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The Business Law Section of The Florida Bar, organized in 1970, serves Florida lawyers, judges and the faculty of its law schools. Its members share a common interest in laws affecting Florida's businesses, including corporate, contract, bankruptcy, franchise, antitrust, securities, and intellectual property law. The Section also addresses the process for resolving business disputes in Florida, including commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution.


Florida Attorneys Saving Homes (FASH) Needs You...


Thousands of Floridians are still at risk of foreclosure involving their residences and need  immediate representation to assist them in working with their lenders toward a positive resolution.  The Florida Attorneys Saving Homes Project, ("FASH") a joint effort by The Florida Bar, The Florida Bar Foundation and Florida Legal Services, provides pre-foreclosure pro bono representation to qualified homeowners through volunteer lawyers like yourself.

While FASH volunteers have been generous with the time they devote to the program, FASH needs many more volunteer lawyers to assist the HUNDREDS of eligible homeowners who are on a waiting list to be assigned an attorney.  As a volunteer, you do not have to provide representation if a foreclosure is filed, unless you feel qualified to do so.  Your representation is limited to advising the borrower of his/her options and if a modification of the loan is advised, negotiating with the lender

Recently, CFO Alex Sink, convened a roundtable forum in Tampa comprised of FASH representatives and representatives from Florida’s major lending institutions to discuss how the lenders could effectively work with the FASH program to achieve meaningful loan modifications for borrowers.  The discussions were encouraging and include each lender agreeing to identify an ombudsman to work with our volunteers  to improve communication between lenders and FASH lawyers.  FASH staff will be following up with the lenders to implement these recent commitments.

Please  volunteer for FASH.  To volunteer, please go to www.floridaprobono.org.

 

Intellectual Property Pamphlet

Below is the link to the consumer pamphlet prepared by the Intellectual Property Law Committee.  This pamphlet was created to provide the public with a basic understanding of intellectual property law and to answer questions often posed to intellectual property attorneys in Florida.  If approved by the Business Law Section, this pamphlet will be presented to the Florida Bar for approval and if approved will be available for purchase from the Florida Bar. Comments to this pamphlet can be emailed to Mark Stein the chair of the Intellectual Property Committee at mestein@lfiplaw.com. 

view the pamphlet 

 

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