The Business Law Section is this year’s recipient of the Legal Services of Greater Miami’s Equal Justice Pro Bono Impact Award in recognition of the creation of the Veterans’ Financial Literacy Program. This program can be duplicated throughout the state of Florida and will touch the lives of families and their neighborhoods for decades to...Read More

If you are planning to attend the Labor Day Retreat, the hotel deadline is 8/10! https://book.passkey.com/event/50284957/owner/10865/homeRead More

Registration is now open for our annual Labor Day Retreat. This year’s retreat will be at the Marriott Marco Island. Register now https://member.floridabar.org/s/lt-event?id=a1R1R00000897X5UAIRead More

The Ephermeral Electronic Evidence Preservation and Discovery Obligations, and Best Practices program, which was presented during The Florida Bar Annual Convention, is now available on demand. On Demand- https://tfb.inreachce.com/Details/Information/15ac264f-1bb9-422a-8941-6f5afef7abc4 Audio Only- https://tfb.inreachce.com/Details/Information/d6eb3be5-2981-4c44-8c64-202d472f2754Read More

Partnership opportunities are now available for this year’s Annual Labor Day Retreat. Learn more.Read More

From the Florida Bar: The ABA Board of Governors adopted a new Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion CLE Policy yesterday, April 5, 2022, removing the quota/numerical elements of their policy. The new ABA policy is attached. The Florida Bar has reviewed the ABA’s revised Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion CLE Policy and it appears to comply with...Read More

The Financial Literacy Act has made a lot of headlines! https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/governor-signs-business-law-section-supported-financial-literacy-act-into-law/ https://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/escambia-county/2022/03/28/florida-financial-education-bill-helped-pensacola-attorney-douglas-bates/7147022001/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2022/03/28/floridas-new-financial-literacy-law-was-years-in-the-making/ And here is a link to the WCTV report on the Financial Literacy Act passage, featuring Doug Bates: https://www.wctv.tv/2022/03/24/gov-desantis-signs-financial-literacy-act-local-attorneys-react/Read More

On March 22, 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law the “The Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act” (SB 1054 – Hutson and HB 1115 – Busatta Cabrera). The new law requires all high school students to take a mandatory one-half credit of instruction in personal financial literacy and money management to graduate from high...Read More

By Kacy Donlon, Chair Our Section Retreat to Ireland was truly magical. But rather than provide a travelogue, I wanted to provide a takeaway from the journey. I understand that not everyone can get away for a week in the spring for various reasons, but one of the best parts of the trip was getting...Read More

Other Legislative Updates The Section’s Legislation Committee, chaired by Stephanie Lieb, had an industrious agenda for this year’s legislative session. The Section is proud to announce that four of its initiatives have passed out of the House and Senate. Financial Literacy (mentioned above) has already been signed by the Governor. These other bills are awaiting...Read More