Below is a review of the posts on Facebook and LinkedIn from the past week. You can check out the full posts by clicking on the links.
NOTE: remember that we now post every other day.
The posts on Monday 9/14/2026, here and here, told us woman takes on golf course after balls repeatedly damage home, costing $$$ thousands (plus HOA demands repairs).
When an Air Force Veteran purchased her home in a North Las Vegas homeowners association (HOA), she thought she was setting herself up for a quiet life living next to the city’s golf course. Instead, she says she quickly found out there was a major downside to living so close to the course, since her home was constantly being hit by errant golf balls.
To add insult to injury, she says the HOA is demanding that she pay to repair the damage that these balls have caused to her home’s exterior, which has added up to thousands of dollars. Now, she’s asking local tv station for help with getting the city’s golf course to put up protective netting between her home and the greens. But what do the HOA and golf course think about that idea (despite what else the tv station apparently found out)? See the post for all of that.
Homeowner Fighting City Over Errant Golf Balls. The homeowner spoke to the tv station anonymously, showing the damage that she says her home suffered after golf balls hit the side of the building. She says that this problem has been going on for the decade she’s owned her Sun City Aliante Community Association home, and over the years, she’s been forced to shell out what she estimates to be $20,000 to make the repairs.
The owner’s daughter was also interviewed – her added information is in the post. What they see to resolve the situation is in the post. But the city of Las Vegas (which manages the course) says that’s not in the cards. The City’s full response is in the post.
And what about the HOA? It has removed itself from the situation and told the tv station that the potential for these kinds of issues was disclosed to the homeowners when they purchased the property.
This Isn’t a New Problem for the Course – In 2008, another local tv station reported on complaints from homeowners living alongside Aliante Golf Course, saying that their homes, their neighbors’ homes, and even their bodies had been pelted by golf balls coming from the golf course. What one owner told the tv station at the time is in the post. That family requested that the golf course add some netting to protect their homes, but it doesn’t seem like that request was fulfilled.
Is there any legal recourse for the owners in this situation? Probably not – because the HOA and the golf course are owned by different companies, the course might even have an easement with certain properties, allowing golfers to come into the person’s yard to look for lost balls, and – KEY – the course was there before they purchased the home.
So what’s a homeowner to do if they’ve fallen in love with a home in an HOA next to a golf course? Before purchasing, check with the HOA on its policy regarding damage caused by golfers. If you don’t like the answer, don’t buy that home.
NOTE: in case you are interested, there is a VID embedded in the post.
TAKEAWAY: We will say it again – the golf course was there before the owners purchased the home. They cannot claim ignorance. And why should they expect the HOA not to enforce whatever rules and restrictions are in place that apply to all owners?
The posts on Wednesday 9/16/2026, here and here, explained that inappropriate touching, unwanted spanking cost restaurant group $2M. Yes, non-discrimination and anti-harassment laws apply in your condo/HOA amenities too.
Bouchon Restaurant and the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group must pay $2 million to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a July 8 consent decree in the case (whose caption is noted in the post).
Court documents allege that since 2018, men working at Bouchon, a restaurant in the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas (which appears to be a mini-theme for this week’s blog), allegedly subjected men and women to sexual harassment including a male supervisor rubbing his genitals on a female employee’s buttocks and the many other things noted in the post. Court documents also allege that Bouchon and the greater restaurant group failed to take appropriate action to prevent the harassment, even after receiving complaints, and that management subjected employees to retaliation for complaining (just making the situation worse).
A statement on this from the EEOC’s local office director is in the post.
Earlier this year in our blog we reported that restaurant River’s Edge Bar and Grill agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a lawsuit in which the co-owner was accused of touching employees against their will and more (see the posts).
And more recently another Florida restaurant, Joey’s New York Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant, agreed to pay $55,000 to settle an EOC sexual harassment suit (linked in the post) and, in June, Missouri restaurant Miller’s Grill also agreed to pay a financial penalty to settle allegations of workplace sexual assault (also lined in the post).
TAKEAWAY: Just don’t – harass or discriminate against any employees or ignore complaints about it. Deal with it before it becomes even more costly (literally and figuratively)
The posts on Friday 9/18/2026, here and here, reported condo owner sued by ritzy neighbors after ignoring $87K in fines for turning $4M condo into weed den. How do you deal with an owner who flaunts the rules and to whom fines mean nothing?
A seemingly entitled poker player is taking living the high life a little too literally. Alleged pot-head Chau Shing Lam has been smoking cigarettes and weed at all hours of the day and night, and burning up his Kips Bay neighbors’ patience, according to an explosive new New York state court lawsuit.
Property records show Lam paid $4.15 million in August 2022 for a condominium unit — which has always had a clear non-smoking policy. So hoping to finally nip Lam’s “near-daily” weed habit in the bud, the board at the condo — where a penthouse is currently listed for $8.7 million — is suing its resident with $87,000 in unpaid fines.
Lam is an avid poker player who has competed in international tournaments in Monte Carlo, Paris and Barcelona, earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in winnings. He has allegedly been lighting up pot and tobacco all the time and sending “noxious smoke” wafting through hallways and into neighboring homes. The secondhand fumes are seeping into the bedroom of a 12-year-old child battling a severe respiratory condition, the suit claims. The child’s serious medical issues are detailed in the post, along with the effect of secondhand smoke. The child’s father is a practicing physician.
The suit even details the results of air quality monitoring. That too is in the post – along with how the results compare to wildfire events and the cigarette equivalent.
Aa the suit was filed, the family with the sick child was to permanently move into the adjacent unit. (Author’s note: what if there was no other unit available?)
The lawsuit asks a judge to declare Lam in breach of building rules based on the extensive background. The neighbors above and below Lam, who also goes by the name Andrew Lam, allegedly have reported that smoke odor made its way into their homes. But that’s not all – more accompanies the smoke – see the post.
Despite neighbor complaints, 16 board violation letters over a roughly two-year period, escalating fines, suspension of amenity privileges, and staff attempting to speak to Lam about the issues, the stubborn smoker has refused to follow the rules.
Lam has been fined $87,250 over two years. In 2024, the board levied various fines against him for smoke and dog barking complaints and stripped him of “non-essential services.” He was also prohibited from using the building’s amenities including those detailed in the post. And restrictions on guests, delivery workers, and service people were put in place for him – also see the post for that. strictly barred past the concierge desk unless Lam personally escorted them.
By late 2025 and early 2026, the fines surged as the complaints kept rolling in. Lam finally responded to the Board by email on June 16. That is in the post.
After the suit was filed, the court issued a temporary restraining order pending hearing on the motion, which means Lam must cease lighting up in his apartment, on the balcony or in the building’s common areas — at least for now. What the condo attorney said about the suit is in the post (along with what Victor Kamara, senior property manager at FirstService Residential, said).
Another author’s note: perhaps Lam’s fellow owners would prefer the other neighbors that are the subject of our posts on Sunday 9/6/2026, here and here?
TAKEAWAY: Condo and homeowner association boards must have a plan to deal with owners for whom fines are not a deterrent. Work with a community association lawyer to put your plan in place.