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RECENT RELEASES - FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
BOND VALIDATION--RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT. The Court held that "section 75.09's finality language precludes application of [Florida Rule of Civil Procedure] 1.540 to final judgments validating bonds after the time for appeal has expired."
RULES OF GENERAL PRACTICE AND JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION--AMENDMENT. The Court adopted amendments to Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.120 (Definitions), 2.140 (Amending Rules of Court), and 2.215 (Trial Court Administration). Definitions in rule 2.120 were amended "to expressly explain that chief judges may issue administrative orders to establish rules of practice or procedure as long as they are not inconsistent with the constitution, court rules, local court rules, or [the] Court's administrative orders," and to "clarify that local court rules address matters required by the Florida Constitution, general law, rules of court, or supreme court opinions to be adopted in local court rules." Amendments to 2.215 were meant to simplify the process for the promulgation of local court rules.
RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR--AMENDMENT--BUSINESS ENTITIES. Rule Regulating The Florida Bar 4-8.6 (Authorized Business Entities) was amended to include additional types of authorized business entities in which a lawyer may practice, to clarify that certain "nonlawyers may not serve in certain positions, have certain titles, or perform policy-making functions,"and to clarify that "only a person legally qualified to render legal services in Florida may direct the legal services or professional judgment of a lawyer engaged in the practice of law in Florida."
RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR--AMENDMENT--DISCIPLINE. The Court adopted proposed amendments to Chapter 3 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. In addition to minor changes in language and the relettering and renumbering of subdivisions, the Court added an amendment allowing an attorney to "waive any of the time limits in rule 3-7.2 orally on the record at a hearing before a referee," and a requirement that all grievance committee action be by majority vote.
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