By Chief Judge Laurel M. Isicoff, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida We have long recognized that people who appear in court feel more comfortable if the person sitting on the bench is someone who looks like them. While in recent years more awareness has developed about diversifying the bench, that process...Read More

Need to update your preferences or would like to be added to a committee’s email list? Click here.  May 2023 April 2023 March 2023, part 2 March 2023, part 1 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 Retreat Recap 2022 August 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 16, 2022 June...Read More

Member benefits include notification of and attendance at numerous year-round CLEs, including lunchtime CLE presentations (which can be attended in person or by telephone), participation at committee meetings (including participation in legislative initiatives), networking events, a copy of the Section’s Annual Journal (updating Florida case law relevant to business law); and participation in special committee...Read More

Archive of Past Meeting Agendas/Minutes Retreat 2023 IP Committee Agenda 9-2-23 (Labor Day Retreat) IP Committee 6-20-23 Meeting Minutes Winter Meeting 2023 IP Committee Agenda 1-26-23 IP Committee Minutes 9-3-22 Retreat 2022 Meeting agenda June meeting minutes Annual Meeting 2022 Meeting agenda January meeting minutes Winter Meeting 2022 Meeting agenda Emergency meeting IP Committee 12-14-21 Minutes Final Retreat meeting...Read More

Archive of past meeting Agendas/Minutes Annual Convention 2022 Meeting agenda Winter Meeting 2022 Meeting agenda January 2022 Attachment Bandera Master Fund LP v Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP Memorandum Labor Day Retreat 2021 Meeting agenda Annual Meeting, 06/221 Meeting agenda Winter Meeting, 01/2021 Meeting agenda Supplement (January 5, 2021) Redline – Supplement (February 1, 2020)FINAL) and...Read More

Short Summary of Chapter 607 Proposal Archive of Previous Meeting Agendas/Minutes Winter Meeting 2024 CSFS Committee Winter Meeting Agenda and Attachments Retreat 2023 CSFS Committee Agenda and Schedules (Labor Day Retreat) Chapter 607 Attachments Annual Convention 2023 CSFS Agenda_June 2023 Winter Meeting 2023 CSFS Winter 2023 Agenda_Final_w_Schedules (01.19.23) Retreat 2022 Meeting agenda with schedules Annual...Read More

Archive of Previous Minutes/Agenda Winter Meeting 2024 Agenda for Bankruptcy-UCC Jan. 2024 Meeting, updated 1/14/24 Exhibit A – Minutes for Bankruptcy-UCC Committee Meeting at 2023 Labor Day Retreat Exhibit B-1 – 7.10 White Paper ver 20231230a Exhibit B-2 – 7.10 UCC-FlaStat Chart ver 20230802 ONLY Exhibit B-3 – 13.2 Draft Fla Art 12 Bill (Aug...Read More

The BLS Executive Council established the Financial Literacy Task Force to develop a strategy to make financial literacy and education a high school requirement in Florida. VISION AND MISSION The Task Force’s vision is to ensure the financial well-being for all individuals and families in Florida through financial education in high school and college. In...Read More

Did you miss our seminar, The INC is Finally Dry? Get it now on demand. Update as of December 23, 2019 Over an almost five-year period, a Drafting Subcommittee (Subcommittee), that had been organized in 2014 under the auspices of the Corporations, Securities and Financial Services Committee of the Business Law Section, developed proposed modifications...Read More