As we begin clean up from Hurricane Milton, the Executive Committee hopes you and your families are safe. Click on the links below for resources to consider, should you need it. FEMA Hotline: Florida lawyers can volunteer for the YLD Disaster Services Hotline to help return calls to YLD’s 866-550-2929 hotline or at FEMA centers. Learn more...Read More

By Manny Farach Week ending September 28, 2024 OptumRx v. Bay Pharmacy Inc., Case No. 5D2023-0652 (Fla. 5th DCA 2024). (https://5dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2441306/opinion/Opinion_2023-0652.pdf) The fact that arbitration may occur outside Florida and apply non-Florida law is not a basis for objecting to arbitration. Baldwin v. Laboratory Corporation Of America, Case No. 5D2023-2455 (Fla. 5th DCA 2024). (https://5dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2441308/opinion/Opinion_2023-2455.pdf)...Read More

Less Than Two Weeks to the Retreat! It’s almost here! Final preparations are in full swing for what promises to be an incredible weekend. It all starts with the Corporate Counsel Roundtable at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, August 30 followed by a lively reception and our much-anticipated Welcome Dinner. With nine hours of CLE packed...Read More

Labor Day Retreat Extravaganza Gear up for our much-anticipated Labor Day Retreat! Highlights include our brand-new Corporate Counsel Roundtable, kicking off at 4:30 PM Friday. Committee chairs, please remember to submit your meeting agendas ASAP. Also, if you’re eyeing any legislative positions, get those drafts and triple motions to the Legislation Committee right away! We...Read More

If you’re not in this picture, you missed a fun night last night! The Tampa contingent got together, thanks in part to the generous sponsorship of Amanda Porupski and LGC Advisors. If you’re in the Tampa area and didn’t get an email invite, comment here and we’ll make sure your on the list for the...Read More

Registration is now open for The Judge Michael G. Williamson View from the Florida Bankruptcy Bench coming to Tampa on November 7 and Miami on November 8. Get the full details here.Read More

Exciting things happening at BLS! Labor Day Retreat While registration for Labor Day has officially closed, we still have a few rooms left in our room block. Don’t miss out—reach out to Carly immediately as these rooms are filling up fast! The Labor Day Retreat Committee has been hard at work, and they promise an...Read More

By Manny Farach Week ending August 31, 2024 ECB USA, INC. v. Chubb Insurance Company of New Jersey, Case No. 22-10811 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202210811.op2.pdf) The Eleventh Circuit holds that the series-qualifier canon of interpretation directs that a postpositive modifier (e.g., “for financial institutions”) modifies all the terms in a list of parallel items. In...Read More

Great things happening at BLS! We continue getting ready for the Labor Day Retreat, remember there is no on-site registration this year. Register and get your room reservation right away as we have a few rooms that can be doubled-up (meaning you might be able to get a second hotel room at the same great...Read More

Jennifer (“Jen”) Morando is BLS 2023-2024 Section Member of the Year. Jen has been active in the section since she was in law school, now almost twenty (20) years ago. During that time, she has been an amazing member, engaged in all aspects of the section. Jen was the chair of the Pro Bono Committee...Read More