PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher L. Pope, Esq., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in both Construction Law and Condominium and Planned Development Law The 2021 Florida legislative session produced several bills that made numerous changes to homeowners’ association law (Chapter 720, Florida Statutes; the Homeowners’ Association Act)
PRINT ARTICLE By: Chene’ M. Thompson, Esq. As most people know, settlement is the #1 way that lawsuits get resolved. Perhaps the second most frequent way to resolve a case, in the civil context, is by a Motion for Summary Judgment. A summary judgment motion may be brought
PRINT ARTICLE By: Eric D. Molina, Esq. On May 5, 2021, a federal district court for the District of Columbia vacated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (“CDC”) nationwide eviction moratorium, which was set to expire on June 30, 2021, after several prior extensions of
PRINT ARTICLE By: Vanessa Fernandez, Esq. -and-Christopher J. Shields, Esq., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in both Real Estate Law andCondominium and Planned Development Law Executive Order 21-81: On April 2, 2021 Governor DeSantis signed Executive Order 21-81 which dealt with vaccination documentation to be effective
PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher L. Pope, Esq., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in both Construction Law andCondominium and Planned Development Law-and-Christopher J. Shields, Esq., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in both Real Estate Law andCondominium and Planned Development Law Barely a week ago, on April
PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher L. Pope, Esq., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in both Construction Law and Condominium and Planned Development Law Under Florida’s Construction Lien Law (Chapter 713, Florida Statutes), a contractor or supplier only has 90 days from the last day they furnished labor
PRINT ARTICLE By: Christina Harris Schwinn, Esq. 2020 will be remembered, most notably, for the COVID 19 pandemic (“COVID”) and the total upheaval of home and work life as we knew both before COVID. Since COVID became an unfortunate reality of life, clients call me—almost daily—asking
PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher L. Pope, Esq., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in both Construction Law and Condominium and Planned Development Law Most condominium Declarations require the unit owners to maintain, repair, and replace the windows to their unit (except when damage is caused by
Employment Law Attorney Christina Schwinn guest authored an article in the April 2021 edition of Southwest Florida Business Today covering new employment eligibility requirements that went into effect January 1, 2021 in the state of Florida. These requirements are in addition to federal mandates
PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher J. Shields, Esq., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in both Real Estate and Condominium and Planned Development Law and Vanessa Fernandez, Esq. On Monday, March 29, 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that among other things, establishes liability