Florida Bar Journal articles from December 2007

Florida Bar Journal archives from December 2007

The effect of disciplinary determinations on civil suits involving engineers.(Florida)
December 1, 2007... In Florida, disciplinary proceedings (1) against a professional engineer routinely begin after the Florida Board of Professional Engineers receives a uniform complaint form from a citizen reporting that an engineer has violated certain...

Metadata: the future impact of invisible data on e-discovery in Florida.
December 1, 2007... The complexities of electronic discovery (e-discovery) are leading to disputes regarding the scope of discovery, the form of production, and the protection of privileged and confidential information. Since there is an established trend toward a...

Are Florida courts really parochial when it comes to arbitration? A rebuttal.
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the February 2007 edition of The Florida Bar Journal, Douglas J. Giuliano authored an article "Parochialism in Arbitration? How Some Arbitration Decisions by Florida Courts Are at Variance with Federal Arbitration...

Tales of the tipsy coachman: being right for the wrong reason: the tipsy coachman is alive and well and living in Florida.
December 1, 2007... '[I] a trial court reaches the right result, but for the wrong reasons, it will be upheld if there is any basis which would support the judgment in the record." (1) This is a simple statement of the "tipsy coachman" rule or doctrine. This...

Senate bill 360 refined: the impact of the 2007 legislative session on local government growth management.(part 2)(Florida)
December 1, 2007... Tax Increment Financing for Transportation Concurrency Backlogs and Conservation Lands The legislature, recognizing the success that community redevelopment areas have had with tax increment financing over the past 30 years, has created...

Immigration, domestic violence, and what the family practitioner should know.
December 1, 2007... Florida's warm climate and beautiful beaches lure many people outside the state to adopt Florida as home. For noncitizens, the attraction is much deeper than aesthetics. It is the hope to find the American dream and to gain freedoms not...

Profits interest - converting compensation to capital gains and other planning ideas.
December 1, 2007... A "profits interest" (also referred to as a "carried interest") is generally a right to receive a percentage of profits from a partnership without any obligation to contribute capital to the partnership and is awarded to the general partner,...

The impact of unlicensed contractor activities. (Florida)
December 1, 2007... Almost every construction activity requires licensure of the individual and, if applicable, any business entity contracting to perform that activity, unless exempt. Therefore, it is not surprising that unlicensed activities in the construction...

Creditors' Rights, 4th ed.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Creditors' Rights By Alexander L. Paskay, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Emeritus In Creditors' Rights, Revised Fourth Edition, Judge Alexander L. Paskay, chief U.S. bankruptcy judge emeritus of the U.S. Middle District of Florida and adjunct...

Missing Witness.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Missing Witness By Gordon Campbell Attorney Gordon Campbell hits the bull's-eye the first time with his legal thriller, Missing Witness. Campbell's debut novel is a classic courtroom drama reminiscent of Scott Turow's Presumed...

Risk Management: Survival Tools for Law Firms, 2d ed.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Risk Management: Survival Tools for Law Firms, 2d Edition By Anthony E. Davis and Peter R. Jarvis The newly released Risk Management: Survival Tools for Law Firms, Second Edition, jointly published by the American Bar Association Section...

"Blessed are the peacemakers". (practice of law) (Florida) (President's page)
December 1, 2007... What do Abraham Lincoln and Mohanda Mahatma Gandhi have in common? All were lawyers who used their education, social standing, and skills to negotiate peaceful solutions to human conflict. We can learn by their example, as we work to...