Local Law News

Florida Bar Association

September 5, 2024

Florida’s local professionalism panels report varied lawyer misconduct in first full reporting cycle

Florida’s Local Professionalism Panels have filed their first full cycle of mandatory, semi-annual reports since the Supreme Court...

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Florida Bar Association

September 5, 2024

Supreme Court declines to erase ‘zealous advocacy’ from Bar rules

The Supreme Court has declined a proposal to scrub so-called “Z” words – “zeal,” “zealous,” and “zealously,” from...

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Florida Bar Association

September 5, 2024

Governors makes a Bay County judicial appointment

Gov. Ron DeSantis September 3 appointed Tracy Smith to the Bay County bench. Smith, of Lynn Haven, has...

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Florida Bar Association

September 5, 2024

JEAC’s latest opinion on judges with family ties to prosecutors

Are county court judges required to recuse themselves from cases at bond hearings or on warrant duty when...

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Florida Record

September 4, 2024

Florida court dismisses lawsuit linking Zantac to plaintiff’s prostate cancer

A Florida state court last month handed the manufacturers of the heartburn drug Zantac another legal victory by...

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