To be useful, contract rights need a reasonably convenient remedy. What is convenient to one party may not be convenient to the other. When parties include an arbitration clause in a contract, such proceedings will have to occur in a “place” such as a lawyer’s conference room, a hotel room or nowadays, perhaps a zoom […]
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” -Winston Churchill. The Virginia General Assembly is currently in session. One interesting bill to Virginia homeowners is 2021 HB1816. This bill seeks to amend the Property Owners Association Act and Virginia Condominium Act regarding the use of “electronic means” for meetings and voting. Making videoconference a larger […]
Dear readers of Words of Conveyance, as the end of the year draws nigh, I invite you to submit questions, topics or suggestions for 2021 posts to this blog. I have lots of things on my mind to blog about. But I like to engage my audience. Perhaps there was a question raised in a […]
Kids, we are counting down the final days to Christmas 2020. Many of my readers are familiar with the 1957 Dr. Seuss book, “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.” In honor of the Grinch and the Whos, I would like to share a few insights from a 2019 book I recently finished reading, “The Power of Bad: How […]
Following enactment of 2020 General Assembly legislation, most HOAs and condominiums in Virginia carry on business through “remote” videoconferencing technology such as Zoom, WebEx and Microsoft Teams. Because of the Coronavirus, Americans of all ages are now more familiar with this technology. In the HOA context, boards and committees use remote hearings to decide matters […]