Florida Bar Journal articles from January 2006

Florida Bar Journal archives from January 2006

The Bar's scorecard: the membership opinion survey.(Florida)(President's Page)
January 1, 2006... The Florida Bar, along with its sections and divisions, has always placed great emphasis on providing the lawyers of Florida with high quality educational opportunities. Based on your responses to the 2005 Membership Opinion Survey, we now...

Drafting and analyzing joint proposals for settlement.(Florida)
January 1, 2006... For now, the Barnes Dilemma (1) remains a part of the drafting challenges for Florida attorneys drafting joint proposals for settlement. Drafting a valid and enforceable joint proposal for settlement in Florida requires strict adherence to F.S....

Moving for attorneys' fees and costs: do it right and do it on time.(Florida)
January 1, 2006... In 2000, the Florida Supreme Court adopted Fla. R Civ. P. 1.525, which states: "Any party seeking a judgment taxing costs, attorneys' fees, or both shall serve a motion within 30 days after filing of the judgment, including a judgment of...

Legal hurdles to leap to get medical treatment for children.(Florida)
January 1, 2006... Because of the establishment of The Florida Bar's Commission on the Legal Needs of Children and former Florida Bar presidents' emphasis on the legal rights of children, Florida lawyers have witnessed unparalleled attention being given to...

Domicile planning - don't take it for granted.(Florida)
January 1, 2006... Every day, attorneys, accountants, and other professionals across Florida interact with clients or potential clients who could benefit from domicile planning. Because clients rarely engage attorneys or other professionals with domicile planning...

Circular 230: beware the Jabberwock!(tax consultants on tax evasion)
January 1, 2006... New regulations embodied in Circular 230, which impact all practitioners (1) before the IRS after June 20, 2005, have created controversy (2) in the tax community. While some view the wide-sweeping regulations as the "Jabberwock," (3) others...

Faragher v. City of Boca Raton: a seven-year retrospective.
January 1, 2006... The most heralded legacy of the 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998)--a plaintiff's victory allowing vicarious liability for hostile-environment discrimination--is, ironically, the "Faragher...

George Edgecomb Bar awards scholarships to African-American students.(Florida)
January 1, 2006... Charlie D. Connally was seven years old when he started to watch Perry Mason with his father. This daily ritual inspired him to become a lawyer. However, the rising cost of college tuition sometimes deters students from fulfilling lifelong...

Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Courtroom 302, A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Courthouse by Steve Bogira Each day thousands of people trudge into criminal courthouses to learn what fate awaits them. These anonymous defendants are invisible to the public, unless...