This week, CAI launched a fully revamped case law database. The user-friendly, searchable, database is accessible to all CAI members including new 2025 case summaries.
The revamped database will debut during the 2026 CAI Community Association Law Seminar in San Diego. The law seminar is organized by the CAI College of Community Association Lawyers for attorneys, community association managers, and insurance and risk management professionals.
A highlight of the event is the Case Law Update, which looks at the past year’s most significant court cases shaping community association law. This features a review of relevant statutes and regulations setting precedent for future appellate cases and focuses on emerging trends in community association jurisprudence. CAI’s Case Law Update team reviewed 300 relevant cases from 2025 and summarized more than 150 of them. Of these cases, more than four dozen were presented by CCAL fellows during the Case Law Update.
Trends in litigation coincide with what the community association industry sees in legislation each year. Last year, trends included assessments, association operations, attorneys’ fees, civil procedure, covenants enforcement, developer transition, fair housing, foreclosure, governing document and statutory interpretations, and rental restrictions.
The Case Law Update features several cases where CAI submitted amicus curiae briefs. CAI’s amicus curiae (friend of the court) program educates and informs the court about important legal and policy issues related to community associations. Find more information on CAI’s amicus briefs here.
These summaries are an indispensable resource for community association lawyers across the country. Whether your practice focuses on community association litigation, regulation, or legislation, please keep CAI’s database in mind. View the database here.
Thank you to the 2025 Case Law Update team and the incredibly talented presenters for volunteering their time and expertise to research, organize, and summarize the most important cases from 2025.
More CAI legal and legislative resources for member attorneys can be found here.
