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The opinion, In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, Florida Probate Rules, Florida Rules of Traffic Court, Florida Small Claims Rules, and Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, Case No. SC21-90, can be found here.
While “paper” discovery demands production of responsive “documents,” in today’s reality, “documents” mainly exist in your client’s — or an opposing party’s — digital world. Until recent amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, trial courts generally applied discovery rules created for the physical world to digital problems. Specifically, Florida’s spoliation ...
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Ask any civil trial lawyer in Florida how many days one has to move for rehearing of an order simply granting a motion for summary judgment, and the odds are good the lawyer will respond, “Ten days.” Pursue the matter further with the lawyer, and ask where this 10-day period is set forth in the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, and the lawyer will invariably point to Rule 1.530, which by ...
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Civil Procedure Rules amendments The Florida Bar’s Civil Procedure Rules Committee has filed with the Florida Supreme Court its regular-cycle report of proposed amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. The committee proposes amendments to rules 1.380 (Failure to Make Discovery: Sanctions); 1.420 (Dismissal of Actions); 1.431 (Trial Jury); and 1.510 (Summary Judgment); and forms 1. ...
The instructions in this section are based upon the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 (FCRA), which makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status. ... and that is the only form of verdict provided in the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. See ...
In an effort “to reconcile, where possible,” the often confusing and contradictory set of statutes, rules, and cases that govern offers of judgment in Florida, the Florida Supreme Court recently amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442. 1 The amendment culminates a decade of activity regarding the issue. Since 1986, the Florida Legislature has enacted and amended F.S. §768.79 and has ...
Rule 1.310(e) of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure permits a witness to review his or her deposition testimony and make corrections to both the form and substance of the testimony. In Motel 6, Inc. v. Dowling , 595 So. 2d 260 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), and Feltner v.
Rule 4-1.1 is important to ethics in negotiation and mediation because the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.700 provide that the presiding judge may enter an order referring all or any part of a contested civil matter to mediation or arbitration. In such matters, a lawyer cannot adequately represent the client in mediation or arbitration ...
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Rule 1.410 (Subpoena) was amended to allow for subpoenaing electronic records and providing a procedure and grounds for the subpoena recipient to object. The new rules are effective September 1. The court acted July 5 in case no. SC11-1542, In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure – Electronic Discovery.
