12/10/18
By: Michael Kouskoutis Earlier this year, Florida has enacted several laws impacting homeowners associations. Among these changes include the following: As of July 1, 2018, Florida requires homeowners associations to publicly record all amendments to governing documents, where “governing documents” is defined to include “rules and regulations adopted under the authority of the recorded declaration,…
Protecting In-House Correspondence from Disclosure: The Troublesome “CC”
11/28/18
By: Jake Carroll Commercial disputes present complex issues of causation—what caused the accident, who is responsible, what is impacting company revenue. But before the dispute even arises, in-house attorneys are frequently copied on correspondence with team members and employees evaluating and offering opinions on causation, performance, and potential costs. Then, when the dispute or accident…
The Sixth Circuit Finds Coverage For Fraudulent Wire Transfer Under Crime Policy
9/12/18
By: Allen Sattler Business email compromise (“BEC”) claims consist of incidents where cyber criminals access or use a company’s email system to commit a crime, usually for financial gain and often including the use of trickery to convince an employee to wire transfer corporate funds to the criminal’s account. According to statistics reported by the…
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice To Say….You Probably Shouldn’t Post It!
8/22/18
By: Shaun Daugherty & Samantha Skolnick Mothers all over the world have admonished their children: “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” It may lose something when translated into some obscure dialects, but the sentiment was still there. Now that we live in the age of technology, it appears that…
What Should I Do If The Government Invites Our Company To Participate In A Program?
4/25/18
By: Kenneth S. Levine The FMG Immigration Section was recently asked to address a client’s question on how they should respond to an emailed “invitation” by the USCIS E-Verify Unit for their company to participate in a quality control program. First, it is extremely important for clients to be aware that USCIS or ICE agency…
12/21/17
By: Michael Kouskoutis Despite the ubiquitous use of e-mail, Florida law provides no clear answer on the extent to which HOA members can access e-mail communications of the association’s board members. While Florida Statutes permit broad access to “official records of the association,” including “all written records . . . which are related to the…