Navigation Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a $16.5 billion budget for FY 2023-24 that leaves most court spending priorities intact. Appearing at the Pelican Yacht Club in Ft. Pierce on June 15, DeSantis highlighted a “framework for freedom” spending plan with a $2.7 billion tax relief package and a $1.6 billion investment in Everglades restoration. “We […]
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Annual Florida Bar Convention gets underway in Boca Raton
The installation of Sarasota’s F. Scott Westheimer as The Florida Bar’s 75th president and Miami attorney Roland Sanchez-Medina as president-elect will highlight the 2023 Annual Florida Bar Convention, held in Boca Raton June 21-24. The convention, including the General Assembly, seminars, committee meetings, and social functions, will take place at The Boca Raton. The theme […]
E-Filing numbers see a healthy uptick in May
The Florida Courts E-Filing Authority released its May data for the statewide E-filing Portal, showing a robust jump in the number of submissions. In May, the total number of documents filed through the Portal was 2.97 million (in 2.03 million submissions). Those numbers stand 14% higher in April and represent the second-highest total in the […]
Proposed amendments to the Rules of Criminal Procedure Regarding Pretrial Release
CCSC proposal rule 3.131(d) as of 6-5-23
State’s offer-of-judgment statute is not a prevailing-party statute
Florida’s offer-of-judgment statute, designed to encourage settlements, is not a prevailing-party statute, the Supreme Court has ruled. In the June 15 decision, Brinda Coates v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Case No. SC2021-0175, Justice Jamie Grosshans refers to a “recurring issue of law” that has arisen concerning F.S. §768.79 (1922). “Specifically, whether a party must prevail […]