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In a proactive move aimed at protecting property owners, the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS) has launched what it refers to as its “Check My Contract” program. This initiative is geared towards residential and...more
On the heels of a record-breaking three hurricanes making landfall in Florida in 2024 – Debby, Helene, and Milton – disaster recovery is obviously a hot topic as residents and business owners work to recover from the...more
On July 1, 2024, the time frame to report construction defects in the state of Florida shifts from 10 years to seven years, as the grace period ends for Florida Senate Bill 360....more
Florida’s Construction Lien Law, F.S. 713.001 et seq., was recently amended and includes important changes effective October 1, 2023, about which contractors should know. The following is a brief summary of the changes for...more
On Thursday, April 13, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 360 into law. This legislation alters the time period for bringing forward construction defect lawsuits, as well as modifies the current private...more
Legislation in Florida may soon change the time property owners have to file construction-related lawsuits. Both the Florida Senate, with SB 360, and the House of Representatives, with HB 85, passed identical bills and...more
Last October, Rumberger attorney Jason Bullinger and attorney Dan Webster at Daniel J. Webster, P.A. obtained a win for Florida contractors, engineers, and architects in Florida by persuading a Volusia County Circuit judge...more
In late December 2022, the Florida Legislature proposed changes to the Florida Statute of Repose for Construction Defects to clarify a statute with ambiguous language. The statute is used to determine how long a party has to...more
For the third time since 2019, the Florida Legislature has enacted broad property insurance reforms with the goal of stabilizing the insurance market and curbing litigation filed by unscrupulous contractors....more
The Florida legislature recently enacted a new law allowing for building inspections by state agents to be done virtually. While the focus of this measure was to alleviate the backlog of inspections and strain on building...more
On July 11, 2021 Chief Judge Mark Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida entered an order enjoining the Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation from taking...more
The Florida Legislature recently passed numerous pieces of legislation which impact Florida’s property insurance carriers. Specifically, Senate Bill 76 (“SB 76”) and Senate Bill 1598 (“SB 1598”) were enacted. Governor...more
Last year, a new law was enacted requiring public and private employers to comply with Florida’s new E-Verify mandates, with Fla. Stat. § 448.095 of the Florida Statutes taking effect on January 1, 2021. The law makes the use...more
Effective January 1, 2021, every private employer in Florida must either: (1) use E-verify, a federal web-based program, to verify the identity and work authorization for each new hire, or (2) maintain for three years copies...more
The form and contents of a claim of lien are set forth in Fla. Stat. § 713.08. The claim of lien must expressly state:- the name of the lienor and the address where notices or process under the Construction Lien Law may be...more
The Florida House of Representatives recently approved HB 7015 with an 82-20 vote. HB 7015 would make significant changes to state law relating to assignment of benefits (“AOB”) and related legal fees in property insurance...more
On January 12, 2018, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill (HB 7015) that would dramatically affect the way contractors and their lawyers use assignments of benefits (“AOBs”) in first-party property insurance...more
In October, a Florida jury found a general contractor liable for $45 million for the death of a motorist killed by one of the contractor’s trucks pulling out of a road construction job site. The case highlights the importance...more
En los días previos a la Gran Recesión de 2008, las propiedades en todo el sur de Florida se compraban solamente para ser revendidas posteriormente con una ganancia. Este “intercambio” de propiedades culminó en un mercado...more