Bills have been introduced in the both the Florida House and Senate known as “The “Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act” (SB 1054 Financial Literacy Instruction in Public Schools, and HB 1115: High School Graduation Requirements in Personal Finance). The bills, although not exactly the same, are very similar. The proposed legislation would mandate a...Read More

The compilation of the 2021 weekly editions of the case updates can be found hereRead More

The deadline to apply for the 2022-2023 Wm. Reece Smith, Jr., Leadership Academy Class X is on or before January 18, 2022, by 8 a.m. The Leadership Academy is open to all Florida Bar members who are in good standing. In an effort to achieve diversity among the participants, qualified individuals will be sought from...Read More

All BLS Winter Meetings will now be virtual. Meeting schedule can be found here.Read More

Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit! No, my fingers were not “off” on my keyboard. This is Happy New Year in Gaelic. I do indeed hope that this is a great year for all Section members and the Section as a whole. Unfortunately, Omicron is putting a damper on several of our events in the next couple...Read More

The deadline to apply for the 2022-2023 Wm. Reece Smith, Jr., Leadership Academy Class X is on or before January 18, 2022, by 8 a.m. The Leadership Academy is open to all Florida Bar members who are in good standing.  In an effort to achieve diversity among the participants, qualified individuals will be sought from different backgrounds, large...Read More

Week ending December 4, 2021 Jain v. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Case No. 3D20-1529 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021). Florida Statute section 768.79 awards fees paid by a party as well as those paid on the party’s behalf, and accordingly, a prevailing defendant may be awarded attorney’s fees even if his firm (not him) paid...Read More

By Shirley Palumbo, Greenspoon Marder The whole purpose of corporate formation is to shield oneself from personal liability.  Bankruptcy courts firmly respect this shield where a trustee or a judgment creditor attempts veil piercing in bankruptcy pursuant to state law. Piercing the corporate veil (“PCV”) is not to be pled as an independent cause of...Read More

Week ending November 6, 2021 Reynolds v. Servis First Bank (In Re: Stanford), Case No. 20-11652 (11th Cir. 2021). Unless a section 363 sale or lease was stayed pending appeal, the reversal or modification on appeal of the authorization under 11 U.S.C. § 363(m) does not affect the validity of a sale or lease to...Read More

Chapter 11 Plan Confirmations and Mediation: The Need for Uniformity Under the Bankruptcy Code Matthew Akiba, Barakat + Bossa, PLLC Introduction “[B]ankruptcy itself is a form of alternative dispute resolution.”[1] One would think that alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”), more specifically, mediation, would be regularly employed by all Bankruptcy courts given the cost and time constraints...Read More