Accountants are expected to follow standards of professional care and conduct in the course of providing professional services to their clients, such as tax preparation, business consulting, and asset management. Accountants are expected to follow professional standards. When accountants do not uphold their professional responsibilities and their client suffers financial losses as a result, the […]
You probably understand that when your own accountant performs negligent work that causes you financial losses—such as making tax preparation errors or offering bad business advice—you have legal recourse. But it is less commonly known that an accountant could be liable for your financial or investment losses even when you did not hire them directly. […]
Attorneys William B. Lewis, Damien H. Prosser, and Benjamin A. Webster of the Business Trial Group have been selected by their peers as Florida Legal Elite for 2017. Florida Legal Elite is an annual attorney list published by Florida Trend magazine. Fewer than 1.5% of the active Florida Bar members who practice in Florida were […]
Pure commission-based professionals working in the highly competitive real estate field can face steep challenges even when everyone plays by the rules. So when a broker or agent works to put together a deal but does not receive a commission for their efforts, it can be demoralizing. Florida recognizes oral brokerage agreements as valid. But […]