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.

From the Corporations, Securities and Financial Services Committee

We are pleased to report that the Business Entities Bill (CS/SB 602), which we affectionately call the “son of a glitch bill,” was signed by Governor DeSantis this past Friday (May 7, 2021). Since the statutory changes in the bill became law upon the bill becoming effective, those changes have now become law.

By Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik

We are now a little over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. With the end of the school year on the horizon and about 50% Floridians 16 and over vaccinated as of the first week of May, 2021, and more to come, many of us are feeling like we just got used to the “new normal” – will we be going back to the old normal? Will things ever be “normal” again? If you are finding the thought of returning to pre-COVID activities to be difficult, you are not alone. Doctors are calling it “reentry anxiety.”

As one psychologist has explained, anxiety comes from having difficulty tolerating uncertainty and fear of the unknown.  The process of letting one’s guard down to “re-enter” post-pandemic life is an “iterative process that leaves a lot of people in a state of uncertainty, and then they’re trying to make an informed decision based on their level of risk.”  Couple that with the fact that lawyers tend to be risk averse people to begin with, and the wide range of risk tolerance among varying populations and even within friend and family groups, and of course reentry is a source of deep anxiety for many. What are some ways to tackle that anxiety, both personally and professionally? Here’s some tips, compiled from various mental health professionals, that I hope will be helpful.