Commission considers online disciplinary records

The Florida Bar News reports (7/15/2005) that the Special Commission on Lawyer Regulation is considering the recommendation that all bar disciplinary records be placed online. Other states (e.g. Delaware, Iowa) make similar data available online, but so far Florida does not. At this time, Florida bar disciplinary information is made available by phone request. For more information on Florida legal ethics see The Florida Bar Lawyer Regulation web page and SunEthics.

Florida bar offers free legal research to members

The Florida Bar will now offer a free legal research collection for its members from Fastcase. A Florida Bar News Online Edition story from July 15, 2005, "Free legal research available" describes the service. The free content will include access to:

Florida Supreme Court cases back to 1950

All Florida District Courts of Appeal (DCA) opinions

the Florida Administrative Code

the Florida Statutes

the Florida Constitution

all U.S. Supreme Court decisions

opinions from the 5th and 11th Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal

Shark attack file

The Florida Museum of Natural History's Ichthyology web page holds a collection of worldwide shark attack information. Trends, maps, graphs, reports, and the latest worldwide shark attack summary are posted here. Thanks to the ResourceShelf for this site.