Navigation University of Miami students Sydney Stark and Ashley Knoblauch/UM Law. University of Miami law students Ashley Knoblauch and Sydney Stark took home first place in the Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Competition hosted by Fordham University School of Law The UM moot court team earned them the top spot and the second-best […]
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ABA issues ethics guidance on avoiding conflicts with unretained prospective clients
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released a formal opinion recently that provides guidance on when a lawyer’s conflict is imputed to all others in the lawyer’s firm ─ specifically when a lawyer discusses a legal matter with a prospective client and the client does not retain the lawyer or […]
Attorney General warns of tax scams
Attorney General Ashley Moody As Tax Day approaches, Attorney General Ashley Moody is launching the 2024 Tax Season Scam Series to help Floridians, including the state’s lawyers, avoid falling prey to fraudulent schemes. In 2022, Internal Revenue Service data revealed that consumers lost $5.7 billion to tax scams and fraud. As part of the series […]
This week’s Florida Bar News Briefs is now available
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: Miami-Dade’s veteran state attorney and public defender both saying the latest round of state pay raises, 3%, won’t stop a troubling exodus of front-line prosecutors and public defenders. The Board of […]
Vivian Cortes Hodz, former staff attorney, chairs Bay Area Legal’s board
Vivian Cortes Hodz Vivian Cortes Hodz has become chair of Bay Area Legal Services Board of Directors for 2024. Joining Cortes Hodz as 2024 officers are Jeffrey E. Cox as chair-elect (Orrick), James D. Thaler, Jr., as treasurer (Thaler Law Firm), and Craig E. Rothburd as secretary (Craig E. Rothburd, P.A.).