Category: Law & Legislation

 The township of Little Falls, named for the beautiful Passaic River waterfall that spills downstream from a dam in front of the former  Beattie Carpet Mill, traces its heritage to 1711. The nearly three-square-mile  town is bordered by th…

As gasoline prices rise with increasing summer demand, American thoughts focus sharply on the cost of energy and ways to trim fat from their overall energy budgets. Yet for the nation’s nearly sixty million condo dwellers, considering n…

 Condo, HOA, and co-op boards are generally made up of volunteers—and they're frequently a pretty diverse group. There’s the stay-at-home mom who’s looking to get involved with something beyond homework and housework. There’s also the youn…

 Voting is an important right that hopefully all Americans exercise, but once  your elected officials hit office, that doesn’t mean that you should just sit back and wait until the next Election Day to  care.    There is a tremendou…

 Remember that thick stack of documents you received when you bought your condo  or co-op? If you're like most people, they're probably sitting in a drawer or  in the back of your filing cabinet, communing with the dust bunnies, largely  f…

 Co-op or condo ownership can mean fewer concerns about maintenance and  administration for residents, but it also means living by a new set of rules  and regulations. Co-op and HOA boards don’t operate as little fiefdoms unto themselves, …

 It would be tough to understate the havoc caused by subterranean termites—each year, the destructive feeders cause some $5 billion to structures in the  U.S. That's more damage to homes than storms, fires, and earthquakes combined.  Fifty…

 On May 20, Richard H. Steen became the 112th president of the New Jersey State  Bar Association (NJSBA), continuing the tradition that began in June of 1899,  when the NJSBA was launched in Atlantic City by 74 attorneys from around the  s…

 This summer, even with the lingering recession squashing some folks’ plans for elaborate, far-flung vacations, plenty of HOA residents will still  pack up for a few days to hit the shore, or perhaps go visit relatives in  nearby states. …

 Lawsuits are an unfortunate, expensive fact of life these days—chances are that at some point in your lifetime you’ll be involved in one to at least some degree. In you live in a condo or HOA,  legal issues arise all the time. Sometimes i…