From The Orlando Sentinel By Judge Lori Vaughan A few days ago, I received a text from someone claiming to be with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. According to the text, I have unsettled traffic penalties and to avoid my license and vehicle registration being suspended immediately, I must pay them...Read More

It’s gonna be a great week Business Law Section! As you may recall, our Financial Literacy Task Force has been hard at work to build and launch our Senior$marts$ program. With Tara Trevorrow and Judge Lori Vaughan at the helm, this initiative has really taken off. Below you will find an article that appeared recently in the Orlando...Read More

Many of our CLE are available in our extensive on demand library! 2025 Legislative Update (Business Law Section) ABCs, Receiverships & Beyond A Whole New World – What Business Litigators Should Know About Bankruptcy Litigation Basics of Digital Assets: What They Are and What They Mean Common Security Gaps in Organizations & SMBs Critical Liability...Read More

By Michael A. Kolcun, Smith, Gambrell and Russell, LLP Florida’s Sixth District Court of Appeal may have fundamentally altered the procedure for recovering attorneys’ fees in Florida state courts. In Ruffenach v. Deutsche Bank Nat’l Trust Co., No. 6D2023-1482,2026 WL 785140 (Fla. 6th DCA Mar. 20, 2026), the Sixth DCA rejected more than 60 years...Read More

I can’t believe the June meeting is a short 50 days away. Registration for the Judicial & Business Law Section dinner is open to all members of the Section and will be held at Season’s 52 again this year. Further, we have a new, dynamic speaker for our luncheon who will share his insights on...Read More

Do you know a 2L or 3L interested in Business Law? The BLS Scholars Program is designed to introduce and recruit future lawyers to the BLS by providing law students the opportunity to meet and interact with a diverse group of business lawyers and judges. Law students selected as BLS Scholars will attend the BLS’s...Read More

What has been your best experience from your time as a Fellow? My best experience has been connecting with my fellow class at the various events hosted by the BLS at the Labor Day Retreat and FL Bar Conference. I’ve created business connections and friendships for a lifetime (in fact, one of the fellows in...Read More

Jessey is currently second vice chair of the Mentoring and Fellowship Committee What has been your best experience from your time as a Fellow?   The highlight of my Fellowship experience has been being able to engage with my Fellows class, both interpersonally and professionally. In practice, I often find myself faced with issues that,...Read More

What has been your best experience from your time as a Fellow? Getting to meet the other fellows, getting involved in multiple projects, and getting to see firsthand the impact BLS has on its members and the legal community. Why did you apply to the Business Law Section’s Fellowship Program? I wanted to find a...Read More

What has been your best experience from your time as a Fellow? My best experience has been attending the Annual Labor Day Retreat each summer and presenting a CLE on emerging data privacy issues in Florida. The Retreat fostered meaningful connections with Fellows and practitioners, while presenting allowed me to engage with a unique practice...Read More