We are pleased to announce that in January 2021, the FJA will be launching a brand-new website: myfja.org, and a new association management system.
Every interaction you have with the FJA will be upgraded: registering for events, renewing your membe...
The 2020 Legislative Session is almost over, but it won’t end on March 13, as planned.
The Legislature has yet to pass a state budget, which is a Florida Constitutional requirement. Session will have to be extended, while lawmakers attempt to fin...
The finish line is in sight, but may be moving on us. While sine die is expected to be next Friday, March 13th, the 2020 Session is likely to be extended at least for a day or more. For now, anti-justice bills regarding insurance company bad faith, m...
We have finished seven out of the nine weeks in the 2020 Legislative Session. For some good news, MBI legislation was passed in the Florida House, and will now potentially get a hearing on the full House floor. Unfortunately, contingency fee multipli...
Week 6 of the 2020 Legislative Session was a turning point on most of our major issues. Auto insurance, medical damages, insurance bad faith, and more were all on the agenda to be heard—but not all made the cut. It's too soon to declare any issues ...
This week was not only hectic in the Florida Legislature, but it was also a week full of high drama.
Auto insurance reform, medical damages, attorney fee multipliers, and motor vehicle dealer vicarious liability were all on the agenda this week. But...
Today is the end of the 4th week of the 2020 Legislative Session. This week was full of civil justice action that will impact you and your clients.
Legislation that helps consumers in several different ways moved forward in the House and the Senate....
This past week was a busy one at the Florida Capitol.
On Tuesday, the "Consumer Protection Act" was unveiled. The proposal is a response to the thousands of insurance claims that remain open 14 months after Hurricane Michael.
On Wednesday, the Hou...
The second week of the 2020 Legislative Session kicked off with promising news about mandatory bodily injury. We also saw some developments on Sen. Flores' bill to reform the sovereign immunity and claims bill process. On the defensive side, the Hous...
The Florida Legislature is in session and Week 1 is finished. As we expected, the unfriendly issues are coming in at full force, but we are prepared for them!
This week, House subcommittees heard an "omnibus" insurance bill, with many components tha...
We've reached the end of pre-Session committee meetings until the 2020 Legislative Session! The FJA is entering the 2020 Session in a strategically sound position to defend civil justice from special interest attacks and advance proactive issues like...
Today marks the end of the second to last Interim Committee Week of the 2020 Legislative Session. “Safety” is the theme this week, with auto safety glass and product liability making it onto Committee agendas.
Though official business will paus...
We've reached the end of the third week of Interim Committee meetings. While this week and next week don't have much on the schedule, don't let that fool you: there is plenty of action happening behind the scenes. The good responsible roadways bill t...
The Florida Legislature was back in Tallahassee for the second week of Interim Committee meetings. Florida Justice Association Legislative & Political Director Jeff Porter has the wrap-up: Sen. Wilton Simpson becomes the Florida Senate President-desi...
The Florida legislature came back to Tallahassee for its first week of Interim Committee meetings. Florida Justice Association Executive Director Paul Jess has the wrap-up. Lawmakers are trying to figure out why nearly 20,000 insurance claims are sti...
