A practical integration of all areas relating to attorney's fees in Florida, this text provides current analysis of new statutes, approaches on how to get the other side to pay fees, and special forms.

The only comprehensive manual to give you the most up-to-date information on all aspects of this fluid and critical area of Florida Law. Fees impact every aspect of your case -- the contract with your client, when to accept an offer or go to trial, and a host of other details. Inside you'll find critical coverage of procedure, jurisdiction, constitutional issues, attorney-client disputes, and much more.

This report provides data on the number of cases & amount of plaintiff attorneys' fees awarded over $10,000 against The Departments of Defense, Health & Human Services, Housing & Urban Development, the Interior, Justice & Transportation, & the Treasury; The General Services Admin. & the U.S. Postal Service. The data includes the highest individual fees & hourly rates awarded under federal statutes against the nine agencies. Charts, tables & graphs.

What role, if any, should Congress should play in determining the amount of attorneys' fees to be recovered by outside counsel in the event that Congress enacts a nat. settlement of tobacco-related litigation. Witnesses: Lester Brickman, Prof., Benjamin Cardozo School of Law; Jeffrey Harris, Assoc. Prof. of Economics, MIT; Michael Moore, Attorney General, Mississippi; Alan Morrison, Staff Attorney, Public Citizen; Joseph Rice, Ness, Motley, Loadholt Richardson and Poole; Richard Scruggs, Scruggs, Millette, Lawson, Bozeman and Dent; D. Scott Wise, Davis Polk and Wardwell, on behalf of the Tobacco Industry; and C. Steven Yerrid, Yerrid, Knopik and Mudano.