Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Roberto C. Blanch | February 9, 2024
With all the growing costs for Florida community associations attributed to rising insurance premiums and the looming deadlines for new requirements for milestone inspections and structural integrity reserves, many boards of directors are now or soon will be considering one of the most dreaded measures by unit owners: a special assessment.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Raquel A. Rodriguez, Kyle B. Teal and Dane L. Stuhlsatz | February 9, 2024
The act's core goal is to increase the availability of affordable housing by removing or reducing bureaucratic barriers that local governments impose on affordable housing projects by incentivizing private development. Issues raised over its application during its first year in action have prompted the Legislature to consider amendments to the act to more narrowly tailor its focus on housing affordability in Florida while adding clarity to its impacts on local governments.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Louis Guay | February 9, 2024
These studies, typically performed by multidisciplinary teams of engineers and tax specialists, can result in substantial tax deferrals, increased cash flows, and immediate capital boosts for investment in new projects.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Eric Olsen | February 9, 2024
Wetland impacts from land development in Florida are regulated via state and federal environmental permitting programs. To permit unavoidable wetland impacts, the regulatory agencies require lost wetland functions to be made up or mitigated by creating or enhancing wetlands somewhere else.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Mark M. Heinish | February 8, 2024
Chapter 558 of the Florida Statutes was enacted by the Florida Legislature in 2003 as "an alternative method to resolve construction disputes that would reduce the need for litigation as well as protect the rights of property owners."
By Melea VanOstrand | June 27, 2023
Akerman materialized an 8.8% gain in revenue, while Holland & Knight had the largest revenue growth of the three homegrown Am Law 100 firms in Florida as it saw a 9.8% increase in revenue.
By Melea VanOstrand | June 27, 2023
Even as firms across the nation experienced a slight decline in profitability, profits per equity partner showed an overall increase at nearly all Florida Am Law firms.
By Melea VanOstrand | June 27, 2023
Florida's three homegrown Am Law 100 firms managed to grow their Florida attorney counts by an average of just under 4% collectively.
By Melea VanOstrand | June 27, 2023
In the case of Florida's Am Law firms, the revenue per lawyer generally saw an upward trend, while the national figures exhibited a decline in this aspect.
By Alexander Lugo | June 27, 2023
Overall, just 29 of the firms saw declines in headcount last year. That number was 44 in 2021.
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