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JAN 1 2020

The Energy Edge: Cashing in on Your CHPs - Companies Saving Millions Annually in Reduced Energy Costs With Combined Heat and Power

ALAN M. SELTZER JOHN F. POVILAITIS KIM PIZZINGRILLI MATTHEW M. PITZARELLA

CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY HEALTHCARE MANUFACTURING OIL & GAS POWER GENERATION & UTILITY REAL ESTATE

JUL 20 2018

US Tax Reform Provides New Withholding Regime for Partnership Transactions

SAHEL AHYAIE ASSAR

REAL ESTATE TAX

APR 5 2018

3 Ways State & Local Governments Can Fund Infrastructure Projects

ANDREW J. GIORGIONE JASON P. WRONA KENNETH R. LUTTINGER MATTHEW T. FINE THOMAS J. MADIGAN

CONSTRUCTION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE TAX

MAR 20 2018

Public-Private Partnerships: The Only Road to Trump's Infrastructure Plan?

THOMAS J. MADIGAN

CONSTRUCTION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE

MAR 13 2018

Finding Funds: 5 Ways to Pay for Trump's Infrastructure Plan

TERRENCE HEUBERT THOMAS J. MADIGAN

CONSTRUCTION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE TAX

MAR 8 2018

Contractor Termination: Don’t Make a Bad Situation Worse

THOMAS J. MADIGAN

CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE

MAR 7 2018

5 Key Takeaways from Trump's Proposed Infrastructure Plan

ROBERT L. SHUSTER

CONSTRUCTION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE TAX

MAR 1 2018

Infrastructure Plan in Flux: 3 Ways State and Local Government Can Influence Congressional Legislation

CHARLES J. KOLLING JR.

CONSTRUCTION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE

FEB 21 2018

Affordable Rental Housing Environment – Tax Reform and Other Factors

MICHELLE R. YARBROUGH KORB

AFFORDABLE HOUSING REAL ESTATE

OCT 18 2017

The Bird’s Eye View of the 1033 Exchange

HELENE J. GRAY HOWARD ALLEN COHEN

REAL ESTATE

OCT 16 2017

Survey Says...Get a Survey

DAVID L. PLANTZ

REAL ESTATE

AUG 24 2017

Frick Building Accident Highlights Need for Diligent Compliance with City Code

BRENDAN P. LUCAS JASON P. WRONA SCOTT W. IRMSCHER

REAL ESTATE

MAY 19 2017

Unpaid Real Estate Tax Can Become a Lien on All of a Property Owner’s Real Estate in Pennsylvania

TYLER S. DISCHINGER

REAL ESTATE

MAY 3 2017

Renting Your House out Online? Better Check the Zoning Ordinance First

BRENDAN P. LUCAS SCOTT W. IRMSCHER

REAL ESTATE

APR 10 2017

Mortgages Prime Unrecorded Lease With Right of First Refusal

HELENE J. GRAY PHILIP M. HANAKA

REAL ESTATE

MAR 20 2017

The Supreme Court Is Hearing a Case Today That Could Change How We Determine If a Property Is the Subject of a Regulatory Taking

REAL ESTATE

FEB 3 2017

Property Owner Challenges Liens Recorded After Florida Foreclosure Judgment – Appeal Likely

DAVID L. PLANTZ

REAL ESTATE

NOV 30 2016

Uniform Guidance and Procurement Nearly Two Years after 2 C.F.R. Part 200

MICHELLE R. YARBROUGH KORB

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE FINANCE

OCT 7 2016

Managing Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing in Pennsylvania Without a Broker’s License

MICHELLE R. YARBROUGH KORB

REAL ESTATE

JUL 26 2016

Court Affirms Electronic Notes are Enforceable in Florida

PHILIP M. HANAKA

FINANCE REAL ESTATE

JUN 1 2016

The Myth of Mesivtah – The Mistaken Claim that this Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decision Changed Tax Exemption Law. It Didn’t.

B. LAFE METZ STANLEY J. PARKER

CORPORATE LITIGATION REAL ESTATE TAX

MAY 6 2016

New Partnership Audit Rules Will Require Amendment of All Partnership Agreements by 2018

BRUCE I. BOOKEN LISA M. STARCZEWSKI MITCHELL I. HOROWITZ

CORPORATE REAL ESTATE TAX

MAY 4 2016

The President’s FY 2017 Budget Proposal Seeks to Modify Like-Kind Exchange Rules for All Real and Personal Property and Restrict Some Eligibility

HOWARD ALLEN COHEN

REAL ESTATE

APR 21 2016

Proposed Riverfront Interim Planning Overlay District to Provide Additional Zoning Regulations in Pittsburgh

