The Florida Legislature convened its 2020 session this past week with further litigation reform doubtful for now but with discussion forthcoming of insurance litigation reform bills. Governor DeSantis, in his State of the State address, praised last year’s AOB fraud reform measures that are …
We had two major happenings last week here at the Florida Capitol: The Governor delivered his State of the State address and the state Supreme Court ruled on the Legislature’s implementation of the Restoration of Felons Rights constitutional amendment. Both are instructive, as we reflect on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, of our need …
While the Governor supports further litigation reform, data keeps mounting in support of tort reform, too, and the very real impact doing so would have on Florida’s economy. I attended a news conference last week at the Capitol by business leaders, with legislators in attendance, sharing the …
The big environmental news last week in Florida was the announced purchase by the state of 20,000 acres in the Everglades that was slated to be the future site of oil drilling. Meanwhile, the legislature is looking at using Florida Forever money for hurricane damaged land, while Miami Beach …
Of course, when in doubt or facing certain doom, it’s often dogs that come to the rescue! Those with dogs just know this to be so true. And so it is with Florida’s citrus groves, which have been under attack for nearly 15 years from Huanglongbing or HLB for short, a bacteria that prevents fruit …
