Florida Bar Journal articles from July 2004

Florida Bar Journal archives from July 2004

A year of challenge: to sustain, examine, and defend.(Florida Bar Foundation)(President's Page)
July 1, 2004... I am honored to have been sworn in as the 56th president of The Florida Bar. There have been in the past and will continue to be many difficult issues we face as lawyers. None may be as important as the threats and incursions that continue...

Kelly Overstreet Johnson, president of the Florida Bar: "a woman of her word, a builder of consensus".(Interview)
July 1, 2004... On an outing to Deer Valley in Utah, a ski instructor asks Kelly Overstreet Johnson: "What do you want to get out of these private lessons?" Just then, a woman zig-zags down a snowy slope with dazzling, perfect form. "I want to ski...

Understanding preadolescent sexual offenders: can these children be rehabilitated to stem the tide of adult predatory behaviors?
July 1, 2004... Despite society's emphasis on adult offenders, sexual offenses by children have not received the same attention. Adolescent sexual offenders were only truly recognized in the early 1980s, with preadolescents not seriously tracked until the mid...

Authentication of digital photographs under the "pictorial testimony" theory: a response to critics.
July 1, 2004... In the past few years, numerous articles have been published challenging the reliability and admissibility of digital photographs. (1) Initially, these articles attacked digital photographs on the ground that their quality was inferior to...

Disbursement of surplus proceeds from a foreclosure sale - the urban myth of the race to the courthouse.
July 1, 2004... Financial industries have a way of generating urban myths that lead people to believe that they can manipulate the system to obtain wholly unjustified windfalls. ********** An urban legend is usually a...

Registering your clients' or company's trademarks and service marks in foreign countries with a single application.
July 1, 2004... Companies engaged in or developing an internet or international business should consider filing under the Madrid Protocol to protect their marks in foreign countries. ********** Trademarks and service marks are used to identify and...

The top five things practitioners need to know about IRAs now: a discussion of state law, case law, and other considerations.(individual retirement accounts)
July 1, 2004... It is important to recognize the significance of retirement accounts and examine some of the nuances that prevent them from being just another product of the Internal Revenue Code. ********** Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are...

Advising the client regarding protection of property rights: Harris Act and inverse condemnation claims.
July 1, 2004... Practitioners are advised to carefully weigh the potential gains against the potential costs of litigation, in time and money, before advising a client to pursue either claim. ********** This article addresses issues facing the real...