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Bill Would Ban Written Notices To Tenants Unless There Is A ‘Good Cause’
At the end of this past year, Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. introduced Bill No. 170954 in Philadelphia…
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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…
Read MoreCourt: 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…
Read MoreConfessed Judgment Stricken Because Of Inconspicuous Warrant Of Attorney
Most commercial lease and loan documents contain what is commonly known as a warrant of attorney. According…
Read MoreCity Ordinances Place Additional Burdens On Phila. Landlords
Since I have been practicing law, landlords doing business in Philadelphia have been required to obtain what…
Read MoreCourt Refuses To Appoint A Conservator To Property
Last month, in Champagne v. The Thomas Cole Group, 2016 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 140 (April…
Read MoreCourt 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…
Read MoreProperty 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…
Read MoreCommonwealth Court Recently Upholds Tax Sales In Philadelphia
For the past several years, the city of Philadelphia has made a concerted effort to sell tax…
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