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My Response To A Call By Developers’ Attorneys To Gut The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act

Posted in Beck & Lee Business Trial Lawyers, Cancel Real Estate Purchase Agreement, Condo Cancellation Lawsuit, Florida Condominium Contract Attorney, ILSA, Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, Miami Condo Contract Lawyer, Orlando Condo Contract Lawyer, Palm Beach Condo Attorney on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In recent days, a number of readers kindly sent me this opinion piece which appeared in last week’s South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  The commentary, entitled “HUD, congressional action needed to stop tide of condo lawsuits,” was written by Alan S. Becker and Allen M. Levine of the large Florida law firm Becker & Poliakoff, and essentially argues [...]

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Condo-Hotel Litigation: The Lawsuit Boom Following The Burst Of Some Of The Riskiest Real Estate Investment Vehicles

Posted in Beck & Lee Business Trial Lawyers, Cancel Real Estate Purchase Agreement, Condo Cancellation Lawsuit, Condo Hotel Attorney, Condo Hotel Lawyer, Condo Hotel Securities Law, Condo-Hotels, Florida Condominium Contract Attorney, Fort Lauderdale Condo Lawyer, Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, Litigation, Miami Deposit Recovery Lawyer, Orlando Condo Contract Lawyer, Palm Beach Condo Attorney, Securities Law, Subprime Crisis Litigation, U.S. Housing Market on April 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Recently, the Wall Street Journal had a short but incisive item provocatively titled, Rooms With a Bubble View: Condo-Hotel Buyers See Investments Sour as the Market Weakens.  The article characterizes condo-hotels as “one of the most dangerous investments of them all,” and then briefly discusses some of the lawsuits being brought against condo hotel developers [...]

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A Federal Court In Florida Tosses Out Developer’s “Real Estate Speculator” Defense In Condo Contract Rescission Case

Posted in Beck & Lee Business Trial Lawyers, Cancel Real Estate Purchase Agreement, Condo Cancellation Lawsuit, Florida Real Estate Lawyer, Fort Lauderdale Condo Lawyer, Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, Miami Condo Contract Lawyer, Miami Deposit Recovery Lawyer, Orlando Condo Contract Lawyer, Palm Beach Condo Attorney, Real Estate, Subprime Crisis Litigation, U.S. Housing Market on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Middle District of Florida recently chimed in somewhat negatively on a defense often raised by developers in the many lawsuits brought by buyers of condominiums looking to recover their preconstruction deposit monies in oversupplied and tanking residential real estate markets such as Florida.  The defense might be best termed the “real estate speculator” defense.  [...]

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Some Important Notes For New Readers Of This Blog

Posted in Beck & Lee Business Trial Lawyers, Cancel Real Estate Purchase Agreement, Condo Cancellation Lawsuit, Condo Hotel Attorney, Condo Hotel Lawyer, Florida Condominium Contract Attorney, Florida Real Estate Lawyer, Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, Litigation, Miami Condo Contract Lawyer, Miami Deposit Recovery Lawyer, Subprime Crisis Litigation, U.S. Housing Market on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In the past couple months, I have received a noticeable uptick in calls from individuals who have been directed to my law office through this website.  The vast majority of these callers have a specific interest in my articles on the federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSA) and Florida condominium law.  I can [...]

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