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THE FLORIDA BAR RE AMENDMENT

No. 68417.

494 So.2d 960 (1986)

THE FLORIDA BAR RE AMENDMENT TO the CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (CONTINGENT FEES).

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick G. Emmanuel, President, The Fla. Bar, Pensacola, Joseph J. Reiter, President-elect, The Fla. Bar, John Beranek, Chairman, Sp. Com'n to Study Contingent Fees and Referral Practices, West Palm Beach, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Fla. Bar, Rayford H. Taylor, Gen. Counsel, The Fla. Bar, Tallahassee, and Bill Wagner, Tampa, for petitioner.

William C. Gentry of Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Gentry, Jacksonville, Larry S. Stewart of Stewart, Tilghman, Fox & Bianchi, J.B. Spence of Spence, Payne, Masington & Grossman, Miami, Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. of Montgomery, Searcy & Denney, West Palm Beach, Murray Sams, Jr. of Sams, Ward, Newman & Lovell, Stephen F. Rossman of Rossman & Baumberger, Ira H. Leesfield of Leesfield & Blackburn, Miami, William N. Avera of Avera, Bernstein & Perry, Gainesville, Theodore Babbitt of Babbitt & Hazouri, West Palm Beach, E.B. Rood of Rood & Associates, Tampa, and John E. Thrasher, Jacksonville, responding.

PER CURIAM.

The board of governors of the Florida Bar has petitioned the Court to amend disciplinary rule 2-106 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. The proposed amendment deals with contingent fee contracts and provides for a statement of client's rights and a three-day contract cancellation period as well as establishing a schedule of fees which can be charged in contingent fee contracts. We rejected a similar proposal...

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