Insights

October 22, 2019

Amendments to Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act

Pennsylvania recently enacted Act 157 of 2014 amending the Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act (Act 135 of 2008).  The amendments modify the...

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October 22, 2019

Limits on Municipal Takings to Benefit Private Developers

In Reading Area Water Authority v. Schuylkill River Greenway Assn., ___ A.3d __, 2014 WL 4745698 (Pa. Sept. 24, 2014) the Pennsylvania Supreme Court...

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October 22, 2019

Amendments to Clean Streams Law

Pennsylvania recently enacted Act 162 of 2014 to amend the Clean Streams Law effective December 21, 2014.  The amendments allow a landowner or...

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October 22, 2019

Misrepresentations of Criminal Record on Job Applications

In McCorkle v. Schenker Logistics, Inc., 2014 WL 5020598 (M.D.Pa. Oct. 8, 2014) a federal district court ruled that an employer, Schenker, did not violate...

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October 22, 2019

Amendments to Local Tax Collection Law

Pennsylvania recently adopted Act 164 of 2014 to amend the Local Tax Collection Law effective as to the appointment of a Deputy...

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October 22, 2019

Municipal Authority Liability Under Tort Claims Act

In Falor v. Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority, No. 90 C.D. 2014 (October 9, 2014), a Commonwealth Court panel recently affirmed a trial court...

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