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 | Nov 1, 2011 | Probate Litigation
In its second look at the dispute in Siegel v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, No. 4D09-699 (released on October 19, 2011) Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal gave personal representatives and corporate trustees plenty of reason to be cautious about invading the...
by Dan Bushell | Oct 16, 2011 | Florida Supreme Court, Probate Litigation
The Florida Supreme Court has acted quickly in response to the Florida Legislature’s June 2011 amendments to Florida’s Probate Code, which include some major departures from existing law. Because the Code amendments also became effective as soon as...
by Dan Bushell | Sep 7, 2011 | Constitutional Litigation, Florida District Courts of Appeal, Probate Litigation
So much for easing back to work after the long weekend. At least for judges in the First District and Fourth District Court of Appeal. As the Miami Herald reports, the 1st DCA is hearing consolidated oral argument this afternoon in Florida Gaming Centers,...
by Dan Bushell | Jul 4, 2011 | Criminal Law, Family Litigation, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Probate Litigation, Products Liability, Real Estate & Foreclosure Litigation, Tort/Injury Litigation
Real electronic filing may finally make its way to Florida courts in the not-too-distant future. But before that happens, the Florida Supreme Court wants to make sure that there isn’t too much private information in court filings for the public to access....
