Citing a sustained drought in new applications, the Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to close the “Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law” board certification area.

The February 2 opinion in “In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar – Chapters 6 and 21,” (Case No. SC22-1299) notes that the petition was prompted, in part, by a Bar sunsetting rule.

“Most of the proposed amendments are minor technical changes, with the only notable change being the addition of language to rules 6-22.1 and 6-22.3 to close the certification area in antitrust and trade regulation to new applicants, as there [have] not been any new applicants for the certification for the past 12 years,” the justices wrote.