker failed to properly stop into time and collided with the rear of a line of slow-moving vehicles. It is an all-too-common type of crash on Florida’s busy roadways. Here, our… Read More »
What Happens to a Business in a Divorce?
In law, we think that things are neatly divided into legal categories—business law, family law, estate law, or criminal law, for example. But the real world doesn’t work that way—in the real world, many legal problems cross over into various legal areas, and nowhere is that as true as in divorce cases—specifically, divorces where… Read More »
Can You Fire an Employee Who Abandons Work? Yes….But….
When an employee misses work, especially for a relatively longer period of time and doesn’t tell you (the employer) why, you can fire them. That would seem obvious. Abandoning your job is basically saying you don’t want to be there. Florida does say that if an employee disappears from work for three days in… Read More »