Navigation First District Court of Appeal Judge Ross Bilbrey has some advice for lawyers who test the limits of zealous advocacy — “Don’t fight the extraneous stuff,” and remember the “Cowboy Code.” In the latest edition of the Center for Professionalism’s “On Civility” podcast, Bilbrey advises that zealous advocacy on behalf of a client is fine […]
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Tort reform, nursing home cameras, and Florida’s growing lawyer population on Florida Bar News Briefs
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: Business leaders, insurance executives, and state regulators urging Florida lawmakers not to repeal or revise recent “tort reforms” to give a fragile market more time to recover. A South Florida lawmaker […]
Moody joins push to put Biden administration on notice about another student loan rule
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is part of a coalition of 23 state AGs working in an effort to stop what it calls the Biden administration’s fourth illegal attempt to “saddle working Americans with someone else’s” student loan debt. The Department of Education’s new proposed rule would allow the department secretary to establish new loan […]