Navigation Rep. Scott Plakon Charging drug dealers with first-degree murder for a customer’s fatal overdose would be easier under a measure approved by a House panel. The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee voted 14-4 on October 21 to approve HB 95 by Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood.
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Meyerovich petitions for Bar reinstatement
Pursuant to Rule 3-7.10, Inessa Meyerovich has petitioned the Supreme Court for Bar reinstatement. Meyerovich filed a “Petition for Placement on the Inactive List for Incapacity not Related to Misconduct,” which was granted by an order dated September 29, 2016. Any persons having knowledge bearing upon Meyerovich’s fitness or qualifications to resume the practice of law should […]
Amendments to civil settlement rule cause reservations on procedure committee
Supreme Court proposed amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 on settlement offers, including offers to multiple parties, are confusing and might cause more harm than good, according to members of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee. Committee members on October 14 reviewed, but took no final action, on comments to the amendments that the […]
Broward legal aid programs to host 19th Annual For the Public Good Fundraiser December 1
Legal Aid Service of Broward County and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida have announced the return of their annual For the Public Good Gala fundraiser for December 1 at the Signature Grand. This year’s event will honor Legal Aid Service of Broward County’s longtime Executive Director Anthony J. (Tony) Karrat, as well […]
The Mindful Lawyer: ‘So, gather your monkeys and squirrels and let them loose in the garden of your imagination’
In today’s column we’ll explore a practice that traipses into the territory of mind wandering, yet more precisely meanders into the creative realm of daydreaming. A variant of a focused attention practice, we could refer to it as unfocused attention. Rather than directing attention to a fixed object, like the breath, we establish mind wandering […]