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What actually moved the needle for Condos & HOAs in 2025?

12.03.2025
Donna DiMaggio Berger

For more episodes of Take It To The Board, click here! In this special year-end episode, host Donna DiMaggio Berger and producer Claude Jennings cut through the noise and reveal the real shifts that changed how community associations operate—from high-stakes legal challenges to the everyday pressures managers and volunteer directors […]

Areas of Focus: Condo, Co-Op & HOA, Community Association Litigation & Covenant Enforcement

Know Your Rights: Becker’s Jennifer Karnes Weighs In on Condo Transparency in The New York Times

12.02.2025
Jennifer Karnes

Becker Shareholder Jennifer Karnes was recently featured in the Real Estate section of The New York Times, where she addressed the rights of condominium owners navigating a lack of transparency from boards and management. Citing New York’s condominium law, Karnes explained that owners are generally entitled to review critical financial […]

Areas of Focus: Condo, Co-Op & HOA, New York Cooperative and Condominium

“2025 Legal Recap” – FLCAJ

12.02.2025
Robyn M. Severs

The 2025 Legislative Session brought us multiple changes to the Florida Condominium Act. House Bill 913 contained 191 pages of changes to Chapter 468, governing community association managers; Chapter 553, governing condominium milestone inspections; Chapter 718, governing condominiums; and Chapter 719, governing cooperatives. Chapter 720, governing homeowners’ associations, was not […]

Areas of Focus: Condo, Co-Op & HOA, Florida Community Association

“Opinion, Not Defamation, Says Court” – Habitat Case Watch

12.01.2025
Steven S. Anderson

WHAT HAPPENED: This case arises out of postings allegedly made by the defendants in a private online forum for residents of the plaintiff Trump Village Section 4, Inc., a cooperative complex located in Coney Island, New York. The summons and complaint were filed on June 13, 2023. The complaint alleges […]

Areas of Focus: Condo, Co-Op & HOA, New Jersey Condo, Co-Op & HOA, New York Cooperative and Condominium

Becker’s Washington Weekly: Week of December 1

12.01.2025
Perry S. AdairAnthony BedellChris BerardiniAngel W. Colón-RiveraShannon DuncansonBert GómezSadie HaireAlfonso LopezNeri Ann MartinezClarence WilliamsAmanda L. Wood

Congress Closes Out 2025 Congress returns to Washington this week for the final working month of the year with no shortage of legislative must-dos before January. This week, the House will take up legislation dealing with transparency in foreign funding and small business policy. It will also take up bills […]

Areas of Focus: Government Law & Lobbying, Federal Lobbying