Lisa A. Rickard, president of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), made the following statement in response to the signing today of Florida’s Transparency in Private Attorney Contracting Act (TPAC): 

“With the signing of the TPAC legislation today, the Sunshine State becomes a model to the nation. This law will shine a much-needed light on the process that Florida attorneys general must follow when they hire private plaintiffs’ law firms under a contingency fee arrangement to sue on behalf of the state….”

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