Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC13-1951 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT— CANON 7. [June 11, 2015] PER CURIAM. The Court amends Canon 7 of the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct1 to clarify the scope of permissible joint campaign activities when judges seeking merit retention to the same judicial office have drawn active opposition.2 Specifically, the amendments we adopt today expressly authorize judges facing active opposition in a merit retention election for the same judicial..
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC12-988 _ PATRICIA YOUNG, et al., Petitioners, vs. NORVA L. ACHENBAUCH, et al., Respondents. [March 27, 2014] POLSTON, C.J. Petitioners, Patricia Young, Alani Blissard, and the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI), argue that the Third District Court of Appeal in Broin v. Phillip Morris Cos., Inc., 84 So. 3d 1107 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012), erred in quashing the trial court’s order disqualifying several attorneys, including Steven Hunter and Philip Gerson, f..
