Blog Posts in 2015
Posted on Nov 2, 2015 By Kraut Harris
In the spring of 2012, Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds, Nancy Becker, decided to implement a program to honor our local veterans. The Veteran Photo ID Discount Program has been an unqualified ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2015 By Ken Milner
Under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), businesses are prohibited from making any telephone calls to a residential telephone number using a prerecorded or artificial voice, without ...
Continue reading "More Relief From Telemarketers" »
Posted on Jul 13, 2015 By Ken Milner
Real estate mortgage loans and settlement procedures will change, beginning August 1, 2015. Kiss the HUD-1 goodbye. In fact, kiss all current residential mortgage and real estate settlement forms ...
Continue reading "TRID Takes Traction This Summer" »
Posted on Jul 9, 2015 By Ken Milner
A few years ago, then PA Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Castille called on county courts to establish mortgage foreclosure diversion programs. His call to action was prompted by the explosion in ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2015 By Kraut Harris
For decades, if the decision-makers of a Pennsylvania business entity wished to change the structure of that entity, the only way they could do so would be to dissolve the existing entity and to form ...
Continue reading "New PA Entity Transactions Law Effective July 1, 2015" »
Posted on Feb 16, 2015 By Ken Milner
I can see the look on my client's face when I recommend that, if the client plans to do business in another state, he or she should register the company to do business in that state. The ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2015 By Kraut Harris
Why do so many attorneys and professional advisors recommend forming "Delaware corporations"? Why is it that Delaware is to corporate law what McDonalds is to franchising? For many, the ...
Continue reading "Who Should Pay When a Shareholder Sues the Corporation?" »
Posted on Jan 17, 2015 By Kraut Harris
The Pennsylvania Landlord and Tenant Act ("Act") is over 63 years old. For about 60 of those 63 years, landlords had to guess as to what method they should follow to clear a rental property ...
Continue reading "What Happens When a Tenant Abandons Personal Property?" »