January 2015 - Florida Association News Blog

Jim Price is the Treasurer of the Ocean Place Condominium Association, which includes 256 units and approximately 500 residents in Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida. Originally from Scottsdale, Arizona, Jim attended California Western University obtaining his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1968. Jim worked several jobs in the medical field and in mortgage loan […]

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The second annual Florida Community Association Journal’s Readers’ Choice Award winners were announced on January 15, 2015 at the FLCAJ’s expo, “The Show.” The FLCAJ Readers’ Choice Awards give communities and board members an opportunity to select their favorite service providers. These prestigious awards recognize service providers that offer superior service and demonstrate a commitment […]

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E-cigarettes or electronic cigarettes, the cigarette-shaped devices which contain a nicotine liquid that is vaporized and inhaled has greatly increased in popularity. E-cigs have been touted as being smoking cessation devices and a better option to smoking a pack of cigarettes. Up until now, there has not been much in the way of regulating these […]

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In Bank of America, N.A. v. Caulkett, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari, and thus has agreed, to address whether the Bankruptcy Code permits a Chapter 7 debtor to “strip off,” or void, a junior mortgage lien in its entirety when the outstanding debt owed to a senior lienholder exceeds the current value of […]

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