New Jersey Becomes 14th State to Permit Same-Sex Marriage
No. 994 In the case of Garden State Equality et al v Dow, the New Jersey Supreme Court in effect affirmed a Superior Court decision holding that New Jersey’s Civil Union Act did not provide equal...
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“Thanks, Dan” is real lawyer advertising — for now
No. 1,004 Yes, Virginia, the You Tube production below is a real lawyer advertisement. And, of course, the embarrassment is all ours, Pittsburgh lawyers! Those are the front steps of our venerable...
View ArticleFOR REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND AGENTS: You can still sign up for my seminar on...
No. 1,006 Starting on St. Paddy’s Day, I will be offering my course on Real Estate Contract Law at the Community College of Allegheny County. If you need to get your real estate broker or agent...
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CFPB Plans a Pilot Program for eClosings
No. 1,038 Image: massrealestatelawblog.com The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it intends conduct a pilot program for eClosings. CFPB says that consumers are frustrated because of...
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Landlords Beware: Low Income Tenants are Better Represented.
No. 1,078 Image: texasconservativepolitics.com Neighborhood Legal Services Association has been representing indigent tenants in court for a long time. However, their budget is limited and so they have...
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Attorneys: The Law is Changing Regarding Powers of Attorney
No. 1,114 Just a heads up. Act 95 of 2014, effective in part on July 2, 2014 with more to come, must be consulted when preparing powers of attorney. It all started with the case of Vine v....
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Supreme Court Initiates Sanctions Against Lawyer Who Let His Client Tell Him...
No. 1,123 In the Matter of Discipline of Howard Neil Shipley, No. 14D2827. Image: commdiginews.com Live long enough and you can see everything. Every lawyer has had clients who want to micromanage the...
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Old Dogs/New Tricks and Other Bunk We Tell Ourselves.
No. 1,135 Judge Carol Los Mansmann It is hard to think of an old adage that is more disempowering than this one. It is a negative idea, intended to discourage old dogs from even trying to learn...
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Supreme Court Amends Rules to Permit Minors to Sue and Be Sued in...
No. 1,140 IN RE; ORDER AMENDING RULES 801-816 AND 820 AND RESCINDING RULE 817 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE GOVERNING ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGES....
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From the Archives: Philadelphia’s Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program —...
No. 1,200 In order to celebrate Post No. 1,200, I am reprinting one of the first posts I wrote in this blog, dated July 21, 2008. At the time, the effects of the mortgage bubble collapse were being...
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Electronic Trespass
No. 1,270 Image: Forbes If you would like to read a legal analysis concerning whether the producers of Pokemon Go are guilty of trespass to land or perhaps creating an attractive nuisance, click on...
View ArticleVote Yes on the Judicial Retirement Constitutional Amendment
No. 1,288 Two newspapers on the other side of the State have editorialized against the ballot initiative to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to raise the mandatory retirement age for judges from 70...
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