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Real Estate: Alert - November 4, 2009

The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSA) is not a talisman that transforms a condo purchaser’s “buyer’s remorse” into a legally cognizable defense to a breach of contract claim, or so goes the clear implication of the Eleventh Circuit’s recent unanimous opinion, Stein v. Paradigm Mirasol, LLC. In broad context, the Court's decision is best understood as its attempt to inject some common sense into the two-year completion exemption. The ruling must be welcome news to condo developers because it is likely to dampen – at least temporarily – the recent proliferation of lawsuits from unhappy residential condo purchasers seeking to reverse or escape deals that have proven to be bad financial investments.

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Hospitality Industry: Changes to Gift Card Laws May Impact Hotel Gift Card Programs Alert - November 4, 2009

As hotels seek to expand their customer bases during these difficult economic times, one potential source of income and customers has been the rather prolific growth in gift card sales. Everyone is getting into the gift card game – restaurants, retailers, hotel companies, gas stations and more. Sales in 2008 alone totaled approximately $90 billion. For hotel companies, when someone purchases or gives a hotel gift card, it creates an opportunity to attract a new or returning customer to spend money at a hotel. However, implementing these programs requires careful consideration of both state and federal laws – which are complicated, sometimes inconsistent but necessary to understand in order to avoid fines and penalties for improperly designed programs.

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Corporate Compliance Answer Book
 

Practicing Law Institute

January 1, 2009
 
Mark E. Baker- Northern Virginia
Gregory Baldwin - Miami
David Scott "Dave" Black- Northern Virginia
Christopher "Chris" DeLacy- Washington
William B. "Bill" deMeza- Tampa
Jonathan Epstein - Washington
Allison V. Feierabend- Washington
Robert Friedman - Miami
Steven Gordon - Washington
William F. "Bill" Hamilton- Tampa
Alberto M. Hernandez- Miami
Mitchell E. Herr- Miami
Richard J. Hindlian- Boston
Jerome Hoffman - Tallahassee
Lisa Sterneck Katz- Chicago
Bonni Kaufman - Washington
Ieuan Mahony - Boston
Michael R. Manthei- Boston
Jeffrey Mittleman - Boston
Christopher Myers- Northern Virginia
Tracy A. Nichols- Miami
David O'Leary - Chicago
Ronald Oleynik - Washington
Shannon Hartsfield Salimone- Tallahassee
Jennifer A. Short- Northern Virginia
Sonya Strnad- Miami
Jonathan E. Strouse- Chicago
Jane K.P. Tam- Northern Virginia
Antonia I. Tzinova- Washington
Stacy Watson May - Jacksonville
Steven John Weber - Washington
Richard Williams - Los Angeles
Kwamina Thomas Williford - Washington
James Wing- Miami
Don Zarin- Washington

Holland and Knight attorneys authored the Corporate Compliance Answer Book. This up-to-date guide provides information on internal investigations, risk assessments, developing records management programs, and additional information on how to development an effective compliance program. This book is available to purchase from the Practising Law Institute (PLI). Click here for additional information on the book or to purchase.

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