The 2026 Spring Executive Council Retreat will be to Iceland from March 4 until March 8. Click here to learn more. All members are invited to join.Read More

The Annual Convention is when we recognize a few outstanding members for their contributions and achievements. This year we recognized: Distinguished Service Award – Kathleen Disanto Distinguished Service Award – James Moon Distinguished Budget Award – Jennifer Morando Section Member of the Year – Peter Maskow Lifetime Achievement Award – Greg YadleyRead More

The Section has a longstanding commitment to the recruitment of a broad spectrum of young lawyers to join, participate and ultimately serve in leadership positions of the Section. To facilitate its goals, the Section has created a Fellowship Program to provide a two-year subsidy to six qualified applicants who express an interest in becoming active...Read More

Welcome to our 2025 Scholars! If you see them at the Convention, be sure to say hi and give them a warm welcome. More about the Scholars program. Bios for BLS Scholars 2025-2026Read More

Celebrating Our Section’s Remarkable Year What an extraordinary year we’ve had! As I sit down to write this week’s newsletter, I can’t help but feel energized by everything your Section has accomplished – and I want to share that excitement with all 6,566 of you. A Year of Outstanding Growth and Impact Let me paint...Read More

Franchise law has now been added as a practice area on The Florida Bar website. Roughly 11% of all businesses in the United States are franchises, accounting for almost $6 billion of GDP (up to 7% of total GDP) and as many as 8 million jobs. It will now be easier for Florida’s most important...Read More

Spotlight on Excellence This week, we celebrate a leader who redefines what it means to serve with passion and purpose. You’d think someone with this résumé was in the twilight of a long career—yet she’s just 29. Meet Jen Morando, a powerhouse of talent, vision, and results. From leading the Bankruptcy/UCC Committee, the Bankruptcy Judicial...Read More

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By Jennifer D. Newton In the traditional legal services model, value is calculated by the hour. The assumption is that legal insight is tied directly to the time spent on research, drafting, or advising. While this approach may have worked well for industries grounded in relatively static regulatory frameworks, it begins to fall apart in...Read More

Let the Good Times Roll: How the New 2025 “Glitch Bill” Refines and Improves the Prior Comprehensive Service of Process Legislation Sponsored by the Business Law Section By: Zane W. Katz and James B. Murphy, Jr. 1 During the 2022 session, stemming from an initiative of a task force of the Business Law Section of...Read More