On May 26, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 to exclude non-monetary terms from proposals for settlement. Effective July 1, 2022, non-monetary terms, such as the execution of...more
Less than a year after issuing multiple opinions addressing the reciprocal fee provisions of Fla. Stat. § 57.105, the Florida Supreme Court has once again seen fit to issue an opinion interpreting Florida’s controversial fee...more
Effective May 1, 2021, the federal summary judgment standard is the law in Florida state court. The Florida Supreme Court announced this shift would take place in December 2020 and sought further comment concerning the...more
Over the festive holiday period the Florida Supreme Court went on an attorney’s fees “Ham-Page” in deciding two cases which address the application of Fla.Stat. 57.105(7) to contractual prevailing party attorney’s fees...more