
Buying a Florida Contractor? The § 713.10 Construction-Lien Exposure Survives
Buy a Florida contractor and the open jobs carry lien exposure an asset deal doesn’t wash off. How § 713.10 reaches leasehold interests and what to diligence on WIP.
Pay-to-Play Is Back in the Term Sheet: How the Down-Round Recap Works and Where Florida Founders Get Hurt
Pay-to-play provisions are back in 2026 down rounds. How pull-ups, shadow preferred, and forced conversion work — and how Florida founders limit the fallout.

The Florida Reemployment-Tax Experience Rating Follows the Business — § 443.131
A Florida asset deal can quietly raise the buyer’s payroll-tax rate. How § 443.131 transfers the seller’s reemployment-tax experience rating, plus the SUTA-dumping trap.

Florida’s § 501.171 Data-Breach Statute Is M&A Diligence, Not an IT Problem
A target’s customer database is an asset until Florida’s § 501.171 data-breach statute turns it into a liability. How FIPA reshapes M&A diligence, reps, and indemnity.

Florida Homestead and the Seller-Note Guaranty — Why the Security Is Thinner Than It Looks
A personal guaranty on a Florida seller note feels like security. Because of the constitutional homestead exemption, it often is not, and here is how to fix it.

Buying or Selling a Florida Restaurant: The 4COP Quota License Is Often the Whole Deal
In a Florida restaurant or bar sale, the liquor license can be worth more than the kitchen, and whether it transfers at all changes the entire deal structure.
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