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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...
Court Sets Aside Tax Sale Due To Inadequate Proof Of Service
In an unreported memorandum opinion issued by Commonwealth Court Senior Judge James Gardner Colins, the Commonwealth Court in City of Philadelphia v....
Property Owner’s Right of Redemption In Tax Foreclosure Sale Upheld
As the city of Philadelphia becomes more intent in collecting its real estate tax delinquencies by way of selling properties located within the city...
Court: City Properly Assessed Condominium Units Separately
With the real estate market once again heating up, condominium conversions are becoming quite common again. What many real estate developers do not...
Local Gov’t Not Responsible For Slip And Fall In Icy Conditions
As we move through the winter season, snow will, in all likelihood, soon be factored into our daily lives. Among other things, property owners will...
Commonwealth Court Recently Upholds Tax Sales In Philadelphia
For the past several years, the city of Philadelphia has made a concerted effort to sell tax delinquent properties through the tax foreclosure sale...