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Prior to taking office, President Trump promised his constituents that he would be tough on immigration. In keeping with this campaign promise, since taking office, President Trump has issued over 10 different executive...more
Last Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed sweeping legislation designed to protect private and public sector employees from losing their jobs due to COVID-19 vaccination mandates, as well as to protect the rights of...more
Florida employers can require employees to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations, submit records of such vaccination, and implement other safety measures for their workplaces notwithstanding national publicity suggesting that recent...more
On June 16, 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill (SB) 630 into law, which enacts numerous amendments to the Condominium Act (Chapter 718, Florida Statutes), the Cooperative Act (Chapter 719, Florida Statutes), and...more
More than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic first began, we are all familiar with the ways in which it has impacted industry in the United States. While it decimated brick and mortar businesses and caused thousands of bars...more
Businesses across the nation are implementing measures to ensure that their customers have been vaccinated. According to the latest available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 120 million...more
For here? Or, to go? No, we are not talking about just your food, because thanks to Florida Senate Bill 148/House Bill 329 (“S.B. 148”), certain food service establishments will now be allowed to serve alcoholic beverages to...more
Hot Topics - Legislative priorities for 2021 from the Governor and leadership ranged from controversial political moves related to protests, voting, and transgender athletes, to environmental protection and mental health....more
Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-276 on November 3, 2020, which extends the state of emergency in Florida for another 60 days through January 2, 2021. DeSantis initially issued Executive Order 20-52 on March 9,...more
Florida’s Governor Desantis has extended Executive Order Number 20-180 to 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2020. The Executive Order, titled “Limited Extension of Mortgage Foreclosure and Eviction Relief” provides, in relevant part: ...more
As discussed in our previous client alert, on July 31, 2020, through Executive Order 20-181, Governor DeSantis declared a state of emergency in the following counties due to the threat of Hurricane Isaias: Brevard, Broward,...more
Florida, like the majority of the United States, has enacted several economic protections in response to the coronavirus pandemic, including eviction moratoriums for the non-payment of rent. ...more
Governor DeSantis previously issued Executive Order 20-94 on April 2, 2020, suspending and tolling any statute providing for a mortgage foreclosure or residential eviction due to non-payment of rent that, after several...more
On July 30, 2020, shortly before the state's eviction ban was scheduled to expire, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis again extended and updated his prior Executive Order 20-94, which restricts certain real estate evictions. Order...more
Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-166 today, which extends the state of emergency in Florida for another 60 days. DeSantis initially issued EO 20-52 on March 9 for the entire state of Florida due to the...more
It took Florida more than three months to reach 100,000 cases of COVID-19, but since Gov. Ron DeSantis moved Florida into Phase Two of Florida’s “Safe, Smart, Step-by-Step” reopening plan, cases have surged throughout the...more
On June 30, 2020, shortly before the ban was due to expire, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis again extended Executive Order 20-94, which restricts certain real estate evictions, this time through Aug. 1, 2020. Executive Order...more
On May 14, 2020, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis extended Executive Order 20-94, which banned certain real estate evictions, through June 2, 2020. Executive Order 20-94 also suspends all statutes “providing for a mortgage...more
Less than two weeks ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a limited phase one reopening, with Executive Order 20-112. Now, Gov. DeSantis has issued Executive Order 20-123 which builds on Executive Order 20-112 and sets...more
Today, Palm Beach County joined the rest of the state, with the exception of Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, in Phase I of the plan to re-open the state. That Phase I is set forth in Governor DeSantis’ Executive Order 20-112...more
Governor DeSantis issued EO 20-114, which extends the state of emergency in Florida initially established by EO 20-52 and set to expire today, May 8, 2020. Under Florida Statutes Section 252.36, an executive order is limited...more
With the issuance of Executive Order 20-112: Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida’s Recovery and the expiration of the Governor’s Safer at Home Order (Executive Order No. 20-91) on May 4, 2020 pursuant to Executive...more
The order mandates Floridians to stay at home beginning April 3, 2020 and contains an extensive list of exemptions for “essential servics." Florida mandates residents stay at home and closes of all nonessential businesses....more
On March 26, 2020, as part of Florida’s response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting state of emergency, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-85 (the Order), mandating insurance...more
On Monday, March 2, 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis directed Florida State Health Officer and Surgeon General, Scott Rivkees, M.D., to declare a public health emergency due to two confirmed cases in Florida of Coronavirus Disease...more