Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, April 13, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, April 13, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, April 13, 2015Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Legal News: Florida Bar Considers Unbundled Legal Services
Changes to procedural rules that would make it easier for lawyers to offer “unbundled” legal services in civil as well as family law cases have been endorsed by the Bar Board of Governors.

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, April 3, 2015

Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, April 3, 2015

Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, April 3, 2015Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Law Update: Florida legislators considering 50 bills to limit public records access
Amid a lawsuit alleging that state leaders violated the Sunshine Law in firing Florida’s top law enforcement officer, lawmakers in the Capitol are considering more than 50 proposals to limit Floridians’ access to public records.

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Florida Legal News: Are the Florida Medical Marijuana Laws ambiguous?
Vague legal jargon and apparently contradictory laws are fueling confusion over the legality of medical marijuana in Florida.

Two separate Florida laws are being talked about in the case with Scott and Marcia Yandell, the St. Johns couple arrested for allegedly running a marijuana operation out of their home, and neither law clarifies whether it’s legal.

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FL Insurance Law: Arctic Melt Creates Weakest Gulf Stream in 1,000 Years, Weather Shifts Expected
Gulf Stream water currents in the Atlantic Ocean have slowed to the weakest in as long as 1,000 years, threatening shifts in U.S. and European weather, as well as coastal sea levels including in New York and Boston.

The currents are probably affected by changes in ocean density as fresh water melts from Arctic ice sheets, scientists led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said in a study Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, March 30, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law for Monday, March 30, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law for Monday, March 30, 2015Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Legal News: Florida law would limit jury awards in tobacco lawsuits
Nearly a decade ago, the Florida Supreme Court tossed out a $145 billion award in a class-action lawsuit against Big Tobacco, but not before giving plaintiffs a chance to individually pursue their claims.

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Florida Legal News: Florida Traffic Court Judges Dismiss 24,000 Red-Light Camera Cases
Two traffic court judges in Broward County, Fla., have dismissed some 24,000 pending red-light camera ticket cases totaling more than $6.3 million. The judges ruled this week that the program violates Florida law.

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Florida Fraud Law: What Florida businesses should do if their company data have been breached
On Dec. 16, 2014, a group of former Sony employees filed a class action lawsuit in Federal Court in Los Angeles against Sony for negligently failing to protect its computer systems from hackers, resulting in the employees’ personal information being leaked to the public, and potentially ending up in the hands of criminals. In addition, the former employees allege that Sony failed to adequately notify the employees that their confidential, personal information was breached. The Sony breach is the latest in a string of recent high-profile data thefts in the news. However, data theft is not only a threat to large multinational corporations such as Sony.

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Florida Insurance Law: Homeowners insurance policies dumped by Citizens
Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance, which offers homeowners insurance coverage to consumers, has successfully shed the bulk of its policies over the past year. The state-run organization has been trying to depopulate itself of policies in order to address its financial issues, reducing its exposure to risks while becoming more stable and resilient against future natural disasters. The policies released by the organization have been picked up by private companies, which continue to provide consumers with homeowners insurance coverage.

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Florida Law News: Appellate Rules are amended
The Florida Supreme Court recently adopted amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.210 (Briefs). See In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.210, No. SC15-146 (Fla. March 12, 2015). The amendments formalize the Court’s longstanding practice of permitting appellate briefs filed in certain cases relating to the imposition of a sentence of death to exceed the standard page limits set out in rule 9.210 and provide page limits for appellate briefs in certain death penalty case types in which a notice of cross-appeal is filed.

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, March 23, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law for Monday, March 23, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law for Monday, March 23, 2015Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Law News: Police body cameras could conflict with Florida’s public records law
In another example of the unintended consequences of new technology, the use of body cameras on law enforcement officers is on a collision course with the state’s public records law.  At issue: Who should be able to watch what the miniature cameras record?

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, March 20, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law for Friday, March 20, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law for Friday, March 20, 2015Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Legal News: Florida Jury Instructions are amended
The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Contracts and Business Cases submits this notice of republication for an amendment to Instruction 416.24, Florida Standard Jury Instruction Contract and Business Cases. This instruction was previously published on December 15, 2014, and as a result of the comments received was further amended. Interested parties have until April 15, to submit comments electronically.

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Florida Law News: Florida House bill would remove gay adoption ban from state law
The Republican-dominated Florida House quietly acknowledged Wednesday that gay people have the right to adopt children when they supported a bill amendment that removes a gay adoption ban from state law.  Martin Gill (pictured) was the original plaintiff in a challenge brought in 2009 by the ACLU that led to a ruling striking down Florida’s ban on gay adoption. Gill and his partner had been raising two foster children since 2004, which they eventually adopted.
The vote came five years after an appeals court ruled that the state’s gay-adoption ban is unconstitutional. Then-Gov. Charlie Crist refused to appeal the decision.

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Florida Insurance News: Insurance news for drone pilots shows coverage to get flying
Every day, thousands of drones fly low and high in the sky without receiving government approval, so the latest insurance news has shown that insurers have come up with their own safety regulations to help to fill the gap that has been left in place by official regulators.

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Florida News: Miami Mega Mall Would Be the Biggest in the U.S.
A developer’s plan to build the nation’s largest mega-mall in west Miami-Dade faced its first hurdle Tuesday. Miami-Dade Commissioners approved just a small step toward the mammoth mega-mall.

