The most common frustration of business owners looking to get a handle on their intellectual property is that the process can feel overwhelming – to the point that they avoid it all together. On the opposite end of the spectrum, business owners who go through the...
While a developer trying to muscle their way around property law might not seem like a heart-warming holiday tale, this month’s blog does have some kind of holiday-worth conclusion: the power of good-neighborliness and the internet’s expansion of our neighborhoods....
What’s the use of a land designation? If you have spent any time looking into land zoning, you may have discovered its older and wiser cousin in real estate law. Both land use designation and land zoning come into play in an ongoing dialogue over a small, private...
You’ve heard of intellectual property in the art world, but what about intellectual property in the ART world? I’m referring to intellectual property in assisted reproductive technology (ART), a field that’s grown with fervor in the past few decades. This term...
When real estate is in the news, it is often that same old tale of “Big Developer Continues with Plan to Upset Surrounding Community, Surprising No One.” When the party with deeper pockets always comes out on top, these situations can feel satirical, as if LARPing a...
How do real estate laws impact the communities inhabiting and using the land? Ideally, zoning, building codes, permitting, and statutes help make buildings and their use benefit the community – rather than simply existing only to be avoided or swatted away....
To real estate outsiders, the concept of air rights often comes as an almost whimsical surprise. “You can own the sky above a building? I didn’t even know that was a thing!” But for the initiated, it is well understood that the air above a building can greatly affect...
When you register your business with the Florida Division of Corporations, it’s not a one-and-one deal. You’re agreeing to provide the state with annual reports. Think of these as a sort of “State of the Union” for your company – less pomp and circumstance, but you...