Navigation Task force defends proposed IOTA program rule amendments
Critics of proposed amendments to the Bar rule governing the IOTA program fail to recognize that the amendments comply with a Supreme Court instruction to the task force that drafted the changes.
That court instruction, according to the Task Force on the Distribution of IOTA Funds, was to “give priority consideration to providing direct legal services for low income litigants,” and it’s uncertain how well The Florida Bar Foundation, which oversees the IOTA program, meets that goal.
The assertion came as the task force on March 3 filed with the court its response to comments from past Foundation presidents, legal aid organizations, former Bar presidents, and others. Those comments were submitted on February 10 regarding the task force’s suggested amendments, now pending at the court, to Bar Rule 5-1.1(g), which governs the IOTA program and designates the Foundation as the organization that collects and distributes IOTA funds.
