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11th Circuit Board of Governors race ends in a tie; Piedra, Sum head to a runoff
How do you get an election runoff in a two-person race? They tie in the initial balloting. Jorge L. Piedra…
Four YLD races decided; three go to runoffs
Four races were decided and three wound up in runoffs in March balloting for Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors…
SCAM ALERT: Caller offers to ‘help’ lawyer with nonexistent Bar complaint
Lawyers are always advised to keep their guards up as charlatans are out there looking to do them harm. The…
Survey looks at paralegal salaries
Sixty-two percent of Florida law firms use paralegals and 51 percent of those say their paralegals averaged more than 1,000…
Bill to up county court civil jurisdiction moves in House
Chances that the civil jurisdiction limits will be raised for county courts grew on March 20 when a House subcommittee…
Measure would strengthen community courts
Lawmakers are encouraging expansion of Florida’s 170 problem-solving courts. The House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee voted unanimously March 19 to advance…
Bill would increase felony theft threshold to $750
The Senate Appropriations Committee has voted to raise Florida’s felony theft threshold from $300 to $750, a compromise that reformers…
The Mindful Lawyer
One might ask why mindfulness has become so popular over the last decade. After all, it’s been around for a…
Insurance bad faith bill moved by House subcommittee
A bill changing the way of claiming insurance companies acted in bad faith got a chance to continue growing as…
Lawmakers consider electronic legal documents
Wills could be electronically witnessed and notarized from a remote location and other routine notarizations could be done with electronic…
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