BRENDAN P. LUCAS SHAWN N. GALLAGHER

REAL ESTATE

APR 12 2016

Limited Sinkhole Insurance Available for Florida Residents on July 1, 2016

REAL ESTATE

MAR 30 2016

FinCEN's New Rules for High-End Real Estate Purchased by Entities

DAVID A. PEARL DAVID L. PLANTZ

REAL ESTATE

MAR 22 2016

New Lease Accounting Rules and Their Effect on Lessee Balance Sheets

LISA M. STARCZEWSKI

REAL ESTATE TAX

FEB 17 2016

PATH Act Implemented

ADELE I. STONE

REAL ESTATE

JAN 27 2016

Application Deadline for the CITF Grant and Loan Program – February 26, 2016

CHARLES J. KOLLING JR. JASON P. WRONA

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY REAL ESTATE

JAN 26 2016

171 and Done, Elimination of the Capital Stock and Foreign Franchise Taxes in Pennsylvania

CARRIE KOCHENBACH

REAL ESTATE

JAN 22 2016

Florida's Credit Card Surcharge Prohibition Found Unconstitutional

REAL ESTATE

DEC 8 2015

The New 2016 Minimum Standards for Surveys

REAL ESTATE

NOV 30 2015

New Florida Condominium Law Adds Hurdles to Condominium Terminations

WILLIAM C. BASIL

REAL ESTATE

NOV 23 2015

“Death by a Thousand Cuts” – Commercial Landlord Liable for Constructive Eviction Based on Cumulative Interference with Tenant’s Quiet Enjoyment

B. LAFE METZ SCOTT W. IRMSCHER

REAL ESTATE

NOV 4 2015

Pennsylvania Court Decision Bolsters Uniformity Challenges in Real Estate Tax Assessment Appeals

B. LAFE METZ STANLEY J. PARKER

REAL ESTATE

OCT 29 2015

Legal Ramifications of the Bedbug Renaissance

REAL ESTATE

OCT 19 2015

Stendardo Revisited: The Importance of Specifying Obligations in a Mortgage that Continue in Force after a Foreclosure Judgment

GEORGE L. CASS LATOYA G. SAWYER-NDIZEYE

REAL ESTATE

SEP 1 2015

An Overview of the 2015 High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) Rules

BARBARA A. FORTE DAVID L. PLANTZ

REAL ESTATE

AUG 18 2015

Commercial Leasing Do’s and Don’ts

SCOTT W. IRMSCHER

REAL ESTATE

AUG 3 2015

Supreme Court Holds That Disparate-Impact Claims are Available Under the FHA

REAL ESTATE

MAY 26 2015

Florida Legislature Creates Cause of Action for Koontz Violations

REAL ESTATE

MAY 14 2015

Pennsylvania Law Re: Execution Against Entireties Property – Not Entirely Obvious

GEORGE L. CASS TYLER S. DISCHINGER

BANKRUPTCY & CREDITORS' RIGHTS FINANCE REAL ESTATE

APR 1 2015

Florida Mortgage Lender Licensing Bulletin

HOWARD ALLEN COHEN

REAL ESTATE

APR 1 2015

TILA-RESPA Integrated Mortgage Disclosure Rule

REAL ESTATE

FEB 18 2015

Forbear or Beware: Are Forbearance Agreements the Solution to California Creditors' Nightmares?
Article published in Law360

BROOKE BARBER KOSTELNIK

REAL ESTATE

SEP 17 2014

Proposed Amendment to California's Property Tax Rules – Attempting to Close a Commercial Real Estate Loophole

DAVID L. PLANTZ PHILIP M. HANAKA

REAL ESTATE

APR 29 2014

Covenants Not to Sue in Connection with Nuisance and Other Property Claims Can Be Enforceable against Future Owners

TYLER S. DISCHINGER

REAL ESTATE

APR 23 2014

Administrative Order Impacting Foreclosure Litigation

LITIGATION REAL ESTATE

APR 23 2014

A "Common Sense" Exemption: Condominium Developers Stand to Benefit from Pending Legislation

BROOKE BARBER KOSTELNIK

REAL ESTATE

APR 9 2014

Buyers Beware: Little Known Pittsburgh Building Code Ordinance Can Present Expensive Problems

SCOTT W. IRMSCHER

REAL ESTATE

FEB 11 2014

Application Deadlines Approaching for CITF Grant and Loan Program and GEDF Grant and Loan Program

B. LAFE METZ CHARLES J. KOLLING JR. JASON P. WRONA

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY REAL ESTATE

JAN 27 2014

Confession of Judgment: Does Venue Matter?

REAL ESTATE

JAN 14 2014

Westchester County, N.Y. Passes Legislation Protecting Building Service Workers

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT REAL ESTATE

JAN 7 2014

The Future of Pennsylvania Charitable Tax Exemption

B. LAFE METZ JAMES G. MCLEAN LATOYA G. SAWYER-NDIZEYE STANLEY J. PARKER

REAL ESTATE

DEC 27 2013

With a Warrant of Attorney to Confess Judgment, Location May Still Be Everything

GEORGE L. CASS

REAL ESTATE

OCT 23 2013

California Real Estate and Finance Alert: Riverisland Alters Legal Landscape

CARRIE KOCHENBACH DAVID L. PLANTZ

REAL ESTATE

OCT 15 2013

With a Warrant of Attorney to Confess Judgment, Location May Be Everything

GEORGE L. CASS

REAL ESTATE

AUG 21 2013

Pennsylvania Aids Commercial Real Estate Development in Third Class Cities with "Super TIF" Legislation Authorizing City Revitalization Improvement Zones

