Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar (Biennial Petition) – Corrected Opinion
January 25, 2018
Summary
The Court adopted most of The Florida Bar’s proposed biennial amendments to the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, with technical and substantive modifications. The amendments revise membership classifications, disciplinary-investigation time limits, professional-conduct rules, trust-account requirements, certification procedures, advertising and solicitation provisions, and rules governing emeritus lawyers, foreign legal consultants, and authorized house counsel. The Court declined to adopt the proposed amendments concerning potentially misleading advertisements and referred that issue back to the Bar for further consideration.