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“Evaluating Requests for Service and Emotional Support Animals” – FLCAJ Magazine

12.07.2021
JoAnn Nesta Burnett

As a community association attorney who focuses her practice on Fair Housing issues, I can state that one of the most difficult issues facing community association board members is how to evaluate and address requests for accommodations for service and emotional support animals (ESA). Over the last two years, we […]

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

“Attention to Detail” – FCAP Managers Report

12.07.2021
Howard J. Perl

Attention to detail. A simple phrase that’s not always so simple to comply with, especially in a community association context. There are several technical provisions in the statutes governing community associations that must be complied with. Chapters 607, 617, 718, 719, and 720, Florida Statutes have numerous requirements that associations […]

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

Becker’s Washington Weekly: Week of December 6, 2021

12.06.2021
Perry S. AdairAnthony BedellChris BerardiniOmar FrancoBert GómezClarence WilliamsAmanda L. Wood

The End of Year Push Continues Last week, Congress passed and President Biden signed into law a stopgap measure to fund the Federal Government and avoid a government shutdown through mid-February. The measure funds the government at current levels while new funding legislation is negotiated and finalized, buying Congress more […]

Areas of Focus: Government Law & Lobbying, Federal Lobbying

“Association Usually Responsible for Structural Maintenance” – News-Press

12.06.2021
Joseph E. Adams

Q: The foundation under my condominium’s sliding glass door has heaved which prevents me from opening the doors. My condominium manager says that I am responsible for taking out the slider door frame and grinding down the foundation cement. Am I responsible? (P.D., via e-mail) A: You have described an […]

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

Becker Represents Mana Capital Acquisition Corp. on $62M NASDAQ IPO

12.01.2021
Jie Chengying XiuMichael A. Goldstein

Becker is proud to announce the successful representation of Mana Capital Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: MAAQU) in its initial public offering of 6.2 million units at $10 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds of $62 million. Corporate team members Jie Chengying Xiu and Michael Goldstein represented client Mana Capital Acquisition Corp., a Delaware company, in […]

Areas of Focus: Corporate, Securities & Corporate Finance, SPACs – Special Purpose Acquisition Companies