Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar – Miscellaneous
March 16, 2023
Summary
The court approved amendments to seventeen Rules Regulating The Florida Bar and one bylaw, with two proposed trust-account amendments rejected: a technical amendment and a provision requiring a minimum net interest rate of 25 basis points. The amendments revise requirements concerning retired members, administrative delinquencies, confidentiality disclosures, IOTA accounts, student practice, out-of-state bar members, and registered paralegal eligibility, among other matters. The amendments take effect May 15, 2023, at 12:01 a.m.