Florida Evidence Code News Today

The Florida Legislature has voted in support of CS/HB 677, which will create a new subsection of the Florida Evidence Code on the subject of judicial notice. Specifically, when it goes...

The Florida Supreme Court in Worley v. Central Florida Young Men’s Christian Ass’n, Inc., held that the attorney-client privilege shields from discovery virtually any attempt to determine the relationship between a plaintiff’s law firm and a plaintiff’s treating physicians.

The Florida Supreme Court in Worley v. Central Florida Young Men’s Christian Ass’n, Inc., held that the attorney-client privilege shields from discovery virtually any attempt to determine the relationship between a plaintiff’s law firm and a plaintiff’s treating physicians.

While U.S. high court grabs attention, Florida Supreme Court has been acting to change key rules without standard in put from the Florida Bar.

Hearsay and Data, One of the most difficult legal concepts to understand .

It’s Time to Adapt Your Litigation Strategy to a More Flexible Summary Judgment Standard On the final day of 2020, the Florida Supreme Court waived adieu to the past in two related decisions on the summary judgment standard.  One decision declined to create a special exception for video evidence but concluded that Florida’s current standard is unreasonably restrictive, and the other decision amended the summary judgment rule to adopt the less rigid Federal standard. Wilsonart, LLC, et. al...