In 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) was enacted as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 in an effort to crack down on illicit finance and increase transparency as to who owns interests in various entities or is involved in their formation. The CTA establishes a beneficial ownership…
Litigation Daily, published by Law.com, featured the legal team from Trenam led by Patrick Causey that prevailed in a recent insurance fraud trial in its ‘Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs’ column on November 17. “Federal jurors in Tampa last week found that State Farm hadn’t proven its…
TrenamTech was recognized in the inaugural Florida Watch List published by the Daily Business Review. Featured in the New Practice Area Launched category, the publication called TrenamTech “a novel, ancillary offshoot, aimed at meeting the legal needs of technology entrepreneurs and investors.” “Drawing on more than three decades of experience…
Since 2019, numerous state legislatures and municipalities have enacted forms of CROWN Act legislation. CROWN is an anti-discrimination principle that stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair,” and variations of the CROWN Act have been introduced to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles or hair textures historically…
You may not think that you can be liable for the treatment of the employee(s) of another company, but under certain circumstances, you could be. Companies may not realize that, legally, they may be deemed to be the employer of individuals who are formally employed by another entity. That concept…
Reposted from Kim Driggers, FCA General Counsel State Farm’s niche practice of singling out chiropractors and suing them for fraud across the State of Florida and in other states in the country was finally put to the test during a three week trial in the Middle District of Florida (Tampa…
November 2, 2023 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that the firm received 29 Tier-1 rankings in the “Best Law Firms” 2024 Edition by Best Lawyers rankings in the Tampa and St. Petersburg metropolitan regions. Overall, Trenam Law received 42 top regional rankings from U.S. News…
November 1, 2023 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that Thomas “Tom” J. Cockriel has been appointed co-leader of the firm’s Business Transactions Practice Group. Tom’s practice focuses on corporate and business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and sale transactions, capital raising transactions, intellectual property and technology…
The legal malpractice case looked like a slam dunk: According to the plaintiff’s expert witness, the error was one no experienced lawyer should make; the plaintiff’s expert witness had decades of experience in the area; and, the expert provided a favorable report. At the end of discovery, however, the court…
October 4, 2022 – Tampa, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that Reid E. Buchanan has been elected Shareholder. “Trenam is pleased and excited to have another talented attorney continue to rise through the ranks of the firm,” said Nelson T. Castellano, Managing Shareholder of Trenam. “Reid has…
