The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month Bill Davell, director, speaks with Henny Shomar, a partner at Tripp Scott Law Firm. Any entrepreneur knows that a business’s worst enemy – but ironically, its greatest certainty – is uncertainty. And wisely seeks to structure partnership, shareholding and operating agreements to minimize it. In a world that is changing rapidly with the continued introduction of artificial intelligence and other technological innovations, combining the current economic outlook, businesses are facing exciting factors, and uncertainties, in the future. One business […]

The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month Bill Davell, director, discusses outsourcing a general counsel with Matthew Zifrony, a director with Tripp Scott who practices in the areas of entrepreneurial business, commercial real estate, and condominium and HOA. Bill Davell: What is the role of a general counsel and why does my company need one? Matthew Zifrony: You could think of a general counsel in the same way you view your primary care physician: she or he has responsibility for and oversees all aspects of your […]

The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month Bill Davell, director, discusses court with Lexy Semino, an attorney with Tripp Scott. ————————————————————————————————–   What comes to mind when you think of a day in court? For some, it is a favorite legal drama television show or movie. For others it is the anticipation of long waits, never-ending forms to fill out, and the uncertainty of an outcome. A person’s reason for having to go to court can range from a parking ticket to a serious criminal accusation […]

The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month Bill Davell, director, discusses taxes with Zachary King, an associate with Tripp Scott. As the New York Post puts it, “There’s seemingly no escape from New York – the New York tax man, that is.”  The tabloid maintains that the state is being “extremely aggressive” in pursuing revenue from people claiming residency in Florida, which of course has no income tax – a phenomenon observed by the Tax Planning team at Tripp Scott.  And no wonder. New York’s and […]

The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month Bill Davell, director, discusses land use with Ryan Horland, Esq., of Tripp Scott. Whether you’re a high-end developer or an everyday homeowner, Florida’s maze of land-use state and environmental statutes, local ordinances and master plans, stringent staff reviews and strict code enforcement can be maddening. It can make the process of doing what you want with your own property a costly, confusing and time-consuming hell-on-earth – or even a near-impossibility.  Making the process all the more intense: the reality […]

The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month Bill Davell discusses power of attorney with Jeff Fauer, director with Tripp Scott. A power of attorney is a time-tested way to provide peace of mind that your personal, financial and legal affairs are kept in order, and your interests and intentions respected and carried out in contexts ranging from business to healthcare. But it’s important to understand what a power of attorney is and how it works to ensure it serves those purposes. Bill Davell: What is a […]

The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month Bill Davell discusses a payment scam with Charles Tatelbaum, a partner at Tripp Scott. As if individuals and small businesses don’t have enough scams to worry about, an oldie-but-goodie is increasingly rearing its ugly head: the restrictive endorsement, by which debtors attempt to manipulate the check payment process to slip free of money they owe you or your company. Let’s delve into the tactic and how to avoid getting tricked by it:   Bill Davell: So what is a […]

The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month, Tripp Scott attorney Bill Davell interviews fellow Tripp Scott attorney Seth Donahoe, with an update on AI. A year and a half ago, this column warned readers, in the immortal words of Sgt. Phil Esterhaus, to “be careful out there” when it came to employing so-called generative artificial intelligence.  Even back in December 2023, more than 100 million consumer and business users had employed AI tools, but that explosion of usage has grown to engulf nearly every area of […]