Business Law Palm Beach

  The logo of the Law Office of David Steinfeld has two components. It is made up of a courthouse that sits behind a large black lowercase “e” with green computer code within it. The courthouse represents the law. The letter “e” stands for electronic and represents that fact that Law Office of David Steinfeld is all digital and stays ahead of emerging technologies affecting business litigation, like electronic discovery. Technology increasingly affects business litigation Discovery  is the process by which parties to a civil lawsuit obtain and exchange information before trial.  e-Discovery  is doing this process electronically using sophisticated software. In addition to performing e-discovery regularly in cases, Board Certified expert business lawyer David Steinfeld also teaches lawyers and judges how to perform e-discovery properly and ethically. By staying current on technology like e-discovery trends and developments the Law Office of David Steinfeld provides th...

Businesses can have video surveillance in the workplace but it depends where those cameras are located and their purpose. Electronic surveillance of the workplace can be tremendously beneficial for a business as to both employees and customers.  Business owners engaging in such workplace surveillance are wise to openly display their cameras or place a sign in a prominent location indicating that cameras exist on the premises. They are also smart if they have employees acknowledge the existence of the cameras in some writing like their employee handbook. Security cameras in a business may also be capable of recording and storing video and sound. Because of the robust capabilities that these relatively low cost devices now offer the business should familiarize itself with the applicable law and the obligations that the business may have to preserve the data that those devices create and capture. Does a business owner have a legal obligation to put cameras in the business No, there is...

Our world is increasingly digital. All businesses including small companies now keep more information electronically. This highlights the question of what you must keep and what you can delete in the context of a business dispute. You can now easily save all your data, but should you Storage media is cheap. An external hard drive that can store more data that you can likely produce in ten lifetimes costs far less than the device on which you are reading this. But, keeping everything may not be practical or efficient. Not only does this create digital clutter, but if you ever need to have someone at a law firm look through it all, the electronic discovery costs can be enormous. Florida now has digital preservation obligations At first the Florida civil procedure rules differed slightly from their federal counterparts. Electronic discovery or eDiscovery is basically the  exchange of electronically stored information  or ESI in a civil lawsuit. The Federal Rules are on a five-yea...

In Florida if your business is not in the construction industry and you have four or more regular employees you are required by law to have workers’ compensation insurance. Whether a person working for your business qualifies as an employee for workers’ compensation purposes and whether an owner or worker qualifies for an exemption is an assessment to perform with your attorney before you receive a stop-work order or records request from the Division of Worker’s Compensation of the Department of Financial Services. Take the opportunity to assess your coverage obligation now This article is designed to inform business owners of the workers’ compensation insurance requirements in Florida so they can determine if they need to evaluate their business for coverage or obtain coverage. This article is not intended to analyze any particular business nor does it address the workers’ compensation claims process. The time for any business to determine whether it is obligated to have workers’ comp...

Marketing and advertising are a critical part of the success of any business. The unique logo or trade name that a business uses is integral to those efforts. Given the time and money that a business puts into developing and promoting its logo it is wise to protect that with a trademark. The benefits of trademarking your business logo Trademarking in Florida is a simple process by which your business can take advantage of the protections provided under Florida law. A trademark communicates that your logo is registered and protected. Trademarks are regulated in Florida by Chapter 495 of the Florida Statutes. Does a trademark prevent copying my name or logo Contrary to popular belief a trademark does not prevent another party from copying your logo. What a trademark does is give the owner a greater ability to combat any infringement by availing itself of the benefits put in place in Florida law. Without a trademark a business would have more to prove and would have to overcome defenses o...

A foreign or non-Florida businesses is one that is registered in another State or Country. For these businesses to legally conduct business in Florida, the State provides an easy means for those foreign businesses to register to conduct business legally in Florida If you want to do business in Florida, you can  form a business here  or if you already have an out of state business or one in another country, you can continue to use that business entity and legally conduct business in Florida. It is easy to register your foreign business in Florida The registration method is similar to creating a business here and is done online on the State’s website called Sunbiz. If a foreign business as it is called, either a corporation or LLC, has a credit card, internet access, and a registered agent to accept service of process of lawsuits, it can register to do business here. There are even businesses in Florida that cater to such foreign businesses and offer their services as a register...