We called on Congress to pass legislation ensuring car manufacturers keep AM radios in new cars so citizens can receive important reports in the event of a natural disaster or emergency.  Last week, Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm, leaving unimaginable damage along our Big Bend coast, as well as causing catastrophic flooding […]

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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is co-leading a multistate coalition urging Congress to pass the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2024. The coalition of AGs say the destruction and life-threatening conditions just witnessed during Hurricane Helene have proven that bipartisan protections for AM radios in vehicles are critical as electric vehicles and other […]

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Florida legal aid organizations were putting out a call Tuesday for more volunteers and scrambling to help Hurricane Helene victims as they watched a second deadly hurricane in less than two weeks draw a bead on the Gulf Coast. Legal aid offices in Central and Southwest Florida were temporarily closed Tuesday as mandatory evacuations were […]

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“Digital Dilemmas: Ethical and Professionalism Considerations for Attorneys in a Tech-Driven World” is this year’s theme for the Solo & Small Firm Section’s annual ethics and professionalism update. The virtual event takes place on October 25 from 8:25 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. and includes text-message client communications, trust accounting, multi-state virtual practices, and artificial intelligence. […]

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Jim Vickaryous Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick. Lawyers must be nimble. Lawyers who are not nimble in these times of legal change may get burned. The nimblest of us will be of great benefit to our clients. It makes me think of the old English nursery rhyme, “Jack Be […]

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