Community Association Law Blog Archives - Page 6 of 6

Donna R. Shahrabani speaks at legal seminar

June 14th, 2019 | Community Association Law Blog

Donna R. Shahrabani, a partner with BFC, spoke before a group of attorneys on June 3, 2019 at a continuing legal education seminar on “Fundamentals of Community Association Law” sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Association. Donna’s topic was the “Top 20 Things Every Community Association Lawyer Should Know”

Why is it Critically Important to Contact the NJ Department of Environmental Protection during Transition

May 29th, 2019 | Community Association Law Blog

May 29, 2019. By Eric F. Frizzell, Esq. Many community associations in New Jersey have been constructed on sites containing materials that are hazardous to human health. In fact, at the end of 2018, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection reported that there are 13,707 known contaminated sites in

When Must a Condominium Association Warn Unit Owners of a Potential Danger Posed by a Component in Their Unit

April 11th, 2019 | Community Association Law Blog

April 11, 2019. By Eric F. Frizzell, Esq. A New Jersey condominium owner’s unit flooded due to a broken dishwasher hose in another unit. The unit owner sued the association for damages due to the association’s failure to warn all owners of the danger, based on the fact that at

Legal Concerns with Boards Imposing Fees on Unit Owners by Resolution

March 16th, 2019 | Community Association Law Blog

March 16, 2019 By Eric F. Frizzell, Esq. Sometimes community association boards want to impose various kinds of fees on unit owners. However, under New Jersey law, a board cannot charge a late fee, fine, working capital contribution, membership fee, sublet privilege fee, or flip tax (in cooperatives) unless expressly

November 2018 – NJ court holds that unit owner’s insurance company could not subrogate against condominium association where by-laws contained waiver of subrogation provision

March 9th, 2019 | Community Association Law Blog

March 16, 2019 By Eric F. Frizzell, Esq. On November 5, 2018, a New Jersey court held that an insurance company that paid $222,173.84 to its insured, an individual condominium unit owner whose unit was damaged by a fire in a neighboring unit, could not pursue a subrogation claim against

Free speech rights in community association elections – distributing campaign materials in your community