Yearly Archives: 2018
Using Experts In Personal Injury Cases
The use of experts in personal injury cases is an important and valuable weapon in a lawyer’s arsenal to aggressively pursue recovery on behalf of an injured client. While the costs of experts can be significant, those costs are often more than justified by an… Continue reading
Steps to Insure Against Vendor/Supplier Failures
For a small business, vendor defaults and failures can be as serious as customer defaults and failures. As in managing customer relations, there are also a number of steps that can be taken to prevent your vendors’ financial problems (or indifference) from becoming your problem.… Continue reading
Property Protected from Creditors – Lender Be Aware, Debtor Be Prepared
It is of course, preferable to not be sued, and if you are sued it is obviously better to win your case and not have a judgment entered against you. The judgment itself is bad for your credit, but the execution proceedings that may follow… Continue reading
Liquor License Validation/Renewals Summary
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (“LCB”) issues, renews and validates retail and wholesale liquor licenses. Every liquor license must be renewed biannually and validated in years that renewal is not required. In order to renew or validate a license, the appropriate renewal or validation fee… Continue reading
The Estate Tax – Not Quite Gone
Beginning January 1 of this year, the federal estate and gift tax thresholds have essentially doubled. Under the new law the exemption amounts for both estate and gift taxes jump to $11,200,000 per individual and $22,400,000 per married couple. For an unmarried individual, this means… Continue reading
Upset Tax Sales – Proceed with Great Caution
Tax sales are often touted as methods to get rich quick for new real estate investors. However, it is vitally important that such an investor proceed with caution and learn the basics of the tax sale process in the jurisdiction in which he or she… Continue reading
Pennsylvania Tax Appeal Deadlines
Note well that if you received a Notice of Assessment from the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue you now have only 60 days to appeal the assessment to the Board of Appeals rather than the former period of 90 days. The same is true of the… Continue reading
Unsigned Wills and Attorney Liability
Wills and estate documents are not always signed before death makes its inevitable visit. This is a recurring problem, and for law firms that plan estates it is not uncommon that reminders must be sent to clients regarding the status of the unsigned documents. Usually… Continue reading
The Queen’s English: However Resuscitated
Grammatical myths arise (“Never end a sentence with a preposition.”) and are often difficult to dispel. One such “rule” is that sentences should never begin with however. Not so. An illustration: “The Phillies were on the verge of a big inning with the bases loaded. … Continue reading
What is the PALCB?
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (LCB) was established in conjunction with the 21st Amendment and the repeal of Prohibition. It was created by state law on Nov. 29, 1933, just four days before the end of Prohibition. The agency is governed by a three-member Board… Continue reading