Now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has released his tax returns, experts in the area of tax law are being asked for their comments on how U.S. tax rates work. Jennifer Collins of American Public Media’s Marketplace Morning Report interviewed longtime Florida tax attorney Martin Press of Gunster’s Fort Lauderdale office. Among the interesting […]

Dodd-Frank still affects proxy season heading into 2013 As originally published in the Daily Business Review on January 25, 2012: It’s proxy season, and public companies about to hold annual meetings must take into account the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, specifically its rules for proxy materials. Those rules are very […]

        As excerpted from USA Today: It’s impossible to pin down specifics about his finances without the tax returns, because the amount Romney deducted from his taxes, the length of time he held investments and other variables are unknown. However, tax law experts who examined Romney’s most recent federal financial disclosure report […]

Gunster attorney Lisa A. Schneider provides an expert analysis of Florida’s new Power of Attorney Act, declaring it a significant departure from tradition, in a recent edition of the New York Law Journal.

  Law will track overall economy By: Christian Conte of Jacksonville Business Journal As originally published on January 6, 2012 Lynn Pappas, an attorney at Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart PA, is hopeful that the legal community’s service of litigation and transactions will begin to balance out in 2012. During downturns in the economy, it is […]

2012 Will Be Another Busy Year in Regulation and Compliance By: Reese Darragh of Compliance Week As orginally published on January 3, 2012 Amidst holiday cheers and winter chills, lawyers and some former staff member of the Securities and Exchange Comission and the Justice Department confirm that 2012 will be yet another busy year in […]

        Foreclosures, bankruptcies keep local firms busy By: Christian Conte of Jacksonville Business Journal As originally published on December 30, 2011 The local legal community faced struggles relating to the still lingering issues with a slowly recovering economy, a consolidation of law firms and a continued surge of foreclosures and bankruptcy cases. […]

Changing Faces: Creating a Difference in Securities Law PLI’s Laurie Gilbertson did a great interview during our 43rd Annual Securities Regulation Institute with Linda Conahan of the Gunster Law Firm, and Ralph Humphrey, a 3L at Rutgers University School of Law. They discussed an initiative entitled, “Changing Faces: Creating a Difference in Securities Law”, a […]

On the Move December 15, 2011 Gunster has expanded in the Tampa area with the addition of nine lawyers from Ruden McClosky’s Tampa office. Joining Gunster are James B. Soble as a shareholder concentrating in commercial real estate development, leasing and financing, and asset-based lending; Bruce D. Lamb as a shareholder concentrating in the representation […]