In Pennsylvania, will my divorce affect my estate plan?
4/24/2015 | Kaplin Stewart Blog
If you’re like a small portion of people here in Pennsylvania, you’re probably meticulous about your estate plan. Not only did you likely get it in order while you were still young, you have probably also been careful to update it when a major life event has occurred. You might even be like some of our more frequent readers who have tapped into the experience of an attorney as well. But as you know, life can throw you curve balls […]
South Philadelphia residents attack development plans
4/24/2015 | Real Estate Blog
A Philadelphia developer who wants to build apartments and stores on a parcel of residentially-zoned property in South Philadelphia doesn’t just have the zoning map against him, he also has dozens of angry residents.
SIP: Feds clear up a rule that could break the program p2
4/23/2015 | Real Estate Blog
While we cannot recommend it, we have to admit that ignorance is, at times, bliss. There are some things that we are much better not knowing, things beyond the old “sausage and lawmaking” adage. One of those things is the meaning of the federal regulations that guide the Storefront Improvement Program here in Philadelphia.
KAPLIN STEWART MARKS ADMINSTRATIVE ASSISTANTS’ DAY
4/22/2015 | Construction Blog
On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in General on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.
BILL ELIMINATING EXEMPTION FOR STALKING, HARRASSMENT, AND THREATS TO USE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN LABOR DISPUTE FROM CRIMINAL CODE PASSES PENNSYLVANIA STATE HOUSE
4/22/2015 | Construction Blog
In Pennsylvania, the law currently provides an exception in the criminal code that prohibits the prosecution of the crimes of harassment, stalking, and threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction if those otherwise criminal acts are done as part of a labor dispute. Beginning last year, an effort was undertaken in the state legislature to close that loophole.