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Becker is proud to announce that shareholder Jennifer Drake has been installed as Chair of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance. As the region’s primary economic development organization, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance is dedicated to attracting, expanding, and retaining high-wage jobs and capital investment in targeted industries, fostering vibrant communities, […]

Can a unit owner halt a condominium foreclosure by claiming she was misled about the building’s smoking rules? In the latest issue of Co-op & Condo Case Law Tracker, Becker shareholder Steven S. Anderson explores a recent Brooklyn case, the court rejected a plaintiff’s bid to consolidate her sweeping misrepresentation […]

Becker shareholder J. David Ramsey, Chair Emeritus of our New Jersey Community Association Practice, is featured in the September/October 2025 issue of Common Ground, the national publication of the Community Associations Institute (CAI). The profile, “Jersey Joy,” spotlights David’s extraordinary four-decade career in community association law, his leadership roles at […]

On August 21, 2025, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed S3992, a bill promoted by the Community Associations Institute Legislative Action Committee (“CAI LAC”). This bill modifies requirements of the New Jersey Structural Integrity and Reserves Law relating to capital reserve studies, 30-year funding plans, and capital reserve funds. Specifically, […]

Mr. Bent and his family lived on the top floor at the 99 Jane Street Condominium in Greenwich Village. In June 2021, the condominium board proposed capital improvement plans to the building costing approximately $3 million. Bent objected to these proposed plans and claimed that the board’s subsequent treatment of […]