Law/Professional Services

By Paul O. Lopez, Esq. For many years, the threshold for exempt employees who were not entitled to overtime compensation has been approximately $455 per week ($23,660 per year), so

Even private companies are facing pressure on compensation issues By Kevin Gale Presidential candidates aren’t the only ones scrutinizing executive pay these days. Everyone from insurance companies to minority shareholders

Greenspoon Marder is targeting opportunities in the cannabis law field by opening three new offices and adding five attorneys. The firm announced June 6 that it is opening law offices

By David Lyons The rush is on in troubled Brazil to wrap up construction projects in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics. With roughly three months to go before the

By David Lyons While politicians in Washington grapple for ways to solve Puerto Rico’s money troubles, investor arbitration cases are spilling over from the island to Florida, which has become a

By David Lyons From a 35th-floor conference room in a Brickell Avenue office building, lawyers from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean sipped cocktails and took

By David Lyons   As Latin American investment plays go, it was not for the faint-hearted and a move that only a hedge fund could love: Go long on Argentine

Pressure on general counsels to cut costs ripples to outside firms By Kevin Gale The drive for efficiency and results at corporations is putting a lot of pressure on general

State Senator Joe Negron (R-Palm City), who is president designate of the Florida Senate for the 2016-2018 term, told an amusing anecdote about a teen-age prank to make a point

Courtney Crush, a land use attorney and longtime community leader, was honored as the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce’s Downtowner of the Year on Thursday. Both the city of Fort Lauderdale

By David Lyons Editor’s Note: This is the first of a new monthly column by the former editor-in-chief of the Daily Business Review. During the same week in February that

Attorney has a foot in both the condominium association and developer worlds By Kevin Gale | photos by Larry Wood Attorney Ben Solomon says he doesn’t have a crystal ball when