Florida law provides for property tax refunds and reductions if a home is uninhabitable for 30 or more days due to a casualty event such as a fire or hurricane. The first step in determining eligibility is to report the damage to the county property appraiser’s office. Homeowners must…
On December 26, 2024, a federal appellate court reversed its own December 23 ruling and reinstated a lower Texas court’s nationwide suspension of Beneficial Ownership Information/BOI reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act on Constitutional grounds. BOI compliance is not required until the court takes further action, which we do not…
Despite the depictions of holiday parties often seen in TV and movies (think Mad Men, A Bad Mom’s Christmas, or Office Christmas Party), in today’s workplace, the wild and crazy office party should be a vestige of the past. Many employers learn the hard way that some employees view the…
A federal district court in Texas has held the Corporate Transparency Act’s beneficial ownership reporting law likely violates the U.S Constitution, justifying a stay and injunction preventing enforcement of the law pending the resolution of the case. As a result, business owners are not required to file “Beneficial Ownership Information…
On November 15, 2024, the federal court in Texas v. United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) and Plano Chamber of Commerce v. DOL, consolidated cases in the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas, set aside and vacated the new federal Overtime Rule. The Texas court held that the…