Florida

Amendment 2’s last step lands September 30, 2026. Labor-cost step-ups, wage-and-hour diligence, and successor risk for anyone buying a Florida workforce.

Produce inventory and its receivables may sit in a federal statutory trust for unpaid growers. What PACA and Florida’s ch. 604 dealer license mean for buyers.

Delaware’s Revlon doctrine doesn’t govern Florida corporations. What § 607.0830 asks of a board selling the company, and why careful process still wins.

Florida’s Health Care Clinic Act can end a med spa’s licensure exemption at closing. The ownership tests, the CHOW clock, and the criminal traps.

Florida’s Supreme Court says FDUTPA reaches even a single business sale. Why buyers still lose on damages, and why the fee-shift makes it a two-edged claim.

SOP 50 10 8 rewrote SBA 7(a) acquisition rules: a 10% equity floor, full-standby seller notes, and no earnouts. What that does to Florida main-street deals.

Florida’s optometry statute bars lay ownership of the exam lane but not the optical shop. Structure — not price — is what makes or breaks these deals.

Between signing and closing you are still competitors. Gun-jumping enforcement — including a record $5.68 million FTC penalty — polices the space between.

Selling a Florida ambulance or medical transport company means a county COPCN, a DOH license under ch. 401, and a Medicare CHOW — three clocks the LOI must respect.

When hacked emails reroute closing funds, Florida courts put the loss on the party best positioned to prevent the fraud. Drafting that decides it in advance.