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Charlotte County property owner challenges development fee of nearly $120,000 to protect endangered Florida bird
A Florida man is suing Charlotte County and several federal officials over a nearly $120,000 fee he is required to pay as part of a county Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) designed to protect the endangered Florida scrub-jay. -
Florida fishermen sue National Marine Fisheries Service over new catch limits
Two Florida fishermen are suing federal officials over a new regulation advanced by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that cuts the catch limit for a species of reef fish, the gag grouper, by 80% in the Gulf of Mexico. -
U.S. Supreme Court ruling strengthens rights of coastal property owners
Florida beachfront property owners should feel somewhat more secure about their private property rights in the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, according to an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation. -
Upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling may benefit Florida's coastal property owners
A California case now before the U.S. Supreme Court could strengthen the rights of Florida’s coastal property owners when issues of public access to beaches arise, according to the attorney for the petitioners. -
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Legal foundation calls on Florida to suspend ambulance service restrictions amid COVID-19 crisis
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Brewster Ambulance Service, a family-owned medical transportation company operating in Naples wants permission to expand to a neighboring county which has only one ambulance service. -
Rillstone: Young attorneys should consider value they bring to the firm, clients
TALLAHASSEE – Up-and-coming attorneys need to ask themselves a serious question as they focus on what their career will be, a Tallahassee attorney recently named to the 2016 Florida Super Lawyers list said during a recent interview. -
Koontz v. St. Johns Water Management case finally over after 22 years
TALLAHASSEE – After 22 years in the courts, including a trip to the U.S. Supreme Court, the "takings" case of Koontz v. St. Johns Water Management is all but over, though most don't know it's still going on, a Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) spokeswoman said. -
Legal foundation: Public Records Act doesn't excuse 'sloppy or even honest and reasonable mistakes'
STUART – A public interest legal foundation argues Martin County should be made to pay the legal fees of two Florida companies that sued the county in 2013 over allegedly unfulfilled public records requests.