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Jim Ash

Jim Ash

Senior Editor at The Florida Bar News

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Remote mediation rule draws concerns over cameras, connectivity

The remote practice revolution began during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it continued Thursday to raise challenges for Florida’s civil justice system. At issue is a Civil Procedure Rules Committee proposal to amend Rule 1.700, (Rules Common to Mediation and Arbitration), and the concerns it raises for some practitioners. During oral arguments before the Supreme Court,...
about 1 month ago
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Study finds judges’ home addresses remain online despite federal pr...

As threats against federal judges continue to climb, a new report shows that the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act is failing to block easy access to their home addresses. The federal Anderl Act and “Daniel’s Law,” a New Jersey statute that preceded it, were inspired by the 2020 murder of a federal judge’s...
about 1 month ago
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From briefs to books, Orlando lawyer pens Formula 1 romance

Romance novels and romcoms have long been the preferred escape for Orlando attorney Mary Rebekah Fritz-Gonzalez. “I’m a big reader,” she says. “I think over the last year I’ve read over 150 books.” When the product of someone else’s imagination started to lose its therapeutic zing, and when the heroines became disappointingly docile, Fritz-Gonzalez knew...
about 2 months ago
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AI can transform legal writing, but lawyers still have to do the th...

Lawyers who think generative AI is a paragraph factory, or out to replace them, are mistaken, says a Stetson Law professor who teaches one of the nation’s first courses in AI legal writing. “The real goal here is to learn, train, read, experiment safely, and figure out where in your writing process this works best...
about 2 months ago
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Free webinar will help legal aid groups identify cybersecurity risks

As if helping thousands of low-income Floridians gain access to justice isn’t a big enough challenge, legal aid organizations are also custodians of highly sensitive client data, and responsible for the risks that entails. Next month, the Cybersecurity & Privacy Law Committee is offering to help legal aid organizations with the latter, via a free...
about 2 months ago
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Florida primary resolves most judicial races; seven head to Novembe...

Only a handful of circuit and county court judicial races remain to be resolved after voters cast ballots in the August 18 primary election. Four circuit races, one each in the Ninth and 17th circuits and two in the 11th, went to a runoff, as did three county court races in Duval, Liberty, and Seminole...
about 2 months ago
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E-Filing Portal adds AI certification reminder for court filings

A new pop-up notice on Florida’s E-Filing Portal is reminding litigants of a requirement to certify the accuracy of filings under a recently amended statewide procedural rule. Florida Bar Board of Governors member Gordon Glover, co-chair of the Special Committee on AI Tools & Resources, calls it a “simple but important” reminder to help attorneys...
3 months ago
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Governor vetoes sovereign immunity overhaul, cites litigation concerns

Expressing concerns about meritless lawsuits, Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 30 vetoed a bill proposing changes to Florida’s sovereign immunity law. For the first time in more than a decade, HB 145 would have raised $200,000 per person and $300,000 per incident caps on damages that can be awarded to victims of government negligence without...
4 months ago
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Judge Newman tells Criminal Law Section Symposium that ‘Winning wit...

In high-profile trials, it’s better to work with the media than fight a losing battle, modern jurors have shorter attention spans, and too many attorneys are willing to cut corners. Those are just some observations retired South Carolina Circuit Judge Clifton Newman shared during a June 19 Criminal Law Section Symposium at the Bar Convention...
4 months ago
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Criminal Law Section honors Michael Satz with 2026 Goldin Memorial ...

During his 44-year tenure, former Broward State Attorney Michael J. Satz demonstrated an unwavering commitment “to the rule of law and pursuit of justice,” Fourth Circuit Judge Tatiana Salvador told a Criminal Law Section awards ceremony audience June 19. “It is particularly fitting that we gather to honor Michael J. Satz, whose remarkable career has...
4 months ago
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Justice Labarga to trial lawyers — ‘Please object at trials’

Trial lawyers should remember to make timely objections, Justice Jorge Labarga, the Florida Supreme Court’s longest-serving member, told a Criminal Law Section symposium June 18. Addressing an Orlando conference room full of criminal law practitioners at the 2026 Florida Bar Convention, Labarga said failing to preserve the record for an appeal is one of the...
4 months ago