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  Lawsuit could determine if companies funding litigation are violating Florida interest rates laws

  By Angela Underwood | Thursday, Jan 25, 2018 @ 11:00am

  TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – Absent guidance from Florida regulators, a man is taking it upon himself to attempt to show that companies that finance lawsuits charge interest rates in excess of state law.

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  Florida Bar split over Frye v. Daubert standards; Voice of criminal defense could guide decision

  By Legal News Line | Tuesday, Oct 20, 2015 @ 2:04pm

  ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – Lawyers sharply debating whether to preserve the statewide standard for admitting expert testimony focused so tightly on civil cases that they overlooked the criminal field. Their error caught up with them on Oct. 16, when governors of the Florida Bar tabled a committee’s recommendation to preserve the current standard.

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