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Jan. 19, 2023

Tripp Scott Director to Vice-Chair at South Florida PBS

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., January 17, 2023. Tripp Scott today announced that Charles Tatelbaum, a director with the firm, has been elected as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of South Florida PBS representing Broward County. Prior to this election, Chuck served as the Chair of the Board's Budget and Finance Committee, and he will continue to also hold that position.

South Florida PBS owns and operates the lead public broadcasting television stations in South Florida – WPBT in Miami and Fort Lauderdale and WXEL in the Palm Beaches. It is Florida’s largest public media company, which includes public broadcasting stations WPBT2 and WXEL, serving approximately 6.3 million viewers of all ages and cultural backgrounds from Key West to the Sebastian Inlet and from the Atlantic Ocean west to Lake Okeechobee.

South Florida PBS’ 24/7 Health Channel is a doctor-based television channel with original long form and short form programs through which people can get their medical and healthcare questions answered. In conjunction with the broadcast channel, Health Channel has an advanced online service including a user-friendly website with more than 5,000 unique health-related and medical videos, providing access to health information and a marketplace of products and services, including Ask Hanna, a free health counseling service.

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Florida Legislature Enacts Recent Changes to Statute of Limitations and Statute of Repose Affecting Construction Litigation

by Tripp Scott's William C. Davell and Stephanie C. Mazzola

On April 13, 2023, Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Florida SB 360, which, among, other things, shortens the statute-of-repose period for commencing an action based on the design, planning, or construction of improvements to real property. See ch. 2023-22, Laws of Fla. (2023). The new law went into effect immediately upon signing; however, the amendments to the statute of limitations and statute of repose set forth in section 95.11(3)(c), Florida Statutes (2023), apply only to actions commenced on or after the act’s effective date, regardless of when the cause of action accrued. See ch. 2023-22, § 3, Laws of Fla. (2023). An exception is that any action that would not have been barred under section 95.11(3)(c) before the act was amended “must be commenced on or before July 1, 2024.” Id.