Peter SchorschDecember 14, 2022
5min0
'We are hopeful this outcome will stop Florida from having to play whack-a-mole with new insurance schemes.'
Tag: attorney fees
Peter SchorschDecember 14, 2022
Jacob OglesDecember 12, 2022
5min0
He expects action this week on Florida's highly litigious insurance marketplace.
Jacob OglesApril 20, 2021
6min2403
The bill was postponed in the House Commerce Committee until Friday.
Peter SchorschJanuary 29, 2020
3min799
Lawmakers are considering reducing fees.
Jim RosicaApril 20, 2017
3min784
Lawmakers on Thursday unanimously passed a compromise measure on winners of public records lawsuits collecting attorney fees, sending the bill to Gov. Rick Scott. The House passed the Senate bill (SB 80) on a 115-0 vote. The legislation requires judges to award attorney fees if they find an agency broke the public records law and a “requestor” […]
Drew WilsonMarch 6, 2017
2min445
A bill that would give judges discretion in whether to award attorney’s fees in public records cases is set to go before the Senate Community Affairs Committee Monday. Current law allows winners of public records lawsuits to collect attorney fees, but SB 80 would give judges discretion in whether or not they award fees to […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 7, 2017
3min316
A bill that would give judges discretion to award attorney fees in public records lawsuits squeaked out of its first review panel Tuesday. The Senate’s Governmental Oversight and Accountability cleared the bill (SB 80) by a 4-3 vote. It goes next to the Community Affairs Committee. The measure changes the word “shall” to “may” regarding courts awarding legal […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 4, 2017
3min538
A House bill would require judges to make specific findings before they can award attorney fees in public records lawsuits. State Rep. Danny Burgess, a Zephyrhills Republican and lawyer, filed the measure (HB 163) on Wednesday. It would require a judge to determine that a public agency “unlawfully refused to permit a public record to be […]
Staff ReportsNovember 30, 20162min447
A bill that would give judges the discretion to award attorney fees in public records lawsuits was refiled Wednesday in the Florida Legislature. New state Sen. Greg Steube, a Sarasota Republican and lawyer, is again behind the legislation (SB 80). He backed a version of the bill last session as a state representative. It passed the […]
Jim RosicaOctober 18, 2016
3min219
A federal judge has shut down a request from the winners of the congressional redistricting case for U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown to pay their attorney and expert witness bills of nearly $250,000. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker also denied a request to levy sanctions against Brown, saying her case “was meritless” but not “frivolous.” His order was entered late last month. […]