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Applications are being accepted now through May 30, 2025 for Business Law Section Fellows. Learn more and apply here. The Business Law Section of The Florida Bar (the “Section”) consists of numerous active committees, as well as Executive Council with more than 60 members. The Section has a longstanding commitment to the recruitment of a...Read More

Volume XVIII, Issue 17 April 26, 2025 By Manny Farach Johnson v. Carroll Oaks Homeowners Association, Inc., Case No. 2D2024-0631 (Fla 2d DCA 2025). https://2dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2450992/opinion/Opinion_2024-0631.pdf A prevailing party in homeowner’s association whose governing documents have a prevailing party attorney’s fees provision is not automatically entitled to an award of fees; the prevailing party must prove...Read More

By Manual Farach In Re: Certification of Need For Additional Judges, Case No. SC2024-1721 (Fla. 2024). https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/2444685/opinion/Opinion_SC2024-1721.pdf The Florida Supreme Court certifies the need for two additional judges for the district courts of appeal, twenty-three circuit judges, and twenty-five county judges. Quintana v. Rodriguez Family Investment Partnership, LLLP, Case No. 3D23-968 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024)....Read More

By Manuel Farach In Re: Amendments To Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, Case No. SC2023-0962 (Fla. 2024). https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/2444348/opinion/Opinion_SC2023-0962.pdf The Florida Supreme Court leaves in place the proportionality requirements for discovery, requires objections to discovery be made with “specificity” and “including the reason” for the objection, requires objections to state whether documents are being withheld based...Read More

-Hon. Robert A Mark -Hon. Laurel M. Isicoff Judge A. Jay Cristol passed away on October 21 2024 only three weeks after he celebrated his 95 th birthday. There is an expression that when looking at the dates of birth and death – with the “life” represented by a dash in between the years, one should consider “the...Read More