Attorney-Client Privilege Are Litigation-Related Communications Between An Association, Attorney, and Management Protected

Apr 13, 2022 | Associations, Communication, Rules Regulations

The attorney-client privilege is one of the oldest and most respected privileges in the law. The purpose underlying this fundamental privilege is to ensure that clients receive accurate and competent legal advice by encouraging full disclosure to their lawyer without...

Condos, Cruise Ships and COVID-19: Surprising Commonalities

Mar 22, 2020 | Board of Directors, Communication, Coronavirus, Meetings, Prepare, Safety

The cruise ship industry has been particularly hard hit by COVID-19’s rapid spread amongst passengers. For those who were unfortunate enough to deal with a ship-board quarantine, the fact that they would eventually be able to disembark and return to their homes helped...

COVID-19: Considerations for Community Associations with Employees

Mar 21, 2020 | Communication, Coronavirus, Property Managers, Safety

With rapidly evolving COVID-19 developments, we understand that this is a difficult time for community associations. As such, we are taking each day with a wait and see approach as it is hard to predict what the days and weeks ahead will look like. While businesses...

Managing Common Housing Under the Threat of COVID-19

Mar 14, 2020 | Associations, Communication, Coronavirus, Property Managers, Q&A, Residents, Safety

Managers are on the front lines of many challenging issues for private residential communities but managing a pandemic is uncharted territory for most. With the number of cases of COVID-19 increasing in Florida and the fact that Governor DeSantis has declared a State...

How to Minimize Coronavirus Risk in Fla. Residential Communities

Mar 8, 2020 | Associations, Communication, Coronavirus, Q&A, Residents, Safety

With the number of cases of COVID-19 increasing in Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis declaring a state of emergency, proactive community association boards and their management professionals are thinking about how this virus might impact their residential communities and...

“Who Said What?” When Members Use Social Media and Other Platforms to Inappropriately Communicate about Association Business – Part II

Oct 16, 2019 | Associations, Board of Directors, Communication, Meetings, Property Managers, Residents

This article is the second part of an earlier article which addressed how board officers should handle their personal and official communications directed to members about association business. Part II of this article addresses how the association should handle...