http://www.hoalawblog.com/ Published by David Swedelson of Swedelson & Gottlieb en-us 2010-03-11T16:57:40-08:00 http://www.hoalawblog.com/2010/03/foreclosures_will_keep_rising_1.html Recent reports indicate that about 4 million U.S. homeowners are 90 days or more delinquent on their loans or in foreclosure proceedings. Many experts are forecasting another wave of foreclosures. Follow these links for some interesting stories from the following... Assessment Collection David C. Swedelson 2010-03-11T16:57:40-08:00 http://www.hoalawblog.com/2010/03/bankruptcy_update.html Going legally broke has made a big comeback, especially in California, despite major revisions to the US bankruptcy code intended to curb filings. The number of Californians seeking bankruptcy protection is booming. The amount of personal bankruptcy filings rose 75%... David C. Swedelson 2010-03-11T16:33:37-08:00 http://www.hoalawblog.com/2010/03/tracy_neal_and_sandra_gottlieb.html Association Lien Services (ALS) is proud to announce that Tracy Neal, supervising attorney for ALS, was nominated by the Channel Islands Chapter of CAI for its Speaker of the Year award. Tracy taught a seminar on Assessment Collection in our... Current Affairs David C. Swedelson 2010-03-11T16:05:39-08:00 http://www.hoalawblog.com/2010/02/david_swedelson_will_be_a_spea.html On February 24th (this Wednesday), David Swedelson, along with Tim Cline of the Timothy Cline Insurance Agency will be presenting a program on how technology can help you, as a board member, manager or community association vendor, to be more... Current Affairs David C. Swedelson 2010-02-23T16:04:30-08:00 http://www.hoalawblog.com/2010/02/what_we_learned_at_cais_31st_a.html Despite the wind, rain and cold weather that followed us from Southern California, Swedelson & Gottlieb attorneys David Swedelson, Stephanie Rohde and Alyssa Klausner recently attended the 31st Annual CAI National Law Seminar in Tucson, Arizona. We have written an... CC&R and Rule Enforcement David C. Swedelson 2010-02-23T16:00:30-08:00 http://www.hoalawblog.com/2010/02/david_swedelson_and_sandra_got.html David Swedelson and Sandra Gottlieb were recently nominated for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of CAI's Excellence in Education Award. Sandra was nominated, along with Karen Kokowicz, Manager of Westview Towers HOA (our client), for their program entitled How to... Current Affairs David C. Swedelson 2010-02-23T15:52:49-08:00 http://www.hoalawblog.com/2010/02/alex_noland_nominated_for_caio.html Alex Noland, a Swedelson & Gottlieb Associate Attorney, has been nominated for the 2009 Rookie of the Year Award by the Orange County Regional Chapter of the Community Associations Institute. Alex became a volunteer member of the Programs Committee of... Current Affairs David C. Swedelson 2010-02-23T15:49:48-08:00 http://www.hoalawblog.com/2010/02/collecting_delinquent_assessme_1.html David Swedelson was a speaker on a panel with this title at CAI’s recent 31st Annual CAI National Law Seminar in Tucson, Arizona. In preparation for that program, David Swedelson and firm Associate Stephanie Rohde authored an article entitled Collecting... Assessment Collection David C. Swedelson 2010-02-19T15:22:00-08:00 http://www.hoalawblog.com/2010/01/a_building_component_does_not.html A Building Component Does Not Become Common Area Just Because It Was Placed or Built On The Common Area; Homeowner Cannot Escape Maintenance Responsibility Based Upon Developer's Mistake. Chen v. Fairmont Terrace Homeowners Association (2001) 2001 WL 1191483 (Cal.App.4 Dist.)... David C. Swedelson 2010-01-28T10:44:03-08:00 http://www.hoalawblog.com/2009/12/accidental_voicemail_spills_th.html We have all heard stories about accidental e-mails. How about accidental voice mails? I guess it can happen. The Los Angeles Daily Journal reported that a lawsuit is moving forward based on a voicemail that was accidentally left on an... Current Affairs David C. Swedelson 2009-12-31T16:50:17-08:00