Cases, Articles & News

Florida condominium and homeowner association (“HOA”) laws are seeing some sweeping changes which became effective on July 1, 2010. First, condo and HOA associations will be allowed, when an owner is in arrears in assessments, to send a notice to an owner’s tenant and to the owner (for residences which are rented by their owners), whereby the tenant must pay the association the owner’s future incurred obligations to the association. The statute is (in our opinion) very poorly drafted causing many to misunderstand the rights and privileges of the association and the duties of the tenant and owner. Read more »

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is generally designed to protect service providers and content providers who take certain steps to remove from their sites copyright-protected materials which have been placed online without authorization and abide by other provisions of the Act. Read more »

I cannot say that I disagree with the decision that allows a government agency (police department) to review messages which are beyond an officer’s monthly quota and which incur extra fees, in order to determine if they are official business or not. Read more »

LimeWire, the file sharing software, has been found liable of copyright infringement. Financial damages have not been determined, but the Recording Industry Association of America is seeking $150,000 per infringement. Read more »

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of free speech today in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Hopefully this serves as a warning to the government in its meddling in political, editorial, religious and even commercial speech content.

READ THE DECISION HERE