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How Florida Businesses Can Legally Collect Unpaid Invoices

Practical Legal Steps to Recover What You’re Owed Late or unpaid invoices are more than just a nuisance—they’re a threat to your cash flow, your ability to operate, and your bottom line. Whether you’re in construction, professional services, distribution, or another industry, Florida businesses have legal tools to collect unpaid balances—but you have to use them … Read more

Contract Terms That Protect You From Non-Payment

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Essential Clauses Every Florida Business Should Use to Get Paid Whether you’re in construction, distribution, manufacturing, or professional services, getting paid on time is critical to your business. But too often, Florida businesses extend credit or perform work without the right contract terms in place—and are left chasing unpaid invoices with little legal leverage. As a Florida … Read more

Legal Tips for Developers: Managing Contractor Disputes in Florida

Legal Tips for Developers: Managing Contractor Disputes in Florida

If you’re a developer in Florida, disputes with contractors aren’t just inconvenient — they can delay projects, increase costs, and threaten your bottom line. From missed deadlines to payment conflicts or construction defects, it’s critical to manage contractor issues proactively and legally to keep your project moving. This guide outlines key legal tips for Florida developers to … Read more

What to Do If Your Contractor Abandons the Job or Performs Defective Work

Steps when Contractor abandons project Defective Incomplete work

A Step-by-Step Legal and Practical Guide for Florida Property Owners Hiring a contractor should move your project forward—not leave you with substandard work, unfinished spaces, or thousands of dollars in damage. Unfortunately, many Florida property owners—both residential and commercial—find themselves asking the same question:“What do I do now that the contractor abandoned the job or … Read more

Scope Creep and Extra Work: How to Protect Yourself in Florida Projects

In construction, the original scope of work rarely stays the same from start to finish. Owners request extras. Contractors adjust timelines. Subcontractors add tasks to stay on schedule. Before long, the project has ballooned beyond the original agreement — a phenomenon known as scope creep. If you’re a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier working on Florida construction … Read more

Contract Reformation in Florida – Statute of Limitations

In Florida, a party to a contract may seek to invoke the equitable jurisdiction of the Court to enforce a contract that does not accurately reflect the agreement made by the parties.  If the Contract does not accurately reflect the agreement between the parties, a party can ask the Court to reform the contract to accurately reflect the true intentions … Read more

Oral Modifications to Construction Contracts, Florida Construction Law

Oral Modifications to Construction Contracts, Florida Construction Law Many written contracts between contractors and owners contain provisions to the effect of “all modifications to this contract must be made in writing.” And when litigation invariably arises from  non-payment for modifications that are performed without  being reduced to a written change order, or other writing, a … Read more

Significant Issues Test Applicable to Determine Attorney Fee Entitlement in Lien Foreclosure Actions

Significant Issues Test Applicable to Determine Attorney’s Fees Entitlement Under 713.29, Florida Statute for Lien Foreclosure Actions FRANK J. TRYTEK, et al., Petitioners, vs. GALE INDUSTRIES, INC., etc., Respondent. No. SC07-1641 SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA 3 So. 3d 1194; 2009 Fla. LEXIS 257; 34 Fla. L. Weekly S 247 ” Trial courts are required to … Read more

Clerk’s Satisfaction of Judgment

Want to satisfy a judgment but cannot find or get cooperation of the judgment-creditor? There are options. Fla. Stat. 55.141 provides a method to obtain a satisfaction of judgment by just dealing with the clerk. Judgment debtors may want to use this statute if: The cannot find the judgment holder, Judgment holder not-cooperating – will … Read more

Contingency Cases: Commercial Litigation, Florida Attorney

Contingency Cases Most attorneys only take commercial litigation cases on an hourly rate basis. We take contingency construction cases. Call us for a case evaluation to see if your case qualifies for contingency fee representation. Contingency Cases Contingency Cases  – a contingency fee structure is available for certain construction case.  We look at different factors in determining … Read more

Contingency Construction Cases – Florida Construction Attorney.

Contingency Construction Cases Most attorneys only take construction cases on an hourly rate basis. We take contingency construction cases. Call us for a case evaluation to see if your case qualifies for contingency fee representation. Contingency Construction Cases Contingency Construction Cases  – a contingency fee structure is available for certain construction case.  We look at … Read more

Small Business Attorney

Small Business Attorney: A Small Business Attorney For All Aspects of Your Small Business and Personal Life In this economy every dollar counts, you need to see a Small Business Attorney for your business and your personal matters. Small Business Attorney is for more than your just business it is your one stop attorney for … Read more

Construction Litigation: Getting Paid for Your Work

Construction Litigation: Collecting Amounts Due for Work on a Construction Project When Written Demands for Payment Fail, you may need to see a Construction Litigation Attorney Construction litigation is court proceedings that arise out of a construction project.  A construction litigation case can by or between any of the players in the construction process including … Read more

Florida’s Homestead Exemption and its Benefits. Everything a Floridian Needs to Know.

This is a quick guide as to the meaning and benefits of the Florida Homestead Exemption. While many states have some sort of Homestead benefits, Florida’s Homestead laws provide the Country’s most generous set of benefits to its homeowners. The term Homestead exemption in Florida may refer to four different types of homestead exemptions/benefits  under Florida law: … Read more

Florida Lottery – Statutory Permission to Advertise Falsely.

Ever wonder how the lottery can advertise a jackpot of $100 million, and that means that the winner receives a lumpsum payment of only approximately $40 million, or receive 3.33 million each year for 30 years. The fact is that the Florida Legislature explicitly permits the lottery to advertise the jackpot as the sum of … Read more

Florida’s Statute of Frauds- Performance of Non-Written/Oral Contracts

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One of the first things an attorney thinks about when defending claims based on oral contracts is whether such claims are barred by the Statute of Frauds. The State of Frauds is a common law defense which has been incorporated into statute in Florida. Traditionally, the Statute of Frauds requires a signed writing in the … Read more

Pay-when-Paid Provisions in Construction Contracting

In construction contracting subcontractors need to be aware of “pay-when-paid”(pay-if-paid) clauses in their contracts with general contractors. The purpose of these provisions is to make payment by the general contractor (GC) to the subcontractor (sub) conditioned upon the GC receiving payment from the owner. Simply put, the GC wants to pay its sub for completed … Read more

Cited by OSHA for a workplace safety violation?

  OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is an agency of the Department of Labor. Its mission is to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and occupational fatality by issuing and enforcing standards for workplace safety and health. For simplicity’s sake, OSHA has officers which perform workplace inspections and issue citations for  non-compliance with  promulgated standards found in … Read more

The Miller Act: Recovering from the Bond on Federal Construction Projects

Overview The Miller Act requires that prime contractors for the construction, alteration, or repair of Federal buildings furnish a payment bond for contracts in excess of $100,000. Other payment protections may be provided for contracts between $30,000 and $100,000. The payment bond is required as security for the protection of those supplying labor and/or materials … Read more

Florida Construction Law: Serve a Notice to Owner to Preserve Lien Rights

The filing of a Notice to Owner is just one of many steps in perfecting a claim of lien under Florida law. The Notice to Owner is filed by a subcontractor or materialman who does not have a contract with the Owner. This notices simply lets the Owner know “hey, I am working on your … Read more

Florida’s Civil Theft Statute – A powerful addition to a claim for theft/conversion.

Florida’s Civil Theft Statute is a powerful tool to recover  damages for theft and theft related civil actions which enables the Plaintiffs to seek attorney’s fees and treble (triple) damages.  However, there are some nuances in Florida Law which should be reviewed before filing an action for Civil Theft. First, the economic loss doctrine is generally a … Read more