On June 3, 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that most of Florida, exclusive of some South Florida counties, would enter Phase 2 of the Re-Open Florida Task Force’s Plan for Florida’s Recovery. Phase 2 permits restaurants to open at 50% capacity indoors exclusive of employees.  For the first time, bars, defined as “any licensee authorized to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises that derive more than 50% of its gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages” may open and operate at 50% capacity indoors with bar areas to be open with seated service. The re-opening provision does not apply to nightclubs, which must remain closed.  Both restaurants and bars may open outdoor seating, the only limitation being with “appropriate social distancing.” Executive Order 20-68 modified earlier Executive Orders and took effect on June 5, 2020.   

Conroy Simberg is pleased to announce Hinda Klein, a partner in Hollywood and chair of the firm’s appellate practice group, and Jayne Pittman, chair of the firm's construction practice and managing partner in Orlando, were selected to the 2020 Florida Super Lawyers list. Additionally, partners Tashia Small in Jacksonville and Jeffrey Rubin in West Palm Beach and associate Matthew Innes, also in West Palm Beach were selected to the 2020 Rising Stars list.

Hinda Klein, a partner in our Hollywood office and head of thefirm’s appellate department, recently argued before the Florida Supreme Court in Peoples Gas System v. Posen Construction Inc.