The revised act (designated F.S. Ch. 2019-90) will become effective on January 1, 2020. Florida’s corporate statute (Part I of the FBCA) is largely modeled on the Revised Model Business Corporation Act. The Model Act is promulgated by the Corporate Laws Committee of the Business Law Section of the American…
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You’ve just been ordered to respond to discovery that seeks information that has nothing to do with the claims or defenses in the case, seeks information that would take hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to compile or seeks information that is highly sensitive and confidential. Alternatively, you’ve been…
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An article published on October 18, 2019 in St. Pete Catalyst highlights Trenam Law’s 2019 BusinessTrends event, which took place on October 16 in Tampa. The event, moderated by reporter and WUSF host Bradley George, featured panelists Tony DiBenedetto, co-founder and former CEO of Tribridge and entrepreneur-in-residence at Tampa Bay…
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Family and community. That is at the core of Marie Tomassi’s legal practice. The 2020 St. Petersburg “Lawyer of the Year” honoree in Appellate Practice found it to be “such an honor and very rewarding” to receive the recognition from her peers. The field of appellate practice captured her attention…
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Richard Leisner's article was published on September 30, 2019 by The D&O Diary. You can view the guest post here. In a recent Delaware Chancery decision, Stacey Kotler v. Shipman Associates, LLC, 2019 WL 3945950 (Del. Ch. Aug. 21, 2019), Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights, III found that a fully…
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In a Law360 article published on September 25, 2019, Alicia Koepke provides insight on the U.S. Department of Labor’s recently released overtime rule, which updated the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA) overtime and minimum wage requirements by raising the salary threshold to $35,568 per year for employees to qualify as…
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As many businesses will recall, in 2016 the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule that more than doubled the minimum salary that must be paid to certain employees for them to remain exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements, but a federal court enjoined and declared that…
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Trenam Law is pleased to announce Taylor Russo Hess has been elevated to Shareholder. Hess is experienced in various probate and trust related matters, including providing guidance on and preparing gift tax returns and estate tax returns and representing fiduciaries in their roles as trustees and personal representatives. In her…
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Trenam Law is pleased to announce that Marissa Elordi and Dakota Woll have joined the firm. They both previously served as Summer Associates at the firm while completing law school. Elordi is an Associate in the Commercial Litigation Group. She is resident in the firm’s Tampa office. Elordi received a…
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Tampa, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that Melodie “Dee” M. Menzer has joined the firm as an Associate. She is a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Group and resides in the firm’s Tampa and St. Petersburg offices. Menzer was most recently an Associate at the St.…
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