Trademark and Intellectual Property

Rule 12.090 Rules for Counting Time

It's NOT as simple as 1,2,3

Rule 1.090 Time

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Civil Court Due Dates

Rule 12.120 Pleading Special Matters

For when extraordinary circumstances strike.

Landlord Refuses to Return Security Deposit (Infographic)

Someone forget the actual definition of "deposit?"

Bankruptcy (Video)

It's a beginning as much as an end

Rule 1.210 Parties

Don't worry. You can actually be invited to this o...

Responding to a Divorce Petition (Video)

The beginning of the next chapter in your life. He...

Student Loan Debt (Video)

For most of us, that degree isn't free.

Trademark and Intellectual Property (Infographic)

Creativity and innovation need protection.

Rebuilding Credit After Bankruptcy (Video)

Bankruptcy is a beginning, not an end.

Motions for Sanctions (Video)

Think your opponent can violate the rules and ge...

Rule 1.071 Constitutional Challenges

Small Claims Court (Video)

Learn about the types of cases you see on daytime ...

Rule 12.250 Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties

Trim the fat or bulk up, party-wise

Rule 12.150 Sham Pleadings

Calling B.S. on a B.S.-er

Native American Law (Infographic)

Discovery (Video)

Your opportunity to game plan for the case ahead

Rule 1.150 Sham Pleadings

We all get shammed sometimes (pet rock, anyone?)

HOA Disputes (Infographic)

Good fences make good neighbors. Good knowledge m...

Rule 1.350 Requests for Production

Yes, you CAN ask your opponent to give you things

Rule 12.285 Mandatory Disclosure

Summarizing your money situation for the court

Verbal Act (Video)

“Hearsay objection? Get your verbal act together!”

Process Server (Video)

Someone has to be the messenger

Entering Court (Video)

It's a little more than walking through a front do...

Negotiable Instruments (Video)

It's not haggling a clarinet salesman. It's p...

Steps in a Court Case (Infographic)

Just like the rest of life, court cases happen in ...

Frozen Bank Account (Infographic)

It's gonna take a little more than turning up the ...

Dependency Court (Video)

When it comes to a child's well-being, the law has...

Rule 1.100 Pleadings and Motions

Two fundamental court actions

Rule 12.040 Attorneys

Representation isn't a cut and dried situation

Mediation and Arbitration (Video)

Nothing wrong with having a voice of reason around

Immigration (Infographic)

Legal know-how is your trump card to successful im...

Tipsy Coachman (Video)

Odd figure of speech but valid legal precedent. Le...

Employment (Infographic)

Your comprehensive resource for anything workplace...

Rule 1.270 Consolidation; Separate Trials

Requests for Admission (Video)

Statements (the non-fashion kind) that are admitte...

Rule 12.410 Subpoena

Getting the witness you need on the stand

Oral Arguments (Video)

It's not just what family holiday dinners are fill...

Trial (Video)

What to expect from the arena of justice.

Rule 12.270 Consolidation; Separate Trials

Bringing folks together (or breaking them up, whic...

Rule 12.210 Parties

We're not talking a backyard kegger here

Interlocutory Appeals (Video)

How to get a head start on a second chance.

Rule 1.115 Pleading Mortgage Foreclosures

Your home matters. Know how to fight for it

Divorce (Infographic)

Everything you need to help get through it.

Get an Injunction Against Domestic Violence (Infographic)

Act now, and get the protection you deserve.

Rule 12.080 Service of Pleadings and Filing of Documents

Getting the info to the other side

Rule 12.020 Applicability of Florida Rules of Civil Procedure

How to tell which court from which

General Magistrate (Video)

No, it's not a wizard leading an army.

Crime Victims Can Sue in Civil Court (Infographic)

What happens in criminal court, doesn't always sta...

Rule 1.260 Survivor; Substitution of Parties

Calling in the relief

The Difference Between Federal and State Court (Video)

The law of the land versus the law of, well, your ...

Florida Law: The Truth About Verbal Acts

The determination whether a statement should ...

Personal Injury (Infographic)

Sometimes physically recovering is only half the b...

Depositions (Infographic)

Judgment to Pay Money (Infographic)

C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around MoneyJudg...

Taking a Deposition (Video)

Think the question-asker is the one who has it eas...

Rule 1.030 Nonverification of Pleadings

How to sow your wild "oaths"

Landlord/Tenant (Infographic)

Whichever side you're on, we've got your support r...

Preparing to Testify (Video)

The witness stand's ready for you. Are you ready?

How Does A Judge Become A Judge? (Infographic)

Valid Will (Infographic)

Rule 12.160 Motions To The Clerk

Even the courts need an office manager. ESPECIALLY...

Rule 1.040 One Form of Action

Uno, un, ein, yi, wahid, jeden, one

Florida Law: When Is A Summary Of Business Data A Business Record?

Cayea v. CitiMortgage, Inc.—a 16th century decisio...

Wage Disputes (Video)

Fighting for what you've earned (when not on lunch...

Real Estate Title and Deeds (Infographic)

Tenant Rights (Video)

Seize justice, renters of the world!

Interrogatories (Video)

Not every question in a case is asked on the witne...

Common Law vs. Statutory Law (Infographic)

Difference between Criminal and Civil Cases (Video)

Figure out why O.J. was innocent in one court and ...

Rule 1.130 Attaching Cause of Action and Exhibits

What to include with your complaint

Rule 12.110 General Rules of Pleading

The ABC's of pleading

Rule 12.351 Production of Documents and Things Without Deposition

When you need stuff from a case outsider.

Breach of Contract (Infographic)

Rule 1.010 Scope, Purpose and Title

The what, what and what of Civil Procedure

Workplace Discrimination (Video)

A bad day at work is one thing. Unfair treatment i...

I Want to Sue Someone. What Do I Do First? (Infographic)

Getting justice done has to start somewhere

Rule 1.351 Production of Documents and Things Without Deposition

For getting something from someone outside the cas...

Rule 1.080 Service and Filing of Pleadings, Orders and Documents

Everyone's kept in the loop

Writ of Prohibition (Video)

Nothing to do with alcohol, just stopping litigati...

Rule 12.010 Scope, Purpose and Title

How to Research Case Law (Video)

Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to ...

Difference between a Note and a Mortgage (Video)

When your house is on the line, you'll want to kno...

LegalYou (Video)

Bankruptcy (Infographic)

It's not often you get a second chance in life.

Rule 12.060 Transfers of Actions

For those days you're filing cases in the wrong pl...

Guardianship (Infographic)

When a child or adult needs that trustworthy someo...

Rule 1.230 Interventions

Rule 1.250 Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties

When someone's involved in a case that shouldn't b...

Rule 12.260 Survivor; Substitution of Parties

Justice doesn't have to stop when someone's gone

Precedent and Stare Decisis (Infographic)

The past can always be drawn from. Learn how exac...

Florida Law: The Admissibility of Former Testimony After Rich v. Kaiser-Gypsum

In a unanimous decision, the Fourth District Court...

Florida's Judicial Elections (Infographic)

Rule 1.160 Motions to the Clerk

This isn't the checkout guy at Trader Joe's you be...

Student Loans (Infographic)

Knowledge ain't cheap.

Rule 1.110 General Rules of Pleading

Overview of pleading (NOT the begging-your-ex-for-...

Rule 1.140 Defenses

Knowing how to defend can turn you into the '85 Be...

Rule 12.271 Confidentiality of Related Family Hearings

When the fam's got more than one case going on

Rule 1.420 Dismissal of Actions

How to get stuff dropped in Civil Court

Standing (Video)

Not sitting's arch nemesis, but one's capacity to ...