Category: Archive – Seminars
Sep 29, 2007
State officials agreed Friday to pay $14-million to victims of a woman convicted of beating, starving and threatening foster children in her care.
Sep 28, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â PIP revamp being readied for legislative session There’s one thing for certain: Florida’s controversial no-fault auto insurance law will expire next Monday. But probably not for long. Â The plan: …
Sep 28, 2007
The Florida Division of Risk Management has agreed to pay more than $14 million to 20 children who suffered neglect and abuse while in state custody and after they were adopted, a spokeswoman for the law firms the representing the …
Sep 27, 2007
A 12-year-old Jacksonville girl has been awarded $788,421 in a civil lawsuit against a former Department of Children & Families employee who allegedly sexually abused her seven years ago, an attorney for the child said Thursday.
Sep 26, 2007
 Click on a headline to read the complete story:  President Clinton, Gov. Crist announce FPL solar power plans Pushing politics aside, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and former Democratic President Bill Clinton took the stage together to announce that …
Sep 25, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story:  Catastrophe insurance bill poised for symbolic victory WASHINGTON — For the first time since Hurricane Andrew battered South Florida 15 years ago, a congressional committee appears poised today to pass …
Sep 25, 2007
 Senate President Ken Pruitt issued a memorandum today, September 25, 2007 in response to yesterday’s 2nd Judicial Court ruling in Hersh v. Browning, which challenged the statutory language and constitutional amendment crafted by the Florida Legislature to address property tax …
Sep 24, 2007
Click on a headline to read the entire story:  Insurance fight heats up Deadline nears for insurers to file their new premiums The fiercest part of Florida’s long insurance battle is beginning. With thousands of policy cancellations about to …
Sep 22, 2007
Governor Charlie Crist is scheduled to make welcoming remarks at Orange County’s first-ever global warming summit, entitled “Climate Change in Orange County.”  The free event takes place at the Orange County Convention Center. Roger Ballentine, an environmental and conservation policy …
Sep 22, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Deal cut in effort to keep no-fault Florida’s no-fault auto insurance system, which was set to expire Sept. 30, may get a last-minute reprieve. Â Legislature’s compromise could keep PIP …