Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bipartisan measure designed to speed the delivery of protective orders to law enforcement. The measure, HB 905 by Rep. Elizabeth Fetterhoff, R-DeLand, would require all law enforcement agencies to accept domestic violence injunctions via email. The House voted 112-1 to approve it on March 2. Two days later, the…
Details“ The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up. Never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow. ” Roy…
DetailsGreetings Everyone: Lots of congratulations out there for anyone and everyone celebrating a graduation this season. In our house, we now have 3 out of our 4 kids are now – High School Graduates and our oldest recently graduated from the University of Florida (Go Gators), so it’s very exciting. It’s been a wild…
DetailsAndrew Sasso A Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section committee is considering a proposal to scrub so-called “Z” words — “zeal,” “zealous,” and “zealously,” — from the Bar rule book. “It’s not just the legal profession, people in general relate someone who is ‘zealous’ to someone who is a zealot,” said RPPTL…
DetailsThe Florida Supreme Court has amended Bar rules to permit not-for-profit legal service providers to organize as a corporation and to permit nonlawyers to serve on the boards of directors of not-for-profit legal service providers. The court, on its own motion, amended Rule 4-5.4 (Professional Independence of a Lawyer) June 2 in Case No. SC22-607, as…
DetailsGreetings Everyone: Here is a quick note to say that over the next 2 or 3 days, I will be attending a Podcast convention in Orlando, and if all goes well upon my return we will be ready to release the first of many exciting, captivating and enlightening episodes of…. The FLN Podcast.…
DetailsGreetings Everyone: First and foremost, 2022 is already flying by. We are now towards the end of the 5th month of the year, and I am very fired up about the energy and excitement throughout FLN. More and more FLN Members are connecting, and lots more candidates are looking to join an FLN Chapter…
DetailsSen. Ana Maria Rodriguez Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that gives businesses limited protections from lawsuits, but only during a declared state of emergency. SB 542 by Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Doral, is titled “Evidentiary Standards for Actions Arising During an Emergency.” Rep. Lauren Melo, R-Naples, sponsored the companion, HB 411. The legislation protects businesses…
DetailsKayla Bokzam, Maggie Marquart, Megan Norris, Ashley Rahaim & Alyssa Vincent The editors-in-chief of all five law reviews at Miami Law are women for the first time. “It is a testament of how our times are changing as more and more women are breaking the…
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