In re: Amendments to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar—Miscellaneous
On the Bar's petition, the Florida Supreme Court amended seventeen Rules Regulating The Florida Bar and one bylaw, effective May 15, 2023, declining only a technical change to rule 5-1.1(g)(3) and a proposed 25-basis-point minimum net interest rate in rule 5-1.1(g)(5)(B). The most consequential changes create a new confidentiality exception permitting a lawyer to respond to a former client's internet allegations of criminal conduct, expand the mandatory disclosure rule to include preventing death or substantial bodily harm to anyone (including the client), and tie IOTA account interest rates to indexed benchmark rates.
Key facts
- The Florida Bar petitioned the Florida Supreme Court to amend seventeen Rules Regulating The Florida Bar and one bylaw.
- The Court approved most amendments effective May 15, 2023, including changes to confidentiality exceptions, mandatory disclosure rules, and IOTA account interest rate requirements.
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Why it matters
Every Florida litigator is affected: the new online-review exception to Rule 4-1.6 gives lawyers a narrow, defined right to respond publicly to a former client's accusation of criminal conduct—an issue that previously… — full analysis with a trial
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