Laurence D. Gore

Laurence D. Gore is the president of Gore International Law, with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Buenos Aires, and representatives offices in London, Cancun, Montevideo and Toronto. Laurence graduated from Southern Methodist University and received his JD from Nova Law School. He has been extensively involved in international law and travel law for many years, serving in many capacities with the Florida Bar International Law Section including as its chairman and representative to the International Bar Association and founder of the Travel Law Committee.

Articles by Laurence D. Gore

• Legal issues of vacation home rentals

  Friday, July 11, 2014

  There has been considerable recent activity concerning the vacation home rentals market and the opportunities for travel agencies. The concept is not new and has been marketed primarily to U.S. agents for overseas short-term home rentals, but its spread in the U.S. and worldwide has recently been the subject of tremendous growth.

• A travel agency’s shopping list for legal services

  Thursday, June 19, 2014

  ​I recently received a call from an OSSN member asking if I could assist with the travel agency from a legal standpoint. I inquired as to specifically what was needed, and the response was, "I really don’t know." This is actually not untypical.

• The independent contractor as a corporation: Taking advantage of the law

  Thursday, June 05, 2014

  Numerous travel agencies make use of a host agency and, in so doing, become effectively the host's independent contractor. There are many good reasons to also consider use of the corporate structure by the individual agent. In fact, it often makes more sense from a liability standpoint of the independent contractor to exist as a corporation rather than as an individual.

• Controlling your travel agency’s independent contractors

  Thursday, May 22, 2014

  ​I was recently contacted by a longtime-client travel agency that requested me to assist in redrafting their independent contractor agreement. They wanted to have more control over who they hired and fired, and over the independent contractor's performance.