Christine Jordan SextonApril 1, 2024
5min0
House Speaker Paul Renner called the six-week ban a "compromise that addresses where many Floridians are and is a good place for us.”
Tag: Chief Justice Jorge Labarga
Christine Jordan SextonApril 1, 2024
Staff ReportsJune 13, 2018
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The Florida Bar holds its annual convention Wednesday through Saturday morning in Orlando, this year focusing “on the importance of living and enjoying a balanced lifestyle.” “Living Well, Working Well: The Balanced Lawyer,” the theme of this year’s convention, emphasizes the positive effects of learning to balance family, work, health and fitness. This will be the […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 23, 2018
5min328
There will be more ways to watch the Florida Supreme Court when it revs up Facebook Live broadcasts this week. The court will use the social media broadcasting service to televise Thursday’s Florida Bar Pro Bono Awards honoring lawyers who donate services to people in need, court spokesman Craig Waters said in a Tuesday email. After that, Facebook […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 6, 2017
3min193
All Florida state courts will be closed Friday as Hurricane Irma approaches and threatens most of the state, Chief Justice Jorge Labarga said Wednesday, citing the safety of court users, court staff and judges. An administrative order signed by Labarga includes a general statewide extension of legal time limits that cannot be met because of the […]
Staff ReportsJune 23, 2017
2min415
Chief Justice Jorge Labarga on Friday announced the first members of a panel to advise the Florida Supreme Court‘s commission on helping the state’s poor and working poor get legal help. The Council of Business Partners will advise the Commission on Access to Civil Justice, created by Labarga in 2014. “Employers, too, have a stake in this,” Labarga […]