litigation
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Lawyers, Don’t Fear the Reaper
A.I. may be new and scary, but the legal profession should embrace it, not bogeyman it. One of the benefits of being a licensed Florida attorney is that, every month, without fail, I receive a nice, crisp copy of The Florida Bar News. This month was like no other as I recently received the September…
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Welcome to the New Age: The Federalized Summary Judgment Standard Arrives in Florida – Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.510
For Florida lawyers, the landscape of civil litigation has shifted dramatically. Effective May 1, 2021, the Sunshine State embraced the federal summary judgment standard, significantly amending Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510. This marks a significant change in how courts will resolve cases without trial. This blog post delves into the new standard, its implications…
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Short selling your home? Here’s a tip: start the process well in advance of a scheduled foreclosure sale
A September, 2018 opinion from Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals provides guidance on what is not a “lawful, cognizable basis” for cancelling, rescheduling, or continuing a judicial foreclosure sale date, in the absence of an agreement from the plaintiff (lender). In the case below, thirteen days before a foreclosure sale[note]This was the second foreclosure…
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No Contract, No Fees, No, Really
Want it all? Well, you can’t have it all. This should not be news to you. This has been idiomized in countless ways over the years: Wait, say what? You haven’t heard of that last one? Well, you’re forgiven because it’s fairly recent, originating from the 2018 4th DCA case, Torres v. Bank of New…