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Remember the FinCen residential real estate reporting requirements? Beginning March 1, 2026, real estate professionals were required to report information related to non-financed acquisitions of residential real estate. On March 19, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an order vacating the rule. The Court decision is under appeal. Reporting ...

Effective October 1, 2025, Florida will no longer assess state sales tax or the local surtax on rent from commercial leases. This eliminates Florida state sales tax and county surtaxes on base rent, operating expenses and all other charges payable to landlords under commercial leases in the form of rent on leasing commercial real property ...

Fourteen lawyers from the law firm of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward and Woodman, P.A., were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© (2026), and two lawyers were named "Ones to Watch". The list of Winderweedle Best Lawyer honorees includes, Joseph P. "Rusty" Carolan, III in Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations and Corporate ...

Let's explore a few real-world scenarios that highlight potential legal pitfalls for business owners: You own a small restaurant. One day, your business faces a lawsuit alleging the parking lot is not ADA-compliant. You operate a hotel booking website. The website is threatened with legal action for failing to disclose whether a particular hotel offers ...