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The deadline to file for property tax refunds or reductions due to hurricane damage from 2024 is quickly approaching.  The application for a refund (Form DR-465 – Application for Catastrophic Event Tax Refund) can be found on the County Property Appraiser’s website and must be submitted prior to March 1. …

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…

The law firm of Williams Parker sponsored a breakfast meeting of the Lakewood Ranch Community Foundation at Forked in Waterside Place June 27 to allow foundation executives to talk with members of the Builders Give Back program.

On July 3, 2024, the court in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, a case in the Northern District of Texas, stayed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Non-Compete Clause Rule and granted the plaintiff’s emergency motion for a preliminary injunction. The court limited the scope of the stay and injunctive relief to…

Renewal options in a lease provide a tenant with crucial flexibility by ensuring the tenant can remain in a desirable location. But what happens when the lease stipulates the rent during the renewal term will be at “fair market value” or “at the then-prevailing rate for comparable commercial office properties”…