Navigation The Criminal Law Section is seeking nominations for the 2024 Selig I. Goldin Memorial Award. This is the highest award given by the Criminal Law Section and recognizes the recipient’s outstanding contributions to Florida’s criminal justice system. Previous recipients include justices of the Florida Supreme Court, judges of the district courts of appeal and circuit […]
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Bill would allow more surviving family members to recover damages in medical negligence cases
Rep. Mike Beltran Florida House members are renewing a bipartisan effort to eliminate a Florida law that prevents some surviving family members from recovering damages for medical negligence. Rep. Mike Beltran, R-Zephyrhills, and Rep. Johanna Lopez, D-Orlando, are co-sponsoring HB 129, otherwise known as the “Keith Davis Family Protection Act.”
New ABA Profile of the Legal Profession highlights civil legal aid in the U.S.
The ABA will release its fifth annual Profile of the Legal Profession on November 30, with a new chapter on the state of civil legal aid in the United States. The 2023 ABA Profile of the Legal Profession is a free, 140-page compilation of statistics and trends about lawyers, judges, and law students, gathered from […]
AI, circuit consolidation, and fraudulent deeds all on this week’s 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: The committee appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to assess the benefits of circuit court consolidation doubling down on its recommendation against it. The Florida Bar seeking applications for over 1,000 […]
Measure would cut the number of DCA judges
Sen. Erin Grall Lawmakers have filed bipartisan bills that would implement the Supreme Court’s recommendation for slowly phasing out “excess judicial capacity” in two state appellate courts. Sen. Erin Grall, R-Ft. Pierce, and Rep. David Silvers, D-West Palm Beach, filed SB 490 and HB 457, respectively. Both lawmakers are attorneys.