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News Service Of Florida

News Service Of Florida

June 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Quinnipiac Poll: Rubio in 'Driver's Seat' Now That He Seeks Re-Election

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has reversed course and will seek re-election to his seat, according to numerous media reports.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

June 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Public-Records Racketeering Case

A federal appeals court rejected a class action lawsuit filed by a Palm Beach County town that alleges it has been inundated with public-records requests as part of a scheme to generate attorney fees and legal settlements.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

June 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Miami-Dade Hospitals Battle Over Revamped Trauma Care

In a hospital industry battle, the Florida Department of Health faces legal challenges about decisions that could revamp trauma care in Miami-Dade County.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

9 minute read

June 17, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Florida Taxpayers Get Tab for Dropped Abortion Clinic Cases

Florida taxpayers are on the hook for tens of thousands in legal fees for the state's failed attempt to fine four abortion clinics accused of performing second-trimester abortions without proper licenses.

By Margie Menzel, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

June 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Gun Measures Expected to Re-Emerge in 2017 Legislative Session

The mass shootings in an Orlando nightclub this week have fueled the already-polarizing issues of gun rights and gun control, with the debate expected to return on multiple fronts during Florida's 2017 legislative session.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

June 13, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Longtime Insurance Commissioner McCarty Reflects on His Impact

Kevin McCarty, Florida's longtime insurance commissioner who is leaving the Office of Insurance Regulation during the first week of July, oversaw the insurance industry through the unprecedented 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons and a global recession.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

12 minute read

June 13, 2016 | Daily Business Review

High Court Rejects Seminole Utility Tax Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to hear an appeal by the Seminole Tribe of Florida challenging payment of state utility taxes.

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

3 minute read

June 11, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Justices Eye Constitutionality of Malpractice Caps

More than a dozen years after a fierce political fight about the state's medical-malpractice laws, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of limits on damages in malpractice lawsuits.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

June 09, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Gun Rights Group Wants New Hearing, Judge in FSU Lawsuit

A gun rights group wants a new hearing, with a new judge, in a lawsuit over firearm-related information in Florida State University's 2015 football "game day" guide.

By Jim Turner News Service of Florida

4 minute read

June 09, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Justices Weigh Challenge to Open-Carry Ban

Law-abiding Floridians should be allowed to openly carry firearms in public, a gun-rights groups argued to the Florida Supreme Court on behalf of a man arrested four years ago while strolling with a visibly holstered weapon in Fort Pierce.

By Jim Turner News Service of Florida

6 minute read