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Client Alert: Special Civil Part Jurisdictional Limit Increased to $20K Effective July 1

05.25.2022
Tana BuccaMartin C. CabalarArnold J. CalabreseMichael CalabreseDavid L. DockeryKarl T. MethVincenzo M. MogaveroJ. David Ramsey

Board Members and managers should be pleased to know that the New Jersey Court Rules have been updated which will make litigation against delinquent owners easier and less expensive. On May 11, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court approved an increase in the jurisdictional limit for the Superior Court of […]

Areas of Focus: Condo, Co-Op & HOA, New Jersey Condo, Co-Op & HOA, Collections & Foreclosure

“The New Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Lender Questionnaire: To Answer, or Not to Answer, That is the Question!” – CAI-NJ Community Trends

05.20.2022
David L. Dockery

Prompted by the Champlain Towers Condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) recently issued new temporary requirements as an attempt to mitigate risk in community association loan underwriting. Many other industries within the community association world, […]

Areas of Focus: Condo, Co-Op & HOA, New Jersey Condo, Co-Op & HOA

“Tolling the Statute of Limitations for Community Association Construction Defect Claims” – CAI NJ Community Trends

05.20.2022
Martin C. CabalarMichael Calabrese

On January 11, 2022, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a statute that amends the Statute of Limitations (SOL) for the filing of a lawsuit against a developer, its design professional and subcontractors for construction defects. While it was common interpretation of applicable case law that an owner-controlled […]

Areas of Focus: Condo, Co-Op & HOA, New Jersey Condo, Co-Op & HOA

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Speaks at Becker Legacy Speaker Series

05.05.2022
Gary C. RosenAlan Becker (1946-2020)Gary Poliakoff (1944-2014)

Becker & Poliakoff, in partnership with the University of Miami School of Law, recently welcomed Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke as the keynote speaker of the Alan S. Becker and Gary A. Poliakoff Preeminent Leaders in Law Speaker Series. The educational forum, established in honor of the firm’s founding members […]

Areas of Focus: Business Litigation, Condo, Co-Op & HOA, Construction Law & Litigation, Corporate, Government Law & Lobbying, Public, Private Partnerships (P3), Real Estate, Trusts & Estates

“Civil Rights Leader and Defender Speaks at Miami Law” – University of Miami

03.23.2022
Gary C. RosenAlan Becker (1946-2020)Gary Poliakoff (1944-2014)

Kristen Clarke, the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, will be the featured Spring speaker for The Alan S. Becker and Gary A. Poliakoff Preeminent Leaders in Law Speaker Series April 28, 2022. Clarke leads the DOJ’s broad federal civil rights enforcement efforts and works to […]

Areas of Focus: Business Litigation, Condo, Co-Op & HOA, Corporate, Government Law & Lobbying, Public, Private Partnerships (P3), Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Construction Law & Litigation