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		<title>Lawmakers approve attorney fee tweak to public record law</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;requestor&#8221; gave five days&#8217; notice before filing suit. Most importantly, a judge must determine if a request was for an “improper purpose,” such as intentionally forcing&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Public records bill barely gets out of first committee</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 &#8220;shall&#8221; to &#8220;may&#8221; regarding courts awarding legal fees when an &#8220;agency (has) unlawfully refused to permit a public record &#8230; to be inspected or copied.&#8221; It would also require a &#8220;complainant (to) provide&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>House bill would affect public records lawsuits</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;unlawfully refused to permit a public record to be inspected or copied&#8221; and that the complainant &#8220;provided written notice identifying the public record request to the agency&#8217;s custodian &#8230; at least five business days before&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bill again targets attorney fees in public records cases</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff Reports]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 21:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 Senate unanimously but died in the House. The measure changes the word &#8220;shall&#8221; to &#8220;may&#8221; regarding courts awarding legal fees when an &#8220;agency (has) unlawfully&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Corrine Brown won&#8217;t be ordered to pay redistricting plaintiffs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 20:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Lawson]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;was meritless&#8221; but not &#8220;frivolous.&#8221; His order was entered late last month. Brown, a 23-year Democratic congresswoman from north Florida, lost her primary against challenger Al Lawson in the wake of her indictment on charges that she and her chief&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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