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, March 16, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law March 16, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law March 16, 2015Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Insurance Law: Florida Ends Citizens Assessment 2 Years Ahead of Schedule
Florida’s insurance regulators are two years ahead of schedule in ending an assessment used to retire a bond issued by the state-backed property insurer Citizens following the eight-storm 2004-2005 hurricane season. The move codifies a decision made by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. last September to no longer collect the assessment as of June 1, 2015. The bond had been scheduled to be paid off in June 2017.

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, March 13, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law March 13, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law March 13, 2015Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Insurance News: In Florida, officials ban term ‘climate change’
The state of Florida is the region most susceptible to the effects of global warming in this country, according to scientists. Sea-level rise alone threatens 30 percent of the state’s beaches over the next 85 years.

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Thoughts From the LegalTech® Keynote on Creating a Framework for Innovation in Your Law Firm
Dr. Jeff DeGraff, Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, gave a dynamic keynote presentation at LegalTech to an appreciative, engaged, occasionally-in-stitches, overflow crowd. His TED Talk training was in full effect. The great story-telling didn’t lack for social media friendly soundbites as evidenced by the barrage of tweets. Here’s a summary and highlights from his presentation.

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50 Shades of Content Marketing
Content is key to finding and validating prospective firms and law firms are getting on board as they discover its potential for promoting their brand and reputation, establishing expertise and building trust. Here are 50 shades of content marketing, though unlike the book and movie, this list is not intended to titillate, unless you’re excited at the prospect of increased awareness for your firm, establishing thought leadership, and attracting new clients.

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How to Market Yourself and Find Work as a Freelance Attorney
Many experienced attorneys are looking for alternative ways to practice law. It could be for a myriad reasons. For example, the attorney may have just had a baby and wants to work remotely part-time, or is a retired partner but still wants to practice in a flexible manner, or may have outside hobbies and interests and don’t want to work full-time. These attorneys are often referred to as freelance attorneys. These freelance attorneys will work with law firms and solo practitioners nationwide on a project-basis for when they need help with overflow work and other resourcing challenges. It is great work because of the flexibility of working remotely and part-time.

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Florida Legal News: Florida Takes First Step Toward Criminalizing Trans People’s Bathroom Use
A Florida House subcommittee approved a controversial bill Wednesday that aims to bar citizens from using single-sex public restrooms, dressing rooms, and showers that do not correspond with the gender listed on their legal identification, reports the Tampa Bay Times.

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Florida Legal News: Florida Governor Rick Scott Abandons Efforts To Require Drug Tests For Welfare Recipients
Passing up a Tuesday deadline to file an appeal to the Supreme Court, Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) has abandoned his efforts to require mandatory drug tests for welfare recipients. On Wednesday, the Associated Press confirmed, through Scott’s spokeswoman, Jackie Schutz that the Governor had decided not to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the drug testing was unconstitutional.

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, March 9, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law March 9, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law March 9, 2015Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Checklists for Lawyers
The Checklist Manifesto brought checklists out of the closet. Checklists reduce errors. They facilitate consistency and completeness in carrying out tasks and avoiding mistakes, and provide a kind of cognitive net, catching mental flaws inherent in all of us — flaws of memory and attention and thoroughness.  Checklists can improve outcomes for everyone – from doctors to airplane pilots. The checklist is also a valuable tool for lawyers.

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, March 6, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance LawHere are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

A Novelty in Law: How To Succeed In The Law — Using This One Weird Trick!
Don’t you love all the things that pop up on the web inviting you to click through to learn “one weird trick” to lose your belly fat, or boost your credit score, or cure your diabetes?
I’ve never clicked through one of those things, but the enticements must work: Why would there be so many ads if people weren’t clicking through like maniacs to learn these weird tricks?

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Florida Law News: What do you want Florida lawmakers to talk about in 2015?
We asked the following question to readers on social media and the Public Insight Network recently: What do you want Florida lawmakers to talk about in 2015? Thanks for all of your responses. Below are a sampling of your comments, some of which were edited for length and clarity. Learn more about the Public Insight Network at MiamiHerald.com/insight, and check back next week for another conversation.

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5 Key Social Media Tactics for Law Firms
It’s true that law firms haven’t adopted social media at the pace of other service-based industries such as ad agencies or business consultancies. But this is changing fast.
In fact, over the last year we’ve seen more and more law firms attend our social media webinars, read our blog, and reach out for advice. Today, I want to share a few of the key tactics law firms are using on social media.

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, February 27, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance LawHere are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Hit and Run Car Accidents in Florida up 23% in 2014
Florida law enforcement officials say hit and run crashes are increasing at an alarming rate. That’s why they’re launching a new campaign to let drivers know that leaving the scene of an accident can result in tougher penalties.

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Florida has highest number of enrollees under health law
Florida has eclipsed California to become the state with the highest number of consumers buying health coverage through new insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act, according to federal statistics released Wednesday.

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In a twist, fight for medical pot goes to Florida Statehouse
Republicans lawmakers in Florida who once opposed medical pot are now embracing it, motivated by the strong show of support from voters and worried that another constitutional amendment during next year’s presidential race could drive opponents to the polls.

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