Florida Bar Association

Florida Bar Association

June 19, 2023

Most court spending priorities avoid the budget axe

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a $16.5 billion budget for FY 2023-24 that leaves most court spending priorities...

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Florida Bar Association

June 19, 2023

Annual Florida Bar Convention gets underway in Boca Raton

The installation of Sarasota’s F. Scott Westheimer as The Florida Bar’s 75th president and Miami attorney Roland Sanchez-Medina...

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Florida Bar Association

June 19, 2023

E-Filing numbers see a healthy uptick in May

The Florida Courts E-Filing Authority released its May data for the statewide E-filing Portal, showing a robust jump...

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Florida Bar Association

June 18, 2023

Proposed amendments to the Rules of Criminal Procedure Regarding Pretrial Release

CCSC proposal rule 3.131(d) as of 6-5-23

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Florida Bar Association

June 16, 2023

State’s offer-of-judgment statute is not a prevailing-party statute

Florida’s offer-of-judgment statute, designed to encourage settlements, is not a prevailing-party statute, the Supreme Court has ruled. In...

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