Navigation The Bar Board of Governors now has the authority, subject to a Supreme Court review, to set an annual fee for pro hac vice attorneys who handle cases in Florida courts. The court on December 9 approved changes to Bar Rule 1-3.10 and the Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.510, both which address […]
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Deadline extended to apply for Foundation Board of Directors
The Board of Governors is seeking applicants for the following vacancies to be filled during its January 21, 2022 meeting: The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors: Two lawyers to serve three-year terms, commencing July 1, 2022. This 33-member Board of Directors administers Florida’s IOTA program. Directors shall be members of the Foundation during their […]
Fiscal and filing-wise, portal gets good numbers
Florida courts hit a daily record for electronic filings in November, but lawyers continued to file scanned PDF documents instead of the preferred text-based PDF/A versions, according to information presented to the Florida Courts E-Filing Authority. The authority board, which oversees the court system’s statewide e-filing portal, at its December 9 meeting also received a […]
New workgroup to look at sham litigation
Overhauling rules and laws to prevent harassing litigation in noncriminal cases is the goal of a new workgroup created by the Supreme Court. On December 9 the court, in Administrative Order SC21-62, created the Workgroup on Sanctions for Vexatious and Sham Litigation. It will be chaired by 17th Circuit Judge Carol-Lisa Philips and is charged […]
Court says repeated conduct merits more severe discipline
That a lawyer has been disciplined for similar conduct in another grievance case does not justify lessening the sanctions in a second case that occurred around the same time, according to the Supreme Court. Instead, the court said in a December 9 opinion, such a pattern of misconduct justifies a more severe punishment in the […]