Attorneys — Bad faith conduct — Sanctions — Portion of order establishing entitlement to attorney’s fees and costs as sanction for bad faith conduct but not reducing award to fixed amount is nonfinal and nonappealable — Requirement that attorney “self-report” violation to Florida Bar within 30 days and provide confirmation of such reporting to court is final and appealable as to attorney, who was not party to underlying case — Trial court had no inherent authority to order attorney to self-report violation to Florida Bar with confirmation of such to be placed in public court file, and trial court abused its discretion in ordering attorney to do so — Further, sanctions order did not contain express finding of bad faith or detailed factual findings describing specific acts of bad faith.

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