Attorney Spotlight

The National Restaurant Association reports that, in 2026, there are nearly 49,000 restaurants in the state of Florida.  While restaurants represent a $105 billion industry, restaurant ownership is an exhausting effort, full of pitfalls, and with a nominal margin for error. Approximately 90 percent of Florida restaurants are small businesses, but restaurants are reported to […]

The Trump Administration has taken a significant step toward changing who controls accreditation of American law schools. On August 21, 2026, the Department of Education recommended withdrawing federal recognition of the American Bar Association’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar as the accrediting body for law schools.  That headline […]

Proposals for Settlement (PFS) are written settlement offers utilized in litigation to encourage early dispute resolution. PFSs are governed by Rule 1.442 of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure and Section 768.79, Florida Statutes. Generally, the acceptance of a PFS results in the resolution and dismissal of the claims between the party serving the proposal […]

We’ve all heard the horror stories: the growing trend of attorneys across Florida relying on artificial intelligence (“AI”) that generates inaccurate or even completely fabricated citations to legal authority in court filings. As a result, circuits across the state began implementing disclosure and certification requirements about the use of  AI in filings, notably beginning with […]