Annual reports.

AuthorBrown, Deborah C.

Last month's annual reports issue contained an inaccuracy regarding the chair of the Labor and Employment Law Certification Committee.

The following reports were omitted from last month's issue:

Business Law

The Business Law Section was engaged in wide variety of projects and activities during the 2003-04 bar year.

Committees. The section has six very active substantive law committees: Antitrust, Franchise and Trade (chaired by Jason M. Murray), Bankruptcy and Uniform Commercial Code (chaired by Thomas M. Messana), Business Litigation (chaired by Jonathan C. Koch), Computer Law (chaired by Manuel Farach), Corporations, Securities & Financial Services (chaired by Scott R. Austin), and Intellectual Property (chaired by James A. Gale). Each committee had an active agenda this year, including CLE programs, legislation, and special projects.

The Retreat. We enjoyed another record attendance at our Eighth Annual Business Law Section Retreat held August 21-24, 2003, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Palm Beach. Highlights included speeches by U.S. Senator Bill Nelson who was honored for his long-standing support of the section and former Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Alexander Paskay of the Middle District of Florida who entertained members with stories from his long and distinguished career on the bench. The retreat offered several CLE programs, featuring presentations on ethical issues affecting business lawyers by Professor Tim Chineris, former Ethics Counsel to The Florida Bar, on law firm economics by Jeff Grossman of Citibank, on "What's Now Keeping Law Firm Managing Partners Awake at Night" by Chuck Santangelo of Hildebrandt International, and on "Business Development in the 2003 Legal Landscape" by Julie Einhorn of Paragon. Attendees also enjoyed a variety of social activities, including golf and tennis tournaments, beach activities, a "Casino Night," and a dessert reception.

Legislation: The section traditionally drafts and reviews legislation affecting Florida's businesses, including our state's version of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Florida Business Corporation Act and Limited Liability Company Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, the Florida noncompete statute, "Blue Sky" securities laws, and Florida's laws governing franchising and antitrust. We spend considerable effort and resources drafting legislative bills, educating our legislators, and shepherding bills through the Florida Legislature. This year, the section's principal...

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