As you’re probably well aware, Association residents pay regular assessments to cover collective maintenance expenses, based on the annually-budgeted needs of the community. Are you familiar with Special Assessments?

Let’s review the basics:

What are Special Assessments?

Special assessments are monies, in addition to the regular monthly assessment, collected by a condominium, townhome, or homeowner’s association from its … Read More ›

In a record-breaking month, Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit attorneys overcame significant obstacles to close on the sale of 900 condominium units in less than two weeks in December 2018. This included the sale of Flats on LaSalle Condominium Association, Surfside Condominium Association, and 449-units in the River City Condominium Association.

The sale of all 900 condominium units … Read More ›

Following the Illinois Supreme Court’s January 25th, 2019 Decision in Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, condominium, townhome, and homeowner’s associations utilizing biometric-based technology (that is, employee timeclocks and other technology requiring a person to  provide a retina scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, hand-scan or face-scan) can find themselves facing severe statutory penalties for failing to comply … Read More ›

In a collection of orders entered at the end of March 2019, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Margaret Ann Brennan ruled on several motions for sanctions, ultimately awarding over $1 million in sanctions against a single unit owner and his attorney.  In so doing, Judge Brennan shone a spotlight on an all-too familiar phenomenon in … Read More ›