Insights - Page 11 of 20

January 13, 2025

Are you Resolved to Keep Your Resolutions?

2025 is here and like everything else, change is coming (or you are committed to making change). Yes, I am...

December 30, 2024

BOI Filing Halted Again

The Fifth Circuit decided to ignore the holidays this year. On December 26th, the injunction originally lifted on December 23rd...

December 27, 2024

Shield or No Shield?

The case of North Strabane Township v. Majestic Hills LLC et al., 2024 WL5148461 (Pa. Cmwlth. 12/18/2024), has a very...

December 24, 2024

5th Circuit Says BOI Back On

On December 23rd, the 5th Circuit said “Hold My Beer” to the Eastern District of Texas and lifted the nationwide...

December 23, 2024

What Are These Options?

What exactly does a stock option provide to an employee when received? Does an owner lose control by issuing stock...

December 16, 2024

Do We Share a Common Interest?

I often get calls from clients who ask about granting their employees options or stock in the company. The biggest...

People Kayaking Down a River With Bridge Full of Cars in Background

October 22, 2019

Townships May Not Designate Exclusive Providers of Emergency Medical Services

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, in EmergyCare, Inc. v. Millcreek Twp., No. 2195 C.D. 2011 (Cmwlth. Ct. May 23, 2013), affirmed a lower court...

October 22, 2019

Employees’ Management Status and the Creation of a Fiduciary Duty

Employers are routinely concerned with a departing employee’s competitive rights the employer’s business, especially when the ex-employee held a management position with...

October 22, 2019

Pennsylvania Passes Stormwater Authority Bill

A bill authorizing the creation of stormwater management authorities passed both the Pennsylvania House and Senate on June 30, 2013. Senate Bill...

October 22, 2019

National Flood Insurance Program Reform

The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (the “Act”) significantly reforms the National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”), which previously subsidized flood...

October 22, 2019

Proper Will Drafting Helps Avoid Unintended Consequences

As with any legal document, the failure to adequately draft and prepare a will can result in unintended consequences. This principle is illustrated...

October 22, 2019

Non-Residential Development and Recreational Land Dedication or Recreation Fees

Sec. 503(11) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (“MPC”) permits municipalities to require, through its subdivision and land development ordinance, subdividers and/or...