B. LAFE METZ KENNETH R. LUTTINGER TYLER S. DISCHINGER

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE

AUG 7 2013

Pennsylvania Real Property Purchaser May Lose Timber Rights via Unrecorded Timbering Agreement

B. LAFE METZ TYLER S. DISCHINGER

REAL ESTATE

MAR 11 2013

Tax Exempt Property Owners in Allegheny County Must Prove Continued Right to Exemption

ALEXANDRA P. WEST B. LAFE METZ JAMES G. MCLEAN JASON P. WRONA STANLEY J. PARKER

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS REAL ESTATE

JUL 19 2012

Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Sixth Circuit holds that value of low income housing tax credits must be considered when valuing a debtor's property under 11 U.S.C. § 506(a)

KELLY M. NEAL TIMOTHY P. PALMER WILLIAM H. SCHORLING

BANKRUPTCY & CREDITORS' RIGHTS REAL ESTATE

JUN 13 2012

Alternative Real Estate Financing Alert: Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) Reform Announced

REAL ESTATE

JUN 1 2012

A Question of Priority: Court Ruling Bumps Mortgage in Favor of Mechanic’s Lien

BROOKE BARBER KOSTELNIK

REAL ESTATE

JAN 4 2012

Allegheny County Property Tax Reassessment Appeal Deadline Looms for Pittsburgh

B. LAFE METZ JASON P. WRONA STANLEY J. PARKER

REAL ESTATE

DEC 22 2011

Real Estate Newsletter
December 2011

B. LAFE METZ JASON P. WRONA SCOTT W. IRMSCHER SHAWN N. GALLAGHER

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds' Office to Allow Free Access to Online Property Records

A. SHEILA ORETSKY ADAM G. WICKS ADAM M. GILBERT ADAM M. SALTZMAN ADAM R. BANES ADELE I. STONE ADRIAN ZAREBA ALAN M. SELTZER ALEXANDRA P. WEST ALEXIS A. LANGELLA

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Pennsylvania Amends “Clean and Green” Statute to Preserve Preferential Property Tax Assessment for Land Used for Oil and Gas Development

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Charter Schools and Their Non-profit Landlords Gain Real Estate Tax Exemption

JASON P. WRONA

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Revised ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys Requirements Become Effective February 23, 2011

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Massachusetts Supreme Court Invalidates Foreclosure Sale, Possible Implications for Commercial Loans

BARBARA A. FORTE

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Issues Draft Tax Bulletin Clarifying Transfer Tax and Personal Income Tax Treatment of Oil and Gas Transactions

B. LAFE METZ CARL F. STAIGER

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Pennsylvania Considers Over-Broad Amendments to Realty Transfer Tax Regulations

B. LAFE METZ

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Clean and Green Amendment Preserves Most Real Estate Tax Benefits for Land Leased for Wind Power Generation

B. LAFE METZ

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Where To File A Financing Statement — A Cautionary Tale

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Allegheny County's 2002 Base Year Real Estate Tax System Unconstitutional

B. LAFE METZ

REAL ESTATE TAX

APR 5 2011

New Jersey Supreme Court Reverses Appellate Division Decision

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Pennsylvania Enacts Uniform Environmental Covenants Act

ROBERT L. BURNS JR.

ENVIRONMENTAL REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Allegheny County to Perform Triennial Re-evaluations of Exempt Properties' Continued Qualification for Real Estate Tax Exemption

B. LAFE METZ

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

NJ Rule Extends Transfer Tax to Certain Corporate Transactions

JOHN D. GOLDSMITH

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Ruling on Base Year Real Estate Taxing System has Statewide Implications for Pennsylvania

B. LAFE METZ

REAL ESTATE TAX

APR 5 2011

Credits and Incentives for Real Estate Development Under the Energy Policy Act of 2005

BRIAN J. CLARK ROBERT L. BURNS JR.

ENERGY REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Delaware Supreme Court Issues Important Decision Clarifying and Strengthening the Rights of Property Owners

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Third Circuit Raises Standard for Landowners' Due Process Claims

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Danger Zone: How to Avoid Losing Your PA Charitable Real Estate Tax Exemption When You Lease Property

STANLEY J. PARKER

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Saving Open Land Is All About Density

REAL ESTATE

APR 5 2011

Allegheny County (PA) Real Estate Assessments Pending

STANLEY J. PARKER

REAL ESTATE TAX

APR 5 2011

Is Real Estate Mayhem on the Horizon in Allegheny County?

STANLEY J. PARKER

REAL ESTATE TAX

APR 5 2011

Real Estate Update - Regulators Permit Banks to Own and Develop Commercial Real Estate

REAL ESTATE

JUN 16 2009

Recorded Webinar: Mandating & Funding Green Initiatives

ROBERT L. BURNS JR.

ENVIRONMENTAL REAL ESTATE

DEC 5 2007

Pennsylvania Amends Realty Transfer Tax Regulations

B. LAFE METZ

REAL ESTATE