by Manuel Farach November 25, 2023 Offices at Grand Bay Plaza Condominium Association, Inc. v. Grove at Grand Bay Condominium Association, Inc., Case No. 3D22-1889 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023). Even if entry of a temporary injunction is proper under law, failure to require the posting of a bond is reversible error. 2023-11-22 Offices at Grand Bay...Read More

by Manuel Farach December 16, 2023 Sarasota Tennis Club Holdings, LLC v. Country Club of Sarasota Homeowners Association, Inc., Case No. 2D22-2358 (Fla. 2d DCA 2023). A party which has a right of first refusal to purchase real property does not have the right to unjustifiably interfere with the sales contract of the property on...Read More

We love our sponsors! Meet Berkowitz Pollack Brant, a Sapphire Sponsor. 1) What services does your firm provide? We are a full-service accounting and advisory services firm with a seasoned team of forensic accountants, certified fraud examiners, certified valuation specialists and other professionals who work with clients and legal counsel on a broad range of...Read More

The Winter Meetings will be held in Orlando on January 17-18, 2024.  Get all the details, including hotel block, the full schedule and registration for the luncheon and Judicial Liaison Dinner here.Read More

The Business Law Section of The Florida Bar and the Florida Institute for Certified Public Accountants recently co-hosted a new (free) CLE/CPE event called “Money Talks” at Top Golf in Doral, Florida. The Financial Literacy Task Force created the Money Talks program to help professionals achieve success in their personal and professional lives. The BLS...Read More

By  Valerie C. David This article will discuss artificial intelligence, with a specific focus on ChatGPT and its role in the legal realm. AI is Everywhere! Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is paralleled with the same evolutionary path as the splitting of the atom.[1]  Perhaps that is why many are hesitant to embrace it.  Indeed, the “darker...Read More

By David W. Henry This article aims to identify and cure a species of mediation malpractice.  The putative error or species of mediator malpractice (so to speak) is in allowing the parties to create a document that purports to resolve the dispute but which in truth is an unenforceable agreement to agree.  “Agreements to agree”...Read More

We love our sponsors! Meet Florida Appeals, a Sapphire Sponsor. 1. What services does your firm provide? We are highly specialized in complex civil appeals in all six of the district courts of appeal, the Supreme Court of Florida, and the federal appellate courts. By focusing on appeals, we remain fluent in the ever-changing appellate...Read More

By Marisol Cruz Each year during the last week of October a National Celebration of pro bono is held (October 22 – 28, 2023). It’s a time to look upon our professional responsibility and ethical commitments as attorneys. As lawyers (and law firm owners) it’s our responsibility to represent the interests of our clients. As...Read More

From John Macdonald, recipient of BLS’s First Pro Bono Award Pro bono service has been a constant throughout my career, having been instilled in me as a professional obligation by leadership of my first firm in 1977.  As we know from our oath upon being sworn in, the practice of law is a privilege which...Read More