Community association managers and Board members are invited to join attorneys Molly Foley-Healy and Suzanne Leff at noon on November 4, 2025, by Zoom as they talk about handling insurance claims in Colorado condominium associations. Please email covenants@wlpplaw.com to sign up for the class!
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HOA Collection Law Class
By Suzanne M. Leff on
Community association managers and Board members are invited to join attorneys Carey Smith and Wendy Weigler at noon on October 7, 2025, by Zoom as they discuss collection of assessments under new law, Colorado House Bill 25-1043, that goes into effect at the beginning of October. As the legislature imposes increasingly strict obligations on…
Current Trends in Covenant Enforcement
By Lindsay S. Smith on
Posted in Covenant Enforcement, Your Governing Documents
Community association managers and Board members are invited to join Rich Johnston as he discusses covenant enforcement in the new world created after 2022 at noon on July 1, 2025, by Zoom. As the legislature imposes increasingly strict obligations on Colorado community associations, it’s more important than ever to make sure your processes align…
Legal Update June 4
By Lindsay S. Smith on
Posted in From Capitol Hill/Legislation, What the Courts Say
Clients and community association managers are invited to join me at noon on June 4 for my 2024-2025 Legal Update, hosted on Zoom. I’ll go over the 2025 legislative session, what passed, what didn’t pass, thoughts about the future, and delve into cases that you may have heard about or that will impact your decision-making…
CTA Effectively Dead
By Lindsay S. Smith on
While you were busy watching the Oscars, the Treasury Department announced that it will take no enforcement action for failure to file CTA beneficial ownership reports. Moreover, the Department announced that its upcoming rules will apply to foreign entities only. This means that, unless your HOA is incorporated outside of the United States, the CTA…
CTA: Breakin the Law!
By Lindsay S. Smith on
FinCEN is as sick of the CTA as you all are. Yesterday, they announced that no fines, penalties, or other enforcement action will occur for the failure to file a BOI report while they figure out what the heck they’re doing with the CTA and new rulemaking. We should have more information on what those…
I’m out of creative titles. The CTA is back?
Tl;dr*: File your CTA beneficial owner registration by March 21, 2025. Probably.
The CTA has been the subject of various federal lawsuits and as a result, various conflicting rulings. We have focused primarily on the Texas Top Cop Shop cases, but other cases have also resulted in local and nationwide injunctions against the CTA. The…
WLPP Welcomes Rich Johnston!
By Lindsay S. Smith on
Posted in Community Association News, Off the Top
Many years ago, even before Suzanne Leff and I were young, bright-eyed, idealistic baby lawyers, Rich Johnston worked at WLPP. By the time we started practicing, Rich had moved on to his own illustrious firm, Tobey and Johnston, but Suzanne and I have seen his name and work in the firm’s client files for years. …