With over 30,000 new residents living in downtown Miami, locals are turning the downtown and Brickell areas into a destination for unique restaurants. Condos in the area are more than 85% occupied, therefore turning restaurants from ‘off the beaten path’ to the new neighborhood destination. Kevin Levy, a Gunster attorney and self-professed foodie, shares his taste for the local fare which is feeding south Florida.

We are all used to website domains ending in familiar top-level names such as .com, .net and .org. What we’re used to, and the Internet itself, is about to change. This is because the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently approved a plan to allow the creation of top–level domains (TLDs) including just about any word, in any language or alphabet.

On June 2, Gov. Scott signed HB 7207, revising our state’s growth-management laws. There has been much teeth-gnashing about the end of growth management and environmental oversight. The Post editorialized “Veto this anti-jobs bill.” The Post’s John Kennedy reported, “The measure eliminates state oversight of local planning except when proposals with statewide impact are involved.” This is not quite accurate.

Last July, President Obama signed into law the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA), which builds upon certain United Nations Security Council resolutions by strengthening U.S. sanctions with respect to the Iranian energy industry and potentially imposes serious limits on a foreign financial institution’s access to the U.S. financial system if they engage in certain transactions involving Iran.

Companies often pay close attention to certain methods for protecting their property, such as patents, trademarks and copyrights. These methods are extremely important and should always be considered as a part of a company’s overall strategy if they are available. Some companies, however, fail to take fairly easy steps that may provide substantial protection for […]

South Florida is a center of international aviation. Miami airport is ranked second, and Fort Lauderdale is ranked fourteenth, among U.S. airports in terms of international passenger traffic. A U.S. Tax Court decision, however, has created turbulence in the legal climate concerning taxation of the flight crews that fly between Miami and Fort Lauderdale (and other U.S.) airports, and airports abroad.

The recent Epsilon Data Management, LLC data breach showed the significant impacts of the accidental disclosure of personally identifiable information (“PII”) as well as the speed with which these events can occur.

This is the time of year where taxpayers hold their breath hoping that they won’t be audited by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS is tired of being outgunned by sophisticated, high-priced tax lawyers, CPA’s and financial advisors, and they’ve taken steps to level the playing field by assembling a new army of auditors to target affluent taxpayers and scrutinize their finances.

The United States and Florida economies appear to be improving substantially. While there are significant lingering problems (e.g., high unemployment; depressed housing prices), for most of us things have gotten a lot more stable.