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Superior Court Strikes Improperly Obtained Lis Pendens
Earlier this year, in Brown v. Premier Properties, 2014 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 64 (March 6, 2014), a trial court judge in Allegheny County...
Unit Owners Are Always Responsible For Association Assessments
Benjamin Franklin once said that there are only two certainties in life—death and taxes.
Court Weighs In On Affirmative Defenses To Confessed Judgment
When a tenant commits a default of a commercial lease, the landlord typically has several options to obtain a judgment for possession of the leased...
Court: Gym Membership Agreement Prohibits Member’s Negligence Claim
As this year draws to a close, we are planning for our resolutions for the new year. For most of us, it will be, of course, shedding a few pounds and...
Court: Mixed-Use Property May Be Redeemed After Tax Sale
As the real estate market in Philadelphia continues its upper trajectory, the city of Philadelphia has been aggressively selling tax delinquent...
Court Hands Down Multimillion Dollar Judgment Against Default Landlord
In Gamesa Energy USA v. Ten Penn Center, 2016 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 270 (July 22, 2016), Judge Ramy I. Djerassi found that a landlord committed a...
Court: No Duty To Disclose Unrecorded Loan Documents
Late last month, in LEM2Q v. Guaranty National Title, 2016 Pa. Super. LEXIS 413 (July 28, 2016), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania found that a...
Confessed Judgment Stricken Because Of Inconspicuous Warrant Of Attorney
Understanding the Warrant of Attorney in Commercial Agreements Most commercial lease and loan documents contain what is commonly known as a warrant...
City Ordinances Place Additional Burdens On Phila. Landlords
Since I have been practicing law, landlords doing business in Philadelphia have been required to obtain what is called a housing inspection license...
Court Refuses To Appoint A Conservator To Property
Last month, in Champagne v. The Thomas Cole Group, 2016 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 140 (April 5, 2016), Judge Arnold L. New of the First Judicial...