The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• Michael Fox Orr, a board-certified civil trial lawyer from Jacksonville, becoming Florida Bar president-elect designate.
• A newly created Pro Bono Toolkit for Limited Scope Representation.
• Plans for a new Florida Bar Standing Committee for Corporate Counsel.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• The Board of Governors approving dozens of proposed rule amendments and launching a new "Standing Committee on Corporate Counsel."
• The Florida Supreme Court certifying the need for 23 additional circuit court judgeships and 25 new county court judgeships in its annual certification opinion.
• The Florida Supreme Court Historical Society inviting all Florida attorneys to join the justices, members of the judiciary, and legal colleagues for its annual dinner event, A Supreme Evening 2025, on January 16 in Tallahassee.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• Business leaders, insurance executives, and state regulators urging Florida lawmakers not to repeal or revise recent "tort reforms" to give a fragile market more time to recover.
• A South Florida lawmaker filing a bill requiring nursing homes to permit residents to install video monitoring devices under certain circumstances.
• Florida having the fastest-growing lawyer population in the nation, with the number of active, resident lawyers increasing 17% in the past decade.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• The annual Committee Preference Forms for Florida Bar members seeking appointment to committees for the 2025-26 Bar year being available in the MyFloridaBar Member Portal.
• Senate President Ben Albritton, a rancher from Wauchula, announcing additional members of his leadership team.
• The Trial Lawyer Section releasing the 2024 Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice and the 12-page Guidelines for Professional Conduct.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• A handful of substantive bills being filed ahead of the March 2025 legislative session, including measures that would create new regulations for court-ordered auctions of personal and real property.
• The Board of Legal Specialization and Education being poised to grant final approval of a proposed new “Insurance Coverage Law” board certification program, after sponsors agreed to make final revisions.
• The Supreme Court of Florida rounding out the Trial Court Budget Commission.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department.

he latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• Incoming House Speaker Daniel Perez laying out reforms to improve the efficiency and transparency of the legislative process.
• Bar President Roland Sanchez-Medina, Jr., opening up about the pressures attorneys face in their daily lives
• Florida A&M University College of Law students traveling to Geneva for an educational mission to the United Nations Human Rights Council

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• Members of the Rules Committee, the Business Law Section, legal aid groups, a Tampa Circuit judge, and others urging the Florida Supreme Court to revise civil justice reforms before they take effect on January 1.
• Attorneys across the country being targeted by a new phishing scam involving fake electronic filing notifications.
• House Speaker-designate Daniel Perez, a Miami attorney, announcing key committee assignments and a new structure for the Florida House of Representatives.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• The Florida Supreme Court approving an amendment to Bar rules allowing lawyers, for the first time, to earn continuing legal education credit for providing pro bono services.
• The Board of Legal Specialization and Education considering a new "Insurance Coverage Law" board certification area.
• The American Board of Trial Advocates, a national organization established in 1958, revising its membership requirements.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department.