Board members must navigate a number of responsibilities including legal issues. As a board member, do you know how to protect your privacy and avoid exposure when faced with a lawsuit? Becker Shareholder Jack Kallus shares his expertise for “On the Board,” a column in Common Ground: CAI’s magazine for […]
Q: My homeowners’ association recently posted new rules concerning the use of our community pool in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The board stated that if the rules are violated, the association has the right to suspend the owner’s right to use the pool. Because the pool is a community […]
Hurricane Insurance Claim Deadlines
05.26.2020
Almost three years have passed since Hurricane Irma and almost two years since Hurricane Michael. If your community has received insurance money and rebuilt, or if your community has only suffered minor damages, both hurricanes may seem a lifetime ago. Unfortunately, many communities are still suffering through unpaid claims and, […]
Areas of Focus: Construction Law & Litigation
While it may seem to many unit owners that a director must also be a member of the association, this is not necessarily the case. This question is document driven. If the governing documents of a condominium association do not specifically require that a director also be a unit owner […]
Areas of Focus: Condo, Co-Op & HOA
Becker Shareholder Yolanda Cash Jackson moderated a Virtual Town Hall on “Election 2020” presented by the Miami Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Panelists included mayoral candidates Esteban Bovo, Daniella Levine Cava, Alex Penelas, and Xavier Suarez. They discussed the outlook of Miami-Dade county post COVID-19 and how the mayoral […]
