by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Jun 5, 2017 | Board of Directors
Homeowners associations that govern condominiums and other common interest communities function through the efforts of volunteer directors, officers, management agents, and employees. The officers, management agents and employees play key roles in the operations of a...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | May 30, 2017 | Board of Directors
Perhaps because homeowners associations are often viewed and characterized as private governments or quasi-public bodies, most meetings of the board of directors of a homeowners association are required to be open to attendance by the association’s members and state...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | May 26, 2017 | Board of Directors, Dispute Resolution
A common issue that is addressed in homeowners associations concerns the duty of an association’s board of directors to disclose information about existing and threatened lawsuits that involve the association to members of the association. Some treat information...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | May 16, 2017 | Board of Directors, Finances
Because they rely heavily on volunteer homeowners with varying background experience and limited time that is devoted to providing services as a director, Homeowners Associations are extremely vulnerable to financial damage as a result of criminal conduct on the part...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | May 8, 2017 | Board of Directors
It is common for state statutes and homeowners’ association governing documents to contain provisions that provide for the conducting of specified items of business in executive session board meetings that are not open to the association’s non-director members....
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Apr 18, 2017 | Board of Directors
Given the fact that nearly all homeowners associations are structured as corporate entities (corporations) that are created under the laws of the state in which the homeowners association is domiciled, it is mandatory that the association have a valid board of...
