Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report
Volume XVIII, Issue 12
March 22, 2025
Manuel Farach
Thompson v. United States, Case No. 23–1095 (2025).
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1095_8mjp.pdf
A borrower making an incomplete statement to a F.D.I.C. investigator, i.e., that he “borrowed $110,000” when he in fact took out a loan for $269,000, does not violate 18 U.S.C. §1014 which prohibits “knowingly mak[ing] any false statement” to influence the FDIC’s action on any loan.
In Re: Amendments To Florida Rules Of General Practice And Judicial Administration, Case No. SC2023-1401 (Fla. 2025).
https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/2449279/opinion/Opinion_SC2023-1401.pdf
New Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.345 (Electronic Signature of Court Official) and 2.511 (Florida Courts E-filing Portal) are adopted and 2.514 (Computing and Extending Time), 2.515 (Signature and Certificates of Attorneys and Parties), 2.516 (Service of Pleadings and Documents), 2.520 (Documents), and 2.525 (Electronic Filing) are amended and clarified.
CBHIV LLC v. Walton County, Case No. 1D2022-1996 (Fla. 1st DCA 2025).
https://1dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2449178/opinion/Opinion_2022-1996.pdf
A patent deed which is “subject to a right-of-way not exceeding 33 feet in width for roadway and public utilities purposes . . . .” will encompass a boardwalk for beach access.