Key Points: Florida is moving to stricter adherence to case management orders. Beware of tougher sanctions for non-compliance. Florida is experiencing a recent push towards strict.
Courts in the Ninth Judicial Circuit will be overseen by Circuit Judge Lisa T. Munyon starting this summer after she was elected by her peers this week to replace Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Donald Myers Jr. As Munyon prepares to take on the role, she spoke with the Orlando Sentinel to discuss how COVID-19 has changed the legal system and the future of courts post-pandemic.
Feb 10, 2021 By Gary Blankenship Senior Editor Top Stories
Michael J. Korn
With more and more court proceedings, including trials, being conducted online, the Bar’s Rules of Judicial Administration Committee will be looking at how exhibits, which used to be carried to the courtroom, can be submitted electronically.
The RJAC briefly discussed the issue at its January meeting and committee member Tom Hall, liaison to the Florida Courts Technology Commission, updated the FCTC at its February 5 meeting.
In a separate interview, RJAC Chair Michael Korn said the issue is being assigned to a subcommittee and he hopes to have a report ahead of the committee’s next scheduled meeting in June.
Dec 11, 2020 By Gary Blankenship Senior Editor Top Stories
E-filing authority also looks at uniform document descriptions and e-service lists
Electronic court filings for November were slightly down from October but slightly ahead of those in November 2019, according to figures presented to the Florida Courts E-Filing Authority.
The authority, which manages the court system’s statewide e-filing portal, got filing figures at its December 10 meeting. The authority also received reports on making portal document titles uniform between counties and ensuring that case e-service lists used by the portal and those in court records are the same.
Overall, for November just over 2 million documents were filed through the portal, compared to 2.36 million in October and just under 2 million in N