A summary of amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, effective January 1, 2025, as adopted by the Florida Supreme Court in a series of opinions on May 23, 2024 and December 5, 2024. Major ...

On January 1, 2025, major changes to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure took effect, transforming how civil cases are managed, litigated, and resolved. Rooted in four landmark Florida Supreme Court ...

With the proliferation of remote proceedings that was borne out of the recent global pandemic, the advent of trials playing out on a screen—in real time—through videoconference technology, has brought ...

In recent weeks, activist organizations fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars in donations and sometimes even Government grants have obtained sweeping injunctions far beyond the scope of relief ...

The Court’s amendments respond to the recommendations of the Workgroup on Improved Resolution of Civil Cases (the “Workgroup”) which was formed in 2019. The Workgroup’s primary objective was to ...

Remote court proceedings are here to stay! Based on the success of remotely-conducted proceedings since the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Florida Supreme Court has amended Florida's various ...