New 1st DCA Local Rules Effective Today!

"The Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, is updating its local rules. The new rules will take effect on August 23, 2019. View the new local rules"
This is so very exciting for so many reasons, but especially because of Rule 15:

Rule 15. Focus Letters and Tentative Opinions
(a) [Focus Letters] Panels may issue focus orders or letters in cases scheduled for oral argument. These orders or letters are issued before argument, and they notify the parties about particular issues the panel is interested in discussing.
(b) [Tentative Opinions] Panels may, on occasion and in their sole discretion, issue tentative opinions in cases scheduled for oral argument. Any such tentative opinion will be issued before the argument, and the parties will be notified that the court is prepared to rule along the lines indicated in the tentative opinion. The oral argument will remain calendared unless all parties, within a period designated by the panel, notify the clerk that it is no longer desired. (1) If all parties notify the clerk that oral argument is no longer desired, the substance of the tentative opinion will be reflected in the court’s final opinion, provided however that if, for any reason, the panel subsequently contemplates a substantial change in the analysis or disposition, the parties will be so notified and given the opportunity to request oral argument. (2) If all parties do not notify the clerk that oral argument is no longer desired, oral argument will proceed as calendared and the views expressed in the tentative opinion will be subject to change.