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Balancing the Scales: Purchase Price Adjustments in M&A Transactions

February 12, 2025

In the complex world of business transactions, particularly mergers and acquisitions (M&A), purchase price adjustments are a critical concept that help ensure fairness and accuracy in the final transaction price. Purchase price adjustments are mechanisms to alter (increase or decrease) the price paid for a business after the sale is closed. These adjustments are designed…

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Private Placements in Florida Just Got Easier: Here’s How

February 10, 2025

Florida recently implemented amendments to its Securities and Investor Protection Act (“Chapter 517”), bringing significant changes to the regulatory framework governing private placements, investment advisors, and exemptions for institutional investors. Effective October 2024, these updates aim to align Florida’s securities laws with federal standards while enhancing protections for investors in the Sunshine State. Here’s a…

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Capturing the Sun: State Prompt Payment Acts’ Effects on Solar Construction

January 30, 2025

As the energy sector continues to expand, developers and contractors looking to expand their footprint are crossing state lines to construct energy projects. This is a good strategy for applying the same, successful strategies to a broader prospective customer base. However, while there are issues faced uniquely by energy project developers, the construction contracts for…

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Lease Guarantees: What Landlords Should Know When Negotiating

January 28, 2025

While landlords prefer tenants with the strongest financial positions to sign leases, they may sometimes accept a “shell” entity — created solely to operate the business at the leased premises — provided that an upper-tier entity with substantial assets or the tenant’s principals sign a lease guarantee. A lease guarantee, if enforceable and signed by…

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LLC’s Failure to Execute Operating Agreement Opens Legal Trapdoor

January 23, 2025

While entity distinctness is a bedrock principle of corporate law, it may often appear redundant and unnecessary for a limited liability company (“LLC”) to sign its own operating agreement. That was likely the thinking of the two co-members at the center of the dispute leading to the recent appellate decision from New York, Wythe Berry…

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Florida Divorce Ruling on Personal Goodwill Could Impact Other States

January 16, 2025

In early July 2024, Florida enacted a significant amendment to its equitable distribution statute, particularly concerning the treatment of personal goodwill in divorce proceedings.[1] These changes, coupled with the pivotal case of Rosenberg v. Rosenberg,[2] have profound implications for divorce settlements both within Florida and potentially across the United States. Understanding Goodwill in Divorce Proceedings…

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Post-Closing Incentive Structures for Key Management in Private Equity

January 14, 2025

If you own or manage a company that a private equity firm is looking to acquire, and you plan to stay on after the closing, you’ll likely need to negotiate two key points: rolling over some or all of your equity and determining the incentive compensation you want to receive. In most acquisitions, but particularly…

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Vibe Check on TikTok: Legal Changes May Force App to Take the L

January 8, 2025

The future of TikTok is on the table in the United States. As has been widely covered, in April 2024, Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the “Act”), which conditionally banned TikTok in the U.S. should its parent company, ByteDance Ltd., fail to divest its ownership in the U.S. version…

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2025 Commercial Real Estate Outlook: Projecting Where Rates Go

December 30, 2024

The Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) continues to implement policies aimed at stimulating the economy, including lowering the federal interest rate by 25 basis points in early December (for a combined decrease of 100 points since September 2024). While the U.S economy continues to soldier through a prolonged period of inflation, efforts such as the Fed’s…

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Corporate Transparency Act Deadlines Extended: What Businesses Must Know

December 24, 2024

The nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and its beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting rule under 31 CFR 1010.380 (the “Rule”) has been stayed pending appeal, and the case expedited to the next available oral argument panel. On Dec. 23, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order in the…

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