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1031 Exchanges: Deferring Capital Gains on Commercial Property Sales
Selling appreciated commercial real estate typically triggers significant capital gains tax. A 1031 exchange, named for the relevant section of the Internal Rev...
Read more →Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions: Due Diligence Checklist
Acquiring commercial real estate — whether a retail center, office building, or industrial property — involves substantially more due diligence than a residenti...
Read more →Personal Liability Protection: How Business Structure Affects Your Risk
Forming an LLC or corporation is often the first step business owners take toward protecting their personal assets — but the protection isn't automatic or absol...
Read more →Asset Purchase vs. Stock Purchase: Key Differences When Buying a Business
When acquiring an existing business, one of the earliest and most consequential decisions is how the transaction will be structured — as a purchase of the compa...
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Brent A. Levison to Speak at Miami-Dade's Ethical Governance Day 2026
Brent A. Levison, franchise and commercial real estate attorney, has been invited to serve as a guest speaker for the 16th Annual Ethical Governance Day, a coun...
Read more →Buy-Sell Agreements: Protecting Business Partners from Future Disputes
Business partnerships rarely end the way they began. A partner may want to retire, get divorced, become disabled, pass away, or simply want to move on to someth...
Read more →Operating Agreements: Why Every LLC Needs One
Florida law does not require an LLC to have a written operating agreement to be validly formed. This leads many small business owners to skip one entirely — a d...
Read more →Choosing a Business Entity: LLC vs. Corporation for Florida Small Businesses
One of the first legal decisions a new business owner faces is how to structure the business. The choice between an LLC and a corporation affects liability prot...
Read more →Multi-Unit Franchise Development Agreements Explained
Many franchisors, particularly for established or fast-growing brands, don't offer single-unit franchise agreements at all — instead requiring prospective franc...
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