On June 29, 2023, Governor DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 170 (SB 170). Starting on October 1, 2023, the new law allows city and county ordinances to be challenged in court on the basis that the ordinance is arbitrary or unreasonable, or preempted by state law, and requires suspension […]
On December 31, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court changed Florida’s summary judgment standard by adopting the federal standard in an amendment to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510. Summary judgment can be a useful tool that allows a court to decide a case after pleadings (and most of the time […]
Northeast Florida has some of the largest Naval bases in the country and many active duty military personnel call the area home. These servicemembers faces stresses that those of us in civilian life will likely never encounter, such as long deployments overseas, or a change of station to another base […]
Judges have an ethical obligation to be fair and impartial, but sometimes there are circumstances where attorneys are within their rights to move to disqualify judges to ensure judicial neutrality. Disqualification is governed by rules and statutes, and attorneys in Florida are given a statutory right to disqualify judges if […]
The revitalization of Downtown Jacksonville has been at the top of the business, civic, and political agenda for the last fifty years, but with the recent creation of the Downtown Investment Authority (DIA) Board, the effort to revitalize Jacksonville’s Downtown may finally be gaining momentum. To appreciate why the […]
In every bankruptcy action that is filed, a stay of any collection-type activities automatically comes into place for the duration of the pending action. However, there are certain proceedings that are exempted from this automatic stay and allowed to proceed against the debtor during a pending bankruptcy action. One such […]