We have all seen onerous and unfair language in contracts, waivers, releases, invoices, disclaimers, disclosures, notices. Sometimes it is in the dreaded "fine print." Sometimes it is in large bolded, underlined print. When one party challenges such language, we often hear the response: This is "industry standard." read more

A homeowner association board should conduct a basic level of due diligence prior to entering into vendor contracts. A board should obtain a referral or reference from its management company (if professionally managed) or from other association boards, and not just pick the contractor from the Yellow Pages or a Google search, or worse, because the contractor is the brother-in-law of a board member read more

Fraudulent concealment against a home builder requires privity, meaning that the plaintiff must have a contract with the builder - i.e. he must be the original owner of the home. read more