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CONDOMINIUM BOARD MEMBER EMAILS TO PRIVATE EMAIL ACCOUNTS MAY BE OFFICIAL RECORDS

PRINT ARTICLE By: Christina Harris Schwinn, Esq. On January 12, 2022, the State of Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes (“Division”) issued a final order granting a Petition for Declaratory Statement (“DS”) addressing whether emails between condominium

AVOID CONTRACTING YOUR CONSTRUCTION LIEN SHIELD AWAY: POTENTIAL RISK COMMERCIAL LANDLORDS FACE WHEN FACILITATING AND FUNDING A TENANT’S BUILD-OUT

PRINT ARTICLE By:  Dillon L. McColgan, Esq. Last month, the Third District Court of Appeal in Florida filed its opinion in K.D. Constr. of Fla., Inc. v. MDM Retail, Ltd., 2021 WL 5617447 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 1, 2021), addressing a significant concern facing many commercial landlords—when

CHAMPLAIN TOWERS SOUTH IN SURFSIDE, FLORIDA: FREDDIE MAC ISSUED NEW BULLETIN ON MORTGAGE ELIGIBILITY ON CONDOMINIUMS IN NEED OF CRITICAL REPAIRS OR WITH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher L. Pope, Esq., Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Construction Law and Condominium & Planned Development Law Because of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on December 15, 2021, Freddie Mac issued Bulletin 2021-38: Temporary Condominium and Cooperative

OSHA SUSPENDS IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS MANDATORY COVID VACCINE/TESTING REQUIREMENTS

PRINT ARTICLE By:  Christina Harris Schwinn, Esq. Effective as of November 16, 2021, OSHA announced that it will suspend implementation of its emergency temporary standard (ETS) on mandatory COVID vaccine/testing requirements that it issued on November 4, 2021.  This announcement follows the entry of an order by

Mandatory COVID Vaccines and Paid Leave. Does It Apply To Your Business? Maybe …

PRINT ARTICLE By:  Christina Harris Schwinn, Esq. Ever since President Biden announced last September that his administration would instruct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) to promulgate an emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to require their employees to be vaccinated,

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS: CAN INTEREST BE COLLECTED IF AN OWNER OR CONTRACTOR FAILS TO TIMELY MAKE A DOWNSTREAM PAYMENT UNDER A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

PRINT ARTICLE By: Christopher L. Pope, Esq., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in both Construction Law and Condominium and Planned Development Law We often get asked by contractors, subcontractors, or materialmen whether they are also entitled to recover interest when a payment is