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The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: A Family Law Section priority bill designed to make divorce proceedings more uniform heading to the Senate floor. Lawmakers looking to tack hefty penalties onto drivers before they are ever convicted if they refuse a breathalyzer test upon...

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: The House and Senate introducing competing budget proposals for FY 24-25 last week, and despite their calls for major cuts, they include many court spending priorities. A sweeping proposal to streamline the state’s mental health and substa...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: A divided House panel approving the “Litigation Investment Safeguards and Transparency Act,” or “LISTA.” A Senate panel agreeing to cap noneconomic damages in medical negligence claims despite hours of testimony by victims and grieving su...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: Supreme Court Justice Meredith Sasso, who was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis in May, being ceremonially sworn in to Florida's highest court. A bill that would allow some district court of appeal judges to establish more convenient...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: Jamie Billotte Moses, a pro bono volunteer through the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association for more than 25 years, receiving of this year’s Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award, the Supreme Court’s highest recognition of...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: House Speaker Paul Renner announcing he does not intend to pursue consolidating any of Florida’s judicial circuits this session. A measure to reform the way courts address defendants with mental health issues. A Civil Procedure Rules Comm...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes already starting to prepare for a historic leadership position as the first Black woman president of the Florida Bar in 2025. A South Florida lawmaker whose is also an assistant state attorney wanting to require t...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:  The Florida Supreme Court recommending that the Legislature not consolidate judicial circuits. Miami-Dade County Public Defender's Office embracing AI. A veteran lawmaker proposing the creation of an “Artificial Intelligence Advisory...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes of West Palm Beach becoming president-elect designate of The Florida Bar. The Florida Chamber of Commerce urging consumers to give sweeping civil litigation reforms more time to lower insurance premiums. A bill ma...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: A bipartisan measure -- crafted with the help of the Family Law Section – that would mandate safe locations to exchange custody of minor children. The Supreme Court creating a procedure for an attorney to appear in a limited manner in civ...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: The Board of Governors considering a large number of proposed rule amendments that included some the nation’s first guidelines for using generative AI in the practice of law. A new ABA report that finds that not only are there relatively...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: The Legislature renewing a bipartisan effort to eliminate a Florida law that restricts eligibility for recovering damages in medical negligence claims. The ABA about to release its fifth annual Profile of the Legal Profession on November...

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: The committee appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to assess the benefits of circuit court consolidation doubling down on its recommendation against it. The Florida Bar seeking applications for over 1,000 positions on more than 70 commit...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: A House panel weighing the FY 2024-25 judicial branch budget request, a list that includes an $8 million for a Sixth DCA Courthouse Local Professionalism Panels facing a December 15 deadline to begin filing biannual reports. Anti-property...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: A Supreme Court panel on Friday voting unanimously to recommend not consolidating any of Florida’s 20 judicial circuits. The First Judicial Circuit’s continuing investigation into an October 2 security breach that exposed personal informa...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: The Florida Bar Foundation distributing roughly $32 million to state organizations providing free civil legal services to those who can’t afford them. Miami-Dade County Judge Steve Leifman receiving an award from Pope Francis in honor of...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: Justice Renatha Francis being ceremony sworn-in before a crowd of colleagues, friends, and family. The Bar’s Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism working to create a new mandatory two-hour continuing legal education course. The Cybers...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: A key Senate leader saying lawmakers are unlikely to pursue more litigation reform while they wait for the property insurance market to stabilize. Scores of judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys expressing their opposition to consoli...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: A preliminary report by a Supreme Court committee suggesting consolidation of Florida’s judicial circuits would have an overall neutral, or no, fiscal impact. The Supreme Court is considering revisions to the state's speedy trial rule...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: Some chief judges and court administrators saying the Legislature’s $21.8 million investment in “critical due process resources” is already making a difference. The Florida Bar now accepting applications from lawyers interested in serving...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: The Pro Bono Legal Services Committee getting a unique perspective on Florida’s unmet legal needs – from a newly formed judicial advisory council. To protect clients of an lawyer who unexpectedly dies or otherwise becomes unable to practi...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: The Bar's new Special Committee on AI Tools & Resources off to an impressive start Florida Bar member Travis Trueblood of Ft. Lauderdale being appointed an associate justice pro tempore of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawa...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: Florida lawyers having free access to Nota  – a financial platform designed to help small firms and solo lawyers manage trust accounts and adhere to accounting requirements. A Bar program designed to quickly resolve fee disputes at no cos...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: The Young Lawyers Division opening its Disaster Legal Services Hotline , which answers legal questions for hurricane victims on a pro-bono basis, in conjunction with the ABA’s Young Lawyers Section and FEMA. The Third and Fourth district...

The latest edition of  Florida Bar News Briefs , a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: Prosecutors, public defenders, trial lawyers, and other critics of a proposal to consolidate Florida’s 20 judicial circuits delivering a united message last week to the Judicial Circuit Assessment Committee. Florida at the cusp of being t...