Congratulations to the recent winners of business awards from the Lake Wales and Winter Haven Chambers of Commerce, which includes a local law firm. The Winter Haven Chamber awarded its 2008 Industry Awards to Bond Clinic and Richard’s Fine Coffees. The Lake Wales chamber awarded its Carl F. Durso Award to Chemical Containers and Lilly O’Toole & Brown. [...]
The latest edition of the Florida Bar Journal has a disturbing article on the effect of budget cuts on the criminal justice system that is a revealing read for anyone who thinks Florida’s court system can tighten its belt any more. The public defender’s office in Miami has stopped taking new cases. Some shocking stats from [...]
Today, Congress passed the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, which the President intends to sign. Manpowerblogs has a succinct summary of the bill. (UPDATE. CT Employment Law Blog has another good summary.) The ADAAA amends the Americans with Disabilities Act in some important theoretical ways. Initially, I do not anticipate that this will have much [...]
On Sept. 9, Chief Judge Langford ordered that the guardianship education video, which was previously available for rental from the Clerk of Court, now must be purchased for $75.00 (non-rerfundable). Peviously, the video was obtained with a deposit which was refunded when the video was returned. Watching the video is required by statute if one [...]
Last week, the Winter Haven Chamber awarded the prestigious Banker’s Cup posthumously to Marlene Duffy Young. I did not know Marlene well, but she served with me on the Board of Directors of Main Street Winter Haven. Marlene was dynamic, bright, and a great community leader. She was someone I looked up to and valued [...]