Florida Bar re Amendments to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar

The Florida Bar, as part of its annual review and with the authorization of the Board of Governors, petitions this Court to amend the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar and to adopt new rules. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 15 of the Florida Constitution.

We have considered the Bar’s proposals as well as the objections submitted by a member of the Bar regarding the form of proposed rule 3-7.16 and the addition of subsection (i) to rule 4r-8A. We agree that the words “stay” and “stayed” in proposed rule 3 — 7.16(c) should be replaced with the term “tolling” in its appropriate…