Navigation Florida lawyers may not use images or voices of celebrities in their advertisements because under Bar Rule 4-7.15(c) celebrity endorsements are considered manipulative or intrusive. But what if a lawyer were to use a movie or TV clip not as an endorsement but as an educational tool in a YouTube video to demonstrate the difference […]
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General magistrates do not have to resign to run for judicial office
General magistrates do not have to resign when they become candidates for a judicial post nor does it create an appearance of impropriety if they campaign while continuing to fulfill their magistrate duties, according to the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee. A general magistrate who has filed for a judicial seat where the incumbent will not […]
Guardianship Improvement Task Force to hold virtual meeting August 19
The Guardianship Improvement Task Force will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday, August 19, from 12 to 2 p.m., EDT. The Guardianship Improvement Task Force includes clerks of court, legislators, judges, lawyers, guardians, and others, and members set out the goals they hope to accomplish in the next few months. The task force is sponsored […]
Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee opines on problem-solving court gifts
A court administrator can accept an unsolicited donation from a local bar association to use as incentive gifts in the local problem-solving courts, according to the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee. The committee, in a recent opinion, answered an inquiry from a judge who had been approached about the donation by a local bar. The association […]
Bill filed to name Tallahassee federal courthouse after Judge Hatchett
Joseph Hatchett A North Florida congressman has filed legislation to name a federal courthouse in Tallahassee in honor of former Florida Supreme Court Justice Joseph W. Hatchett. Congressman Al Lawson, a Democrat from Tallahassee, filed HR 4771 on July 28. The measure would designate a federal courthouse facility at 111 Adams Street, a block from […]