PRINT ARTICLE By: Christina Harris Schwinn, Esq. Why are employers required to report newly hired (rehired) employees and independent contractors? The obvious reason is so that the State of Florida can determine whether unemployment taxes are being paid on the wages paid to the employees. There
PRINT ARTICLE By: Christina Harris Schwinn, Esq. Ever since President Biden announced last September that his administration would instruct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) to promulgate an emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to require their employees to be vaccinated,
The Florida Bar RPPTL Condominium Law and Policy Life Safety Advisory Task Force published its advisory recommendations for changes to condominium law and condominium operation on October 12, 2021 in response to the Champlain Towers South collapse that took the lives of 98 individuals in
PRINT ARTICLE By: Michael P. Lehnert, Esq. 2020 ushered in long awaited legal and technological advancements into the real estate market, which, by seeming happenstance, were immensely beneficial in allowing the market to cope with COVID-19’s shocking effects. Assimilation of these technological advancements into legal practice has generated
PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher L. Pope, Esq., Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in both Construction law and Condominium and Planned Development Law Effective July 1, 2021, Florida condominium law now requires that the annual budget for condominium associations be proposed to unit owners and adopted at
By: Amy S. Thibaut, Esq. Property fraud is becoming one of the prevalent white-collar crimes in the United States. Property fraud may occur when someone else records a fraudulent deed, mortgage or other document in the public records, in which it appears that ownership or
Pavese Law Firm is pleased to announce that attorney Amy Thibaut recently earned a prestigious honor as Gulfshore Business named her one of Southwest Florida’s top professionals under the age of 40. The magazine profiled Amy and the other 40 Under 40 honorees in its September
Executive Order 21-150 was issued on July 3, 2021, declaring a 60-day state of emergency for Tropical Storm Elsa in certain Florida counties, including Lee, Collier and Charlotte Counties. The State of Emergency for Tropical Storm Elsa was not extended and has now expired, so
PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher L. Pope, Esq., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in both Construction Law and Condominium and Planned Development Law We often get asked by contractors, subcontractors, or materialmen whether they are also entitled to recover interest when a payment is
PRINT ARTICLE By: Vanessa Fernandez, Esq. and Christopher J. Shields, Esq. As you may be aware, the State of Florida is no longer under a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Governor DeSantis has not given any indication that he will issue