Jim Saunders News Service Of Florida

September 23, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With similar questions popping up across the state in recent years, the Florida Supreme Court said a lawsuit about injuries suffered by a nursing home resident should not be sent to arbitration.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

September 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Liz Dudek, a longtime state health official who helped lead an overhaul of the Medicaid program, is retiring as secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Gov. Rick Scott announced.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

September 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Moving quickly after a judge tossed out challenges to controversial new state water-quality standards, Miami has signaled it will continue battling in an appeals court.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

September 14, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With Florida Power & Light saying the deal would ultimately save money for customers and provide environmental benefits, state regulators next month will consider a proposal by the utility to pay $451 million for a coal-fired power plant in Martin County.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

September 09, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Department of Elder Affairs is shielded from a lawsuit filed by a former state ombudsman for long-term care residents who was fired after she made critical comments about the operation of the program, an appeals court ruled Thursday.

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

5 minute read

September 08, 2016 | Daily Business Review

More than 30 years after the body of a woman was found partially clad with 36 stab wounds, a state appeals court Wednesday ordered a new trial for a man convicted of first-degree murder and sexual battery.

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

5 minute read

September 02, 2016 | Daily Business Review

After a lobbying battle between some of the most powerful interests in the Capitol, the Legislature in 2013 approved a law that tightened a standard for expert witnesses who testify in court cases. Now the debate has shifted across the street from the Capitol to the Florida Supreme Court.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

August 30, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A group of Florida businesses agrees the U.S. Supreme Court should resolve questions about the constitutionality of a state law that has barred merchants from imposing surcharges on customers who pay with credit cards, but the answer might ultimately come in a case from New York.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

August 26, 2016 | Daily Business Review

After the Seminole Tribe of Florida launched a legal challenge earlier in the month, Miami and a paper-mill industry group also are taking aim at controversial new state water-quality standards.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

August 19, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With a legislative battle brewing, state regulators listened to hours of testimony last week as they decide whether to approve a 19.6 percent increase in workers' compensation insurance rates.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

8 minute read