Article
Published 10/31/2004
By Joel R. Burcat, Author
Services Environmental
Joel R. Burcat, Partner and Chair of the Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group, wrote this article that reviews recent rulings from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that support the rights of private property owners. The article discusses new strategies that landowners should consider in filing regulatory takings cases and defensive mechanisms that may be employed by governmental bodies.
Article
Published 10/31/2004
By Mark C. Levy, Author
Services Commercial Litigation | Corporate Governance
At a time when the role of in-house counsel has increased and become more diverse, it is increasingly important for in-house attorneys to understand the parameters of attorney-client privilege. In this two-part article, Mark C. Levy, Partner in the Litigation Department in the Philadelphia office, examines when the attorney-client privilege applies to in-house counsel. Part 1 provides steps that in-house counsel can take to avoid waiving the attorney-client privilege, while Part 2 reviews guidelines the U.S. Supreme Court put in place for in-house counsel to preserve attorney-client privilege...
Article
Published 10/29/2004
By Katayun I. Jaffari, Co-author; et al.
Services Commercial Litigation | Corporate Governance
Katayun I. Jaffari, an Associate in the Business and Finance Department in the Philadelphia office and a member of the Corporate Governance Practice Group, co-wrote this article for Legal Backgrounder , published by the Washington Legal Foundation. The article summarizes a number of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposals that seek to transfer corporate governance responsibilities from corporate directors to shareholders. The article makes the case that the SEC proposals are an overreaction to recent highly publicized corporate governance scandals and should not be implemented. To...
Alert
Published 10/22/2004
Services Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Article
Published 10/18/2004
By Martin J. Doyle, Co-Author; et al.
Services Real Estate Services | Real Estate Finance | Real Estate Litigation
Martin J. Doyle, Partner in Saul Ewing's Transactional Real Estate Practice Group in the Philadelphia office, examine the issues that arise in regulatory takings cases, when the government uses its authority to "trump" the rights of property owners. In the article, they review the July 30, 2004 decision by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in the matter of Nolen vs. Newtown Township . In that case, the court ruled that a temporary moratorium on subdivision development lasting 22 months did not constitute a taking, entitling Nolen, a developer who owned the land, to compensation. This is...
Article
Published 10/04/2004
Industries Construction
Alert
Published 10/01/2004
Services Brownfields
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Published 10/01/2004
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Published 10/01/2004
Industries Construction
Article
Published 09/20/2004
By Martin J. Doyle, Co-author; et al.
Martin J. Doyle, a Partner in Saul Ewing's Transactional Real Estate Practice Group, address a host of problems that can arise with old mortgages in this Legal Intelligencer article. They also offer solutions to those problems, including information about a new Pennsylvania law that has eliminated the problem of the "lost" mortgage. The article also explains how to bring a quiet title action to compel any adverse party to "file, record, cancel, surrender or satisfy of record ... any document, obligation or deed affecting any right, lien, title or interest in land." To read the full article...
Article
Published 09/18/2004
By Bruce D. Armon, Author
Industries Health Care
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Published 09/15/2004
Services Bankruptcy and Restructuring
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Published 09/01/2004
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Published 09/01/2004
Article
Published 08/30/2004
By Martin J. Doyle, Co-author; et al.
Services Real Estate Services | Real Estate Litigation
Martin J. Doyle, a Partner in Saul Ewing's Transactional Real Estate Practice Group, co-wrote this article about a Pennsylvania Superior Court case, Eckerd Corporation v. Glen Eagle Retail , that illustrates a number of basic real estate principles. The case involved exclusive-use contract provisions concerning the right to operate a pharamacy in the shopping center. To read the full article click the link below.
Article
Published 08/30/2004
By Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua, Author
Services Commercial Litigation
Saul Ewing Partner Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua, a member of the Litigation Department in the Philadelphia office, wrote this commentary for The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial page, asking politicians to focus on problems facing constituents and on finding solutions to those problems, rather than on name-calling and mud-slinging as the 2004 General Election campaign heats up. Mr. Bevilacqua also is Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association.