Navigation The Sixth District Court of Appeal has launched a new podcast called Florida Oral Arguments. The podcast provides oral arguments of the Florida Supreme Court and all of Florida’s district courts of appeal, according to the December edition of the Office of the State Courts Administrator’s Half Court Press. The new podcast provides an additional option for […]
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Judgments and decrees interest rates set
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer has set the quarterly rate of interest payable on judgments and decrees beginning January 1, 2025, at 9.38% per annum or .0256284% per day. F.S. §55.03(1) requires the CFO to set the rate of interest payable on judgments and decrees on December 1, March 1, June 1, and […]
View from the bench: A call for pro bono in Miami-Dade family law
Gerald Kornreich and Amber Kornreich spearheaded the 39th annual View from Bench Family seminar that recruits pro bono attorneys for Put Something Back pro bono cases. Dade Legal Aid recently hosted the 39th Annual View from the Bench Family Law Seminar in conjunction with the 11th Judicial Circuit Family Division, and Kornreich & Associates. “In […]
Governor makes three judicial appointments
Gov. Ron DeSantis announces three judicial appointments December 4. Laura Moody of Rockledge to serve as judge on the 18th Judicial Circuit Court Moody has served as the chief legal counsel for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office since 2019. Previously, she served as an assistant state attorney for the 18th Circuit. She earned her bachelor’s […]
Federal anti-money laundering regulations incorporate RPPTL recommendations
New federal anti-money laundering regulations released just before the Labor Day weekend include recommendations proposed by the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, says former RPPTL section Chair Melissa Murphy. The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, spent much of last year developing new reporting requirements for “non-financed real estate transfers,” citing […]