by Dan Bushell | Mar 25, 2014 | General Civil Litigation
(UPDATED) Courts’ power to do justice in civil cases depends on their ability to enforce their judgments, i.e., to compel parties to pay up when they are found liable. But courts are also wary of extending their power outside of their own territory, and thus...
by Dan Bushell | Feb 3, 2014 | Courts, Criminal Law, Family Litigation, General Civil Litigation
Is a Facebook friendship really a friendship? Can judges be “friends” with attorneys on Facebook? Florida judges and legal ethicists have been debating these questions for more than four years. Florida District Courts of Appeal have now begun to offer...
by Dan Bushell | Oct 22, 2013 | Criminal Law, Florida District Courts of Appeal, General Civil Litigation, Miscellaneous
It’s not uncommon to see pro se litigants butt heads with trial judges. It’s less common to see attorneys doing so. Knowing that they will likely appear before the same judge in the future, most lawyers take great pains to put aside personal grievances in...
by Dan Bushell | Aug 1, 2013 | Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Products Liability, Tort/Injury Litigation
People make mistakes. Even lawyers. Even judges. We are all human after all, and to be human is to be fallible. In the pressure-packed environment of a trial or hearing, the probability that a mistake will be made is even greater. Part of the job of an appellate...
by Dan Bushell | Apr 16, 2013 | Constitutional Litigation, Courts, Criminal Law, Family Litigation, Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Probate Litigation, Products Liability, Real Estate & Foreclosure Litigation, Tort/Injury Litigation
In the past few years, the strangest things have started appearing in appellate decisions: images. That has been seen as so revolutionary that it has been widely covered in the legal press, with 7th Circuit opinions authored by Judge Richard Posner (as is often the...
by Dan Bushell | Aug 12, 2012 | Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation
The Supreme Court of Florida has created quite a stir among the less tech-savvy members of the legal community (and who don’t practice in federal court) with its June 2012 announcement that Florida courts are about to join the electronic age. Preparation for...
