Press Releases

By: Kory Ann Ferro, Esq. On August 20, 2024, commensurate with her ruling granting a preliminary injunction staying the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) ban on non-compete agreements, Judge Ada E. Brown of the Northern District of Texas set aside the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule and held that such Rule “shall not be enforced or otherwise take effect on its effective date of September 4, 2024, or thereafter ...

By: Jaci Flug, Esq., and Louis J. Terminello, Esq. A grand total of 1,416 wineries hold direct wine shipping permits from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 2023, sales into the Commonwealth via direct wine shipping permits were valued at over $70 million. However, nearly 40% of the sales were made by 20 permit holders, and not all the wine sold via those permits was produced by them ...

Miami – August 21, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces partner Manuel “Manny” L. Crespo will be honored at the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) Pro Bono Project’s 40th Anniversary Celebration on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. Mr. Crespo was formally on CABA’s Board of Directors and has served in several leadership roles within the organization, including President ...

New York – August 20, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces the expansion of both the firm’s Litigation and Intellectual Property practice groups with the additions of partners Brian A. Bloom and Brant D. Kuehn in the New York office, along with associate attorneys Melissa “Mel” DeCandia and Tapan R. Oza. Mr ...

By: David Standa, Esq. As reported in Marijuana Moment last week, the timing of the automatic expungement process made it difficult (if not impossible) for some people with arrests to obtain proof of their status as social equity applicants for the upcoming preapproval lottery ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – August 15, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces 56 attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. These include: Julian A. Fortuna (Atlanta) – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law Bruce B. Siegal (Atlanta) – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Sports Law, Trademark Law Laurence I. Blair (Boca Raton) – Trusts and Estates Larry Corman (Boca Raton) – Employment Law – Management Edward “Ed” D ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – August 15, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces 21 attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch®. This recognition is given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers, have been practicing for typically 5-9 years, and have obtained professional excellence in their private practice in their specific area of law. David A ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – August 15, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces Fort Lauderdale partners Beth-Ann E. Krimsky and Mark F. Grant are recipients of the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers®: “Lawyers of the Year” Awards. This is the most outstanding recognition by Best Lawyers®, awarded to a single lawyer in each practice area per region who has received the highest overall peer feedback, with Ms. Krimsky’s specialty listed as Litigation – Real Estate and Mr ...

Miami – August 1, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces Real Estate partner Will Prince received and subsequently accepted an invitation to join the Urban Land Institute (ULI)’s Southeast Florida/Caribbean Advisory Board. Mr. Prince will be serving a two-year term that began now in July 2024 and concludes in June 2026 ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.  – August 1, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces that, effective today, August 1, 2024, partner Mark J. Lynn is Board Certified in Construction Law. As a board-certified lawyer, Mr. Lynn is among attorneys who are distinguished as specialists or experts in a particular practice area. Established in 1982 by the Florida Supreme Court, board certification helps consumers identify specialists in various areas of law ...

Orlando, Fla.  – July 30, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces the successful representation by Real Estate partner Michael G. Candiotti in advising client Aldo Martin of Bellavista Development Group in the $22.5 million purchase of a 316-acre mixed-use property in Leesburg, Florida, located near The Villages. “We congratulate Aldo Martin and the entire development team on the acquisition of the mixed-use property in Leesburg,” said Mr. Candiotti ...

Orlando, Fla. – July 30, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces co-managing director Michael E. Marder has been selected among the Orlando Business Journal (OBJ) ‘Most Influential Leaders’ of 2024. Those selected are executives in the Central Florida region who use their “cachet” to improve the region and the business community for all. Full coverage of the selected executives will be published in the Nov. 8-14, 2024, weekly edition issue of OBJ. Mr ...

