Posted on August 15, 2022
By: Erin Glover-Frey, Esq. One of the biggest issues plaguing Florida condominiums and HOA’s are short-term rentals and the havoc of “party houses.” When bars shut down in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, creative party hosts turned to renting entire houses on AirBNB for just…
Read morePosted on July 27, 2022
A Bill was adopted unanimously by the Senate on May 24, 2022 by the House on May 25, and signed into law by the Governor on May 26. Here are some of the highlights. This new bill imposes substantial new structural safety and reserve requirements…
Read morePosted on June 2, 2022
By Erin Glover-Frey, Esq. Our office has seen an uptick in victims of fraudulent deeds. This is where a person with no legal claim to your real property either forges your name on a deed or in some other way lies and manipulates a deed…
Read morePosted on April 5, 2022
The Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) makes it illegal for housing providers to discriminate on the basis of certain protected classes including race, color, sex (which includes gender, sexual harassment, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, religion, familial status, and disability. Discrimination can take many…
Read morePosted on March 7, 2022
The business judgment rule is a legal concept dating back hundreds of years. Basically, this rule means that a court will not question a business decision of a manager or other decision maker, absent a showing that the decision was made in bad faith, or…
Read morePosted on March 2, 2022
It is important that property associations/community associations (like HOAs/Condos/POA/s) know the age of their association documents, including the declaration, covenants, and restrictions, to ensure that they have not expired or been extinguished by MRTA. Extinguishment of such covenants and restrictions means that the association is…
Read morePosted on February 3, 2022
You may find yourself at a point in your life where you may want to change your will or even revoke it entirely. If you have a will that you would like to revoke, there are several specific ways to make an effective revocation of…
Read morePosted on December 7, 2021
How long can a non-compete last in Florida? To determine whether a non-compete/non-solicitation agreement is reasonable in time, Florida courts are guided by section 542.335, Fla. Stat. Specifically, Florida law sets outside parameters for reasonableness with respect to four separate categories of covenants: (1)…
Read morePosted on October 26, 2021
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the CDC’s extension of the nationwide Eviction Moratorium which was set to expire on October 3, 2021. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority stated that “The moratorium has put . . . millions of landlords across the country at…
Read morePosted on October 25, 2021
Kistemaker Business Law Group is pleased to welcome Rima Suleiman as the company’s new paralegal/office manager. Rima Suleiman is a recent law school graduate of Florida State University where she received her J.D. Rima also received a University of Central Florida, B.S. degree in 2017…
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