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Pre-filed Legislation Would Impose Florida Sales Tax Collection Responsibilities on Remote Sellers and Marketplace Providers

Dean Mead Attorney French Brown
Dean Mead Attorney Robert Goldman
Dean Mead Attorney Mark Holcomb
Published: August 21st, 2019

By: H. French Brown, IV Robert S. Goldman Mark E. Holcomb

Florida is one of only two sales tax-imposing states that have not implemented the U.S. Supreme Court’s seminal 2018 decision[1] authorizing states to impose sales tax collection responsibilities on remote sellers lacking a physical presence in the state.  That dubious distinction would end under recently filed proposed legislation.  Senate Bill 126 by Sen. Joe Gruters […]

Posted in Articles, Florida Senate, Government Relations & Administrative Law, State Tax, State Taxation, Tax Law Blog, Wayfair

Increased Florida Corporate Tax Collections Estimated to Trigger $540M in Refunds

Dean Mead Attorney French Brown
Published: August 14th, 2019

By: H. French Brown, IV

Increased Florida Corporate Tax Collections Estimated to Trigger $540M in Refunds Statewide and 2019 Tax Rate Reduction to 4.459% As previously reported by Dean Mead, Florida’s corporate income taxpayers will be receiving a significant tax refund in spring 2020 and a retroactive corporate tax rate reduction for 2019 (Tax Refunds and Rate Reductions Ahead for […]

Posted in Articles, Corporate, Florida House, Florida Senate, Government Relations & Administrative Law, State Tax, Tax Law Blog

Estate Planning & Probate Issues You Need to Know

Dean Mead Attorney Joseph Naberhaus
Dean Mead Attorney Robert Naberhaus
Published: August 9th, 2019

By: Joseph K. Naberhaus Robert J. Naberhaus III

Join Us! Attorneys Rob Naberhaus and Joey Naberhaus will offer an interactive Q&A session covering timely issues. Subjects presented during the seminar will include: Who’s Calling the Shots? (Contesting Wills & Trusts) Client Alertness Pre-Death Challenge Can or Can’t Contest Guardianship Undue Influence Common Law Date: Thursday, September 12, 2019 Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Location: […]

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New Law Voids Some Hospital-Imposed Noncompetes on Physicians

Published: August 7th, 2019

By: Claudia Haines Jones

A law went into effect on July 1 that takes a first step in correcting the negative impact of noncompete agreements that force doctors to abandon patients in order to preserve a hospital’s (or medical practice’s) monopoly in a medical specialty. The change is good news for patients in rural counties who have been abruptly […]

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Don’t Just Roll Over When a State Agency Rule Adversely Affects Your Business

Published: July 30th, 2019

By: William D. Hall, III

A recent Florida court decision that focused on the definition of “smokable tobacco” illustrates how businesses can successfully challenge unadopted agency policies that affect them adversely. Our state Legislature passes laws and then often gives agencies the authority to write the rules for enforcing the laws – the fine print of the law. Many regulations […]

Posted in Articles, DBPR, Florida First District Court of Appeal, Government Relations & Administrative Law

Pete Dunbar Quoted in Tampa Bay Times on 2007 Condo Law

Published: July 19th, 2019

A 2007 statute, intended to help with post-hurricane condo redevelopment, might now be used to force Tampa Bay seniors out of their homes. Our own Pete Dunbar, an expert on condo law and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives, weighs in on the issue in the article ‘How a billion-dollar company could […]

Posted in Articles, Community Development, Florida House, Government Relations & Administrative Law, Real Estate Blog

Lauren Detzel and David Akins Honored by Chambers HNW Guide 2019

Published: July 19th, 2019

Dean Mead announced today that Lauren Y. Detzel and David J. Akins have been ranked among the leading attorneys in Private Wealth Law by Chambers in its Chambers High Net Worth 2019 guide. Detzel ranks in the top tier in Florida in the Chambers HNW Private Wealth Law category, distinguished among only 10 attorneys at […]

Posted in Articles, Estate & Trust Administrations, Estate & Trust Litigation, Estate, Gift & GST Tax, Press Releases, Trusts and Estates Blog

Three Attorneys Speak at Environmental Permitting School

Published: July 17th, 2019

By: Anna H. Long Cari L. Roth John L. Wharton

Dean Mead is a sponsor of the 33rd Annual Florida Environmental Permitting School in Marco Island, taking place on July 16 – 19th. Florida Environmental Network, Inc. (FENI) is part of the Florida Chamber Foundation’s ongoing effort to keep its members and other business organizations informed of the numerous environmental and growth management laws and […]

Posted in Articles, Commercial Development, Environmental, Land Use, Permitting, Real Estate Blog, Utilities Law