By: Kory Ann Ferro, Esq. Following the July 3, 2024, Order by the Hon. Ada Brown, U.S.D.J. in the Northern District of Texas staying the effectiveness of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Non-Compete Rule (“Rule”) (see link to last blog), the Hon. Kelley B. Hodge, U.S.D.J. of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania took the exact opposite position. In ATS Tree Service, LLC v. The Federal Trade Commission, et al., Case No ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – July 29, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces the firm has been selected for a third consecutive year among the top firms to receive rankings by Legal 500 USA in the practice areas of Cannabis (Industry Focus) and Immigration (Labor & Employment). In addition, Cannabis and Tax Law partner Nick J. Richards received ranking among the list of ten attorneys selected as “Leading Lawyers” in Cannabis ...

Newark, N.J. – July 25, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces partner Kelly M. Purcaro has been appointed to serve once again on the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) as a member of the Class Actions Committee for the 2024-2025 term. Founded in 1899, the NJSBA stands as the largest organization of attorneys, judges, and legal professionals with a network of over 16,000 members spread across the Garden State ...

By: Josh Goldberg, Esq. It’s official: high school athletes in Florida can now participate in Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) deals. This morning, the Florida Board of Education (“FBOE”) unanimously approved and ratified Florida High School Athletic Association (“FHSAA”) Bylaw 9.9, which specifically addresses Name, Image, and Likeness rights and amateurism rules for student-athletes ...

By: Sharon Urias, Esq. In the realm where trademarks and corporate identities collide, few cases have captured the ongoing legal saga as prominently as Dewberry Group Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers. This case, which has spanned nearly two decades, delves into the complexities of trademark infringement and the intricate relationships between corporate entities ...

By: Kory Ann Ferro, Esq. The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Non-Compete Rule (“Rule”) seeking to prohibit restrictive covenants in employment agreements, which are aimed at preventing employees from competing with former employers, is off to a tumultuous start. On July 3, 2024, U.S ...

Boca Raton, Fla. – July 18, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces Wills, Trusts & Estates partner Laurence “Larry” I. Blair has been ranked in the Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) Guide in the category of Private Wealth Law in Florida for 2024 ...

Attention Colorado marijuana business license holders: Permanent rulemaking is set to begin on August 1 at 9 a.m. MST. Don’t hesitate to contact Greenspoon Marder for support with direct participation, or support generating comments, briefings, or monitoring. The meetings will cover Science & Policy, Audit Implementation, Legislation Implementation, and Catch-all Rule Revisions and will run from August through October ...

Los Angeles – July 15, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces Environmental partner and group chair Christopher “Smitty” Smith has been recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal among its Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys for 2024. Honorees were selected based on a continued demonstration of being superb litigators and trial attorneys in the region while making an impact in both the legal profession and the local community of Los Angeles ...

By: Alan Schindler, Esq., Anna Goldman, Esq., Brittany Fria*, and Hanna Woods* Wright v. Tegna Division VI, Opinion by Judge Taubman, Judges Freyre and Schutz concur. Decision: Judgment reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinion. Procedure: On appeal from Elbert County District Court, Judge Kramer ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – July 1, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces firmwide deputy managing partner Rebecca Faith Bratter has been named in the July issue of Florida Trend Legal Elite NOTABLE Managing Partners. In this special issue, Ms ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – July 1, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces attorneys Alejandro I. Leiva, Dana Somerstein, Joshua M. Deal, Gai Sher, and Jason B. Alman have been named among the 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, the second edition of this guide. Individuals listed in the guide traditionally have “proven themselves early in private practice, accruing credentials, deals and cases early and often” with the majority of lawyers having been in practice between seven and 15 years ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – June 26, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces ten partners have been recognized as Florida Super Lawyers in the 2024 edition of Super Lawyers Magazine. Beth-Ann E. Krimsky (Fort Lauderdale) – Business Litigation, Land Use & Zoning Deborah Baker (Miami) – Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation David M. Kubiliun (Fort Lauderdale) – Civil Rights, Criminal Defense Elizabeth Tener (Orlando) – Family Law Laurence I. Blair (Boca Raton) – Estate & Probate Mark F ...