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| The First DCA imposes section 57.105 appellate attorney’s fee sanctions on a lawyer whose brief raised irrelevant arguments that had already been ruled upon in a prior appeal. . . (more) 2/2/12 | A court erred in limiting appointed counsel’s fee to double the flat fee without considering whether the fee award was confiscatory due to the number of hours expended . . . (more) 2/2/12 | |
| The Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee will discuss child support representation, plea offers and settlement offers conditioned on waivers, online marketing, and fee-sharing with suspended lawyers . . . (more) 1/31/12 | A county judge whose child is a lawyer in the State Attorney's Office is not disqualified from hearing criminal cases but should disclose the relationship to parties in criminal cases . . . (more) 1/31/12 | |
| The Florida Supreme Court adopts a rule allowing parties to a private action alleging unlicensed practice of law to stay the action in order to seek an advisory opinion from the Florida Bar . . . (more) 1/28/12 | Failure to respond right away to a defendant's request for advice about a plea offer does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel . . . (more) 1/28/11 | |
| Although an insurer admitted coverage prior to being served with a complaint, its delay in paying the claim results in an award of fees to the insured . . . (more) 1/26/12 | An attorney's fee award to an insured is not a "covered claim" that FIGA is responsible for, per the Florida Supreme Court . . . (more) 1/23/12 | |
| A lawyer who failed to testify in support of his attorney's fee request is precluded from receiving an award of fees . . . (more) 1/23/12 | The Fourth DCA finds ineffective assistance on the face of the record in a direct appeal in one case but not in another . . . (more) 1/19/12 | |
| A judge disqualified from a case may not perform anything other than "ministerial" acts in the case after disqualification. . . . (more) 1/17/12 | Per the Florida Supreme Court, a public defender's conflict certification does not automatically shift representation to the RCC, but RCC has no standing to object to the P.D.'s motion to withdraw . . . (more) 1/14/12 | |
| A marital settlement agreement that purports to limit the right to request pre-dissolution temporary support or attorney's fees violates public policy and is unenforceable . . . (more) 1/14/12 | Several of Florida's lawyer advertising rules are held unconstitutional by a federal court . . . (more) 10/5/11 | |
| The Florida Supreme Court approves a number of "housekeeping" changes to the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar effective October 1, 2011 . . . (more) 7/11/11 | The Florida Bar asks the Supreme Court to approve major changes to the lawyer advertising rules . . . (more) 7/6/11 | |
| The Florida Bar filed its annual package of rule change proposals with the Supreme Court . . . (more) 10/15/10 | The Florida Supreme Court changes the effective date for the website rule amendments to July 1, 2010, but stays implementation . . . (more) 26/8/10, 6/10/10 | |
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