Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2-D
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  05/23/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Rouson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 1023 - 1026
    4  and insert:
    5  court shall determine a reasonable fee using the lodestar
    6  method. However, a contingency fee multiplier may be applied in
    7  rare or exceptional circumstances upon consideration of the
    8  following factors:
    9         1. Whether the relevant market requires a contingency fee
   10  multiplier to obtain competent counsel;
   11         2. Whether the attorney was able to mitigate the risk of
   12  nonpayment in any way; and
   13         3. Whether the amount involved and the results obtained
   14  justify a contingency fee multiplier.
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   16  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   17  And the title is amended as follows:
   18         Delete lines 128 - 131
   19  and insert:
   20         dismissals; requiring courts to determine reasonable
   21         fees using the lodestar method in awarding certain
   22         attorney fees; authorizing the application of
   23         contingency fee multipliers in certain circumstances
   24         upon consideration of specified factors; amending s.