Business Law Section Weekly Newsletter
May 20, 2021
Florida Bar Annual Convention
June 9-11, 2021
While the convention will be a hybrid event this year with a combination of in person and virtual events, all BLS committees will meet virtually.

Most meetings are open to all and attendance is free, but you must register in advance for any meeting you wish to attend in order to get the Zoom link.
The Antitrust and Trade Regulation Subcommittee will meet via Zoom on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 8 a.m. Come talk with your peers about the latest developments in competition law, both here and abroad, and what they mean for antitrust and trade regulation practitioners here in the state of Florida. We hope to see you there!

In August of 2020, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued to dissolve the National Rifle Association, the infamous not for profit gun rights advocacy group, accusing the NRA’s CEO, Mr. Wayne LaPierre and other high-level executives of using NRA member funds for improper personal use, which Mr. LaPierre and the NRA deny. Specifically, the lawsuit accuses NRA top officials of self-dealing, mismanagement of funds, and negligent oversight, to the tune of a loss of over $64 million dollars over the course of three years. The suit was brought in New York because the NRA has been domiciled in New York since 1871 and is organized as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. To be tax-exempt as a social welfare organization, according to the Internal Revenue Code, an organization must not be organized for profit and must be operated exclusively to promote social welfare. Shortly after James filed the lawsuit, former President Trump stated at a press conference “I think the NRA should move to Texas and lead a very good and beautiful life. And I’ve told them that for a long time” foretelling the NRA’s next move.

Earlier this year in January, just five months after the New York suit was filed, the NRA filed a chapter 11 petition for bankruptcy relief in Dallas, Texas, hoping to rely on the bankruptcy process to restructure its operations and to move its incorporation from New York to Texas.
The Honorable Robert E. Bacharach, a Judge with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, will discuss some of the key concepts addressed in his recent book, Legal Writing: A Judge’s Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word, published by ABA Press. In the program, Judge Bacharach will discuss ways to enhance the clarity of our legal writing, focusing on two techniques: (1) creating context before detail and (2) relaxing diction. Judge Bacharach will draw lessons from studies in linguistics and illustrate these techniques with powerful examples of legal writing.