Recently, the Florida Legislature passed the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth Act (the “CHOICE Act” or the “Act”), which significantly expands employers’ ability to enforce covered noncompete agreements and clarifies employers’ ability to enforce “garden leave” agreements with “covered employees,” so long as certain requirements are…
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TAMPA, FLA., March 10, 2025 – Trenam Law is pleased to announce the addition of Cristin Keane as a Shareholder in Tampa Bay, emphasizing the firm’s strategic growth in the region. Keane is a past chair of the Tax Section of The Florida Bar, and she is Board Certified in…
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February 11, 2025 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that shareholder Erin Hope Christy will be honored by the Tampa Bay Business Journal (TBBJ) as a Business Woman of the Year. The awards dinner will be held on March 28th at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street.…
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Trenam Law Shareholder, Tom Cockriel, authored an article for Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal’s February 2025 issue entitled, “Copyright Reversion: A Statutory Balance of Interests and Its Related Challenges and Risks.” “Copyright reversion is an important statutory mechanism that allows authors to reclaim rights to their works after a…
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January 6, 2025 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that fifty-two of its attorneys have been recognized as Top Lawyers 2025 by Tampa Magazine. During the fourth quarter of 2024, Tampa Magazine mailed close to 12,000 surveys to Florida Bar attorneys in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Southern Pasco counties. During the…
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As we explained in a previous update, which you can access here, on April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule governing the minimum salary required for employees to qualify for certain exemptions from the overtime pay obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (the…
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November 13, 2024 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that Jodi Ruberg has joined as a Shareholder in Sarasota, Fla. Ruberg’s addition builds on the firm’s expansion into Sarasota announced in June 2024. “Jodi brings valuable experience as we continue our commitment to serving Sarasota with excellent…
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November 7, 2024 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that the firm received 31 Tier-1 rankings in the Best Law Firms 2025 Edition by Best Lawyers rankings in the Tampa and St. Petersburg metropolitan regions. Overall, Trenam Law received 44 top regional rankings. In the Tampa…
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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…
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November 1, 2024 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce the addition of seven associate attorneys in the firm’s Tampa office. The attorneys joining in Tampa include Elizabeth Alderson, Jonathon Ballantyne, Matthew Ceriale, Aaron Cook, Michael Harrigan, Stevie Henderson and Rebecca Sorensen. “We are excited to welcome this…
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