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In 2024, the Florida Supreme Court changed the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, aligning them with federal standards in many areas. One of those areas was the scope of discovery. What was once an expansive often burdensome...more
The Florida Supreme Court amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280(f) (Timing and Sequence of Discovery) to resolve an ambiguity in the Rule that practitioners had been unreasonably using to thwart or delay the...more
The Florida Supreme Court recently amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280(f) to clarify the timing of initial disclosures and discovery procedures. In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280(f), No....more
On March 12, 2025, in the lawsuit Wal Mart Stores East, LP v. Pineda, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal held that Wal Mart (Walmart) did not negligently or intentionally fail to preserve evidence and that an adverse...more
Florida’s Sixth District Court of Appeal (6th DCA), which considers appeals from trial courts in an area running from Orange County down to Collier County, recently confirmed that discovery privileges apply to communications...more