Fraudulent Conveyance Lessons for Debtors and Creditors

fraudulent conveyance

When the owner of a hotel transferred his stock to his wife shortly before he defaulted on a loan related to his ownership of another business, creditors cried foul. They filed suit, alleging that giving the stock to his wife without receiving any payment constituted fraudulent conveyance – an attempt to shield assets that could…

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French Brown Shares Insight on Vote of Florida’s Amendment 2 Importance

Dean Mead Attorney French Brown

French Brown, Dean Mead SALT attorney, was quoted in two recent articles regarding Florida Amendment 2, which is on the ballot in the upcoming election. The Amendment’s passage, which requires 60% of the vote, would make permanent a 10 percent tax cap on non-homestead property. Florida non-homestead properties include businesses, residential rentals, and vacant lots….

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Dean Mead and Berman Hopkins Present ESOP Seminar

Dean Mead ESOP Seminar

Dean Mead and Berman Hopkins present an educational seminar on Employee Stock Option Programs Dean Mead Attorney Jay Van Heyde and Berman Hopkins Managing Partner Phil Hayes will provide a comprehensive and practical guide to help you determine if an ESOP is right for your company. They will share how to enhance your company’s legacy and benefits plan with an…

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Michael Minton Provides Remarks for Florida Trend Editorial Column

Tax Reform

Commentary from Dean Mead’s Michael Minton, tax attorney and chair of the firm’s Agribusiness and Solar Energy teams, was featured in Florida Trend Executive Editor Mark Howard’s October column. “Sausage: Change seems to bring more complexity instead of simplicity” focuses on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, specifically the resulting complications of changes…

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Dean Mead Sponsors Florida Citrus Sports Feast on the 50 Event

Dean Mead is pleased to be the name sponsor of the Official Alumni Village at the Florida Citrus Sports ”Feast on the 50” event. It starts at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 18, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. Proceeds from the event will benefit the FCSports Foundation Summer Camp in their effort to improve…

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Employer Oversteps in Banning Dreadlocks

An employer was in the crosshairs of a federal discrimination lawsuit after rescinding an African-American woman’s offer of employment because she wore her hair in dreadlocks and refused to change them. The employer prevailed before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, but businesses nonetheless should be cautious, says Nichole M. Mooney,…

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