The Legislation Committee had an amazing 2024-25!  We owe a huge debt of gratitude and thanks to our stellar legislative consultants, Aimee Diaz Lyon and Doug Bell, as well as our Legislation Committee Chair Woody Pollack.  Through their great work, the Section pursued FOUR pieces of legislature and all FOUR made it through the Legislature and...Read More

Meet your Executive Council for 2025/2026 The Florida Bar Business Law Section Executive Council 2025-2026 FINALRead More

The Business Law Section of The Florida Bar is pleased to announce the full approval of its newly updated Sample ESI Protocol and Guidelines. Developed collaboratively by the Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence Committee and the Rules of Court Committee, the revised protocol reflects modern best practices in managing electronically stored information in litigation. This...Read More

It is my distinct privilege to serve as Chair of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar for the 2025- 2026 year. Please join me in thanking Manny Farach for a tremendous year. Under Manny’s leadership last year our Section grew in many ways: 11% membership growth to 6,565 members, passing four proactive bills,...Read More

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