The Pennsylvania Supreme Court sent shockwaves through the lending world in May 2012 when it issued its opinion in Commerce Bank/Harrisburg v. Kessler. In the case, the Court held that a bank’s open-end mortgage...
Category: Business Law
Consumer Alert
April 30, 2013
About a week or so ago the stack of letters pictured to the right arrived in the mail like a stack of Christmas Cards. The letters were from "Corporate Records Services" and stated on the front of the envelope...
THINK Before You Fire – What Claire Underwood Did Wrong
April 16, 2013
Although I don’t spend much time watching TV, I came across the new Netflix series House of Cards in which all 13 episodes were released at once for back to back watching. I enjoyed the series for its political...
Employment Law Lessons From The Penn State Scandal
April 3, 2013
"Lessons from the Lion’s Den: Employment Law Takeaways from the Penn State Scandal" is the title of one of the sessions I will be attending at the Employment Law Institute, a gathering of employment...
Privatizing the Liquor System in Pennsylvania
February 5, 2013
The idea of getting the State of Pennsylvania out of the alcohol business has been kicked around by numerous legislatures over the last couple of years although, to date, none of the proposals have gained enough support to...