Navigation A detailed response on how to follow new IOTA rules set by the Supreme Court has been approved by The Florida Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors. It calls for, among other things, reexamining the Foundation’s role, its name, and segregating IOTA operations from other Foundation accounts and activities. The board, at a November 8 meeting, […]
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Veterans financial clinic held in South Florida
More than 60 veterans registered for the first Veterans Financial Literacy Project, held October 20 in South Florida and which organizers said would provide a blueprint for duplicating the program across the state. The virtual program was organized by Broward Legal Aid, Legal Services of Greater Miami, and Mission United of Broward and Miami-Dade counties, […]
10 teams will help Freed to Run marathon series close in on its $2.25 million goal
Mike Freed What began as one man’s multi-marathon philanthropic quest in support of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid has turned into a community-wide, multi-million-dollar effort to ensure that Northeast Florida children confronting chronic and debilitating illnesses exacerbated by poverty-related legal issues will have lawyers in their corner. Teams representing the health-care, legal and business communities each […]
FCTC launches trial court cybersecurity review
The Florida Courts Technology Commission, pursuant to a request from Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Canady, is conducting a review of cybersecurity issues in the trial courts. The commission on November 5 approved an eight-question survey, prepared by its Cybersecurity Subcommittee, to send to circuit chief judges to inquire about cybersecurity matters in their courts. […]
Panel discusses deadline for court filings to be in PDF/A format
Murray Silverstein Lawyers next year could find their electronic court submissions delayed or rejected if they aren’t filed in the proper format under a proposal being considered by a Florida Courts Technology Commission subcommittee. Portal Subcommittee member Murray Silverstein made a motion at the panel’s November 4 meeting to set a June 30, 2022, deadline […]