State of Emergency 21-94, Extension of Executive Order 20-COVID-19, was issued on April 27, 2021 for a 60 day period. The State of Emergency for COVID-19 was not extended and has now expired, so the 90 day clock for filing for State of Emergency
PRINT ARTICLE By: Alexander J. Menendez, Esq. You may have noticed that the world is reopening from COVID lockdown. With the proliferation of vaccines and falling infection and mortality rates, businesses and local governments are further scaling back restrictions and policies that have been the “new normal”
PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher J. Shields, Esq. and Vanessa Fernandez, Esq. On June 16, 2021, Governor DeSantis approved the final version of Senate Bill 56: Community Association Assessment Notices (“SB 56”).[1] Accordingly, the changes provided therein will become effective on July 1, 2021. All Florida condominium associations,
PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher L. Pope, Esq. and Vanessa Fernandez, Esq. The 2021 Florida legislative session produced several bills that made numerous changes to cooperative law (Chapter 719, Florida Statutes; the Cooperative Act) that will affect the operation of cooperatives across the State. Below is a summary
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 condominium law (Chapter 718, Florida Statutes; the Condominium Act) that will
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
Governor DeSantis signed two Executive Orders on May 3, 2021 terminating state agency and local government emergency orders, restrictions and mandates imposed due to COVID-19. Executive Order 21-101 invalidates “any emergency order issued by a political subdivision due to the COVID-19 emergency which restricts the