To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 31, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion amending Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510 governing summary judgment proceedings, to adopt the summary judgment standard articulated by the United States Supreme Court in Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317 (1986); Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1986); Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574 (1986), but without making substantive changes to the rule. The court made the effective date May 1, 2021, to allow for comments from the public. After receiving comments and hearing oral argument, the court issued an opinion further amending rule 1.510, to adopt the text of the federal summary judgment rule itself. The effective date of the amendments remains May 1, 2021. In making these additional amendments, the court was persuaded by the majority of the comments received that the best way to implement the federal summary judgment standard in Florida courts would be to adopt in great part the text of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. The court emphasized the following three underlying points encapsulated in the revamped version of rule 1.510: