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Florida Bills Would Provide Millions in Flood Mitigation, Elevation Grants

Florida’s wind-mitigation grant program for homeowners has proven to be so popular that the governor has proposed another $107 million for it this year, and some experts have called home fortification the only way to significantly reduce insurance losses from …

Six Years After They Began, Strems’ Massive Litigation Actions Detailed in Book

The story of disbarred Florida plaintiffs’ attorney Scot Strems has been told, in bits and pieces, in this publication and others over the last six years. But the saga and Strems’ alleged actions and the havoc they caused in the …

Infamous Florida Plaintiffs’ Firm Files For Bankruptcy. Will Strems Get His $36 Million?

The successor to a law firm that was known as “public enemy number one” by Florida’s property insurance industry after it filed thousands of unnecessary lawsuits – many of them on the same claim – has slipped into bankruptcy, putting …

Florida Quelled Attorney Fees But WV Doctrine is Alive – With Limits

The Florida Legislature made national headlines late last year when it effectively curtailed one-way attorney fees and greatly limited plaintiffs’ fee multipliers in claims litigation. Property insurers celebrated the end to practices that they said had led to runaway legal …