A Florida woman is in a tussle with her neighborhood’s homeowners association over the butterfly garden in her front yard. The woman, from Pensacola, is a retired teacher who said she has had a butterfly garden in her front yard for about six years. She told a local TV station that she nurtures caterpillars and […]
Melbourne Legal Blog
You sign a noncompete agreement when joining a company, knowing that it limits the scope of your work outside of that company but also thinking that you are probably never going to leave anyway. This is a dream job. Then the company gets sold to another company. After the acquisition, it’s not a dream for […]
Trust litigation may erupt when the rights to a trust are not clear. An individual or a company, for example, could find that the language of the trust is ambiguous to the degree that its intentions are unclear — or because one party is doggedly intent on interpreting the trust in an inappropriate manner. At […]
A trustee is required to do three primary things, which include managing, distributing and filing taxes on the assets contained within the trust. When these obligations will kick in is largely contingent upon the type of trust that its owner has set up. There are other responsibilities that trustees are legally mandated to carry out […]
A handshake deal often feels like a good idea when it is proposed. You know the other person. You both want to work together. It seems like a great partnership. If anything, you worry about coming off as insulting if you demand that the two of you sit down and write out a contract. But […]
Many people fall victim to Ponzi schemes every year. They rarely work out for the perpetrator, as one Florida man discovered when police arrested him for conducting an elaborate case of fraud. Older individuals are typically targets of these schemes because perpetrators believe that they can more easily convince seniors to give them money. It is […]
A 72-year-old man is locked in a battle with town officials in Redington Shores, Florida, over zoning on his property. He said he has owned the 1,200-foot Redington Long Pier since 2000, but it is in dire need of repair. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection told him it was unsafe, so he closed it. […]
The decision to buy a piece of real estate may be a decision that involves hundreds of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you have agreed to buy real estate and later changed your mind, you probably want to do everything you can to get out of the agreement. Ultimately, it depends on several factors whether […]
As we recently discussed, buying commercial property means that you need to do your due diligence. This isn’t always easy to do when you have your mind set on purchasing a specific property. We realize that you have your company’s interests in mind when you are reviewing potential properties. Thinking about the possibilities may cloud […]
Commercial real estate transactions are handled differently from residential ones. With the former, there is less governmental oversight and few disclosures that buyers and sellers must sign. This can create liability issues for both parties involved in the transaction. Following due diligence checklists can minimize both a buyer and seller’s liability risk. If both parties […]
