[RPPTL-constructionlaw] RPPTL - Construction Law Committee - "Bid Protests in Florida" and CLE Update

Mon Apr 11 05:40:51 PDT 2011

Folks,

We are looking forward to hearing from you at today's meeting beginning
at 11:30am (to join dial 866-411-5140 - Pin: 65498715#).  Joe Goldstein
of Shutts & Bowen will begin his CLE presentation at noon regarding "Bid
Protests in Florida."  His presentation materials are attached.

As you know, May's meeting will be a live meeting at the Eden Roc Hotel
in Miami Beach.  The Committee will need to consult about whether we
want to have a CLE presentation at that meeting or whether we will want
to devote the entire meeting to Committee business.  

Scheduled speakers for the next couple months include Eric Adams
(confidentiality under Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.420) and Jason Perkins
(construction indemnity considerations).  We have slots available
starting in June and thereafter.  If you are interested in giving a 25
minute or more talk at one of our meetings, please email me or click on 
this link
<https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDd6VUZpdHZMUlZZZHNCZ
EZvcTlJc3c6MQ>  to fill out the form with details. 

CLE credits are up to date through January 10, 2011.  We will submit the
presentations for February through April 2011 for approval after today's
talk.  This will include the following:

April 11, 2011

Joe Goldstein

Bid Protests in Florida

Program summarizing experience, lessons learned, and best practices in
Florida bid protests.

March 14, 2011

Denise Hammond

10 Worst Mistakes in Arbitration

Program regarding arbitration best practices and common mistakes from
the arbitrator's perspective.

February 14, 2011

John Rains

Termination for Convenience

Program regarding traps and intricacies inherent in termination for
convenience clauses and discussion of relevant case law.

Information regarding CLE credits from July 2010 through January 2011 is
pasted at the bottom of this email for your ease of reference.  Please
recall that you must submit your own CLE information
<http://www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBMember.nsf/ED6E4BCB92A8FE1B85256709006
9F3C2/EF275B8B68D1C99F85256B2F006CA497?OpenDocument#Your%20CLE%20Records
>  to the Florida Bar.  You will need to use the appropriate CLE Credit
Registration Date (regardless of the actual date of the talk) and the
appropriate course number.  You also need to fill in the appropriate
amount of time for your attendance depending on the presentation(s) you
attended.  As always, please do not hesitate to email me with any
questions.

Kindest regards, Hardy

Hardy L. Roberts
Attorney at Law / Board Certified in Construction Law

4221 W. Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 1000
Tampa, Florida  33607-5780 

direct 813.229.4105
fax 813.229.4133
hroberts at carltonfields.com <mailto:hroberts at carltonfields.com> 
www.carltonfields.com <http://www.carltonfields.com/>  
bio <http://www.carltonfields.com/hroberts/>  
vcard
<http://www.carltonfields.com/attorneys/AttorneyVCard.aspx?id=49fd8f5b-3
f72-45c2-9ca7-83799b9c8b29>  

Approved CLE from July 2010 to Present

Date

Speaker

Topic / Title

Description

Duration in Minutes

CLE Approval Status

CLE Date for Credit Registration Purposes DATE

Hours Approved for Course #  as a Whole

January 10, 2011

Alan Fields

Title Insurance Issues 

Program on title issues relevant to new construction based on three
pages of written materials.  The presentation related to concerns
relevant pre-construction, during construction and after construction
has concluded.

APPROVED

11/8/2010

98900

December 13, 2010

Diane Perrera and Fred Dudley

Contractor Licensing Issues

Program on construction regulatory issues relating to the license
application process and representation of licensed contractors in
disciplinary proceedings before Florida's licensing Board.  Further
discussion based on nine pages of materials distributed before meeting.

45 min

APPROVED

11/8/2010

98900

November 8, 2010

Jim Hauser

Attorney's Fees

Program on "Attorney's Fees in Florida."  Discussion regarding statutory
and contractual bases for attorney's fees and useful practice tips for
recovering attorney's fees in litigation where Florida law applies.
Further discussion based on written materials distributed before the
meeting.

APPROVED

11/8/2010

98900

October 12, 2010

Edward J. Kinberg

False Claims Act
<http://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/JNJournal01.nsf/8c9f13012b967369852
56aa900624829/489b707d5bd19b668525778b004f359a!OpenDocument> 

Program relating to Mr. Kinberg's contemporaneous Florida Bar journal
Article.

40 min

APPROVED

7/12/2010

98610

September 13, 2010

Alan Tanenbaum

Condominium Construction Defect Litigation

Program included a discussion based on outline regarding (i) recent
changes to condominium conversions statutes (ii) liability
considerations; (iii) determination of date of completion of
construction; (iv) the application of 2007 and 2010 statutory
amendments; (v) breach of statutory and express warranties; (vi) failure
to establish and adequately fund reserve accounts; (vii) violations of
building codes; (viii) misrepresentation and non-disclosure; (ix)
liability of developer "principals;" (xi) design inspection reports; (x)
contractor and subcontractor liabilities; and (xi) warrant expiration
and statutes of limitations.

35 min

APPROVED

7/12/2010

98610

July 12, 2010

Danny Manuasa

Construction Releases

Program on "Construction Lien Release Issues' based on a 5-page written
outline distributed in advance. This presentation included a description
of statutory inconsistencies and existing case decisions regarding the
use of lien releases and waivers.

40 min

APPROVED

7/12/2010

98610

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