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Newly Enacted Florida State Laws Affecting Business Owners

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2025 Florida Legislative Update - Florida has recently enacted a number of important business and tax provisions that materially affect many Florida businesses and their owners....more

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Countdown to 3 new data privacy laws: Texas, Oregon, Florida

The past couple of years have seen a number of states enact comprehensive privacy laws. Thus far, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia have enacted state privacy laws. In July, we will see three new privacy...more

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Buckner Position for Preliminary Injunction

As we discussed in a prior update, on July 13, 2022, Plaintiff Christian Buckner filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court in Tampa, Florida, seeking to enjoin the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s set-aside of 10%...more

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Palm Beach County Expands Coverage Of Its Equal Employment Ordinance

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As of January 12, 2021, Palm Beach County’s equal employment ordinance has been amended to cover smaller businesses. Companies in Palm Beach County with between 5 and 14 employees (Federal and State civil rights acts normally...more

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Will The COVID19 Pandemic Slow Down Florida’s $15 Minimum Wage Roll Out?

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As I previously posted , Florida’s new $15 minimum wage (passed by voters) has to go through a legislative implementation process which may exclude certain businesses or certain employees...more

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Executive Order Provides PPP Loans Not Subject to Florida Doc Stamps Tax

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The Paycheck Protection Program included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) allows businesses with 500 or fewer employees to receive federally-guaranteed loans to pay payroll costs,...more

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Bidding Smarter in Florida: Reference Your Incumbent Contract (If You’re Doing a Good Job)

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When we are hired to help a contractor prepare to submit a bid or proposal, two of the first things we usually want to know are: (1) Has the contractor recently done any previous, similar work for the agency it will be...more

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Paycheck Protection Program Update

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This update is the first in a series as we track developments in the implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”), a $349 billion SBA-guaranteed loan program promulgated under the CARES Act....more

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Florida small businesses can “bridge the gap” between the time damage is incurred and when a business secures other financial...

Florida currently has the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program available to small business owners located in all Florida counties statewide that experienced economic damage as a result of COVID-19....more

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Interest-Free Loans Available to Florida Small Businesses Impacted by Coronavirus

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The impact of COVID-19 has become not only a health crisis, but also a financial one. For small business owners who are suffering from coronavirus-related shutdowns and closures, the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge...more

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Governor DeSantis Activates the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program

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In the wake of the economic impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Governor DeSantis has activated the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program. ...more

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Big Changes for Small Business Coming to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

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In the coming weeks, the Small Business Reorganization Act (the “SBRA”) will go into effect. As part of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005—the most significant large-scale change to the...more

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Cambios propuestos a la preferencia local para los contratos gubernamentales en el condado de Miami-Dade

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Anteriormente hemos analizado la manera en que los contratos gubernamentales no solo se utilizan para adquirir bienes y servicios para el público, sino también para otros objetivos de política pública. Por ejemplo, las...more

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Agilización de impugnación de licitaciones

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La semana pasada, Rand Corporation, que acaba de completar un análisis del sistema federal de impugnación de licitaciones, anunció que lo que el gobierno federal ha estado haciendo particularmente bien es resolver rápidamente...more

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Impugnaciones a licitaciones para pequeñas empresas

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Una impugnación de licitación es un método que permite que un licitante de un contrato gubernamental dispute formalmente la decisión o el proceso de selección del gobierno. Los procedimientos de impugnación de licitaciones...more

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Bid Protests for Small Businesses

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A bid protest is a method for a bidder for a government contract to formally challenge the government’s selection process or decision. Bid-protest procedures vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but there is generally an...more

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Government Contracts Increasingly Further Labor-Policy Goals

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This past year, the federal government implemented a variety of rules requiring that its contractors meet certain fair-labor requirements. For example, a federal rule finalized in September requires federal contractors to...more

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