In the midst of a global pandemic, which has required people to engage in physical distancing, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has recently decided an issue of first impression—whether boards of directors of not-for-profit corporations may conduct meetings via email.

In M4 Holdings v. Lake Harmony Estates Property Owners’ Association, 2020 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 635 (Aug. 14, 2020) the Commonwealth Court stated that a series of email exchanges between members of the board of directors of a homeowners’ association did not constitute a meeting of the board of directors and, therefore, action taken by them during the email exchanges was not validly adopted by them.