Jordan Schlossberg has been selected by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to serve as a Judge Pro Tem. Congratulations Jordan!
Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP is pleased to announce that 10 attorneys from the firm’s Philadelphia office were recently selected for inclusion in the 2017 edition of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, published by Thomson Reuters. The complete list of Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel attorneys recognized as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers […]
Notices of Increased Real Estate Tax Assessments in the City of Philadelphia The Office of Property Assessment, starting in April, has sent owners of commercial and industrial properties in Philadelphia notices of reassessment of property values. This involved a thorough analysis of some of Philadelphia’s most complex and high-valued parcels, […]
Pennsylvania has enacted new child support guidelines which will become effective May 1, 2017. These guidelines may affect your child support. You may want to determine whether or not your child support is subject to change under the new child support guidelines. Please let us know whether we can be […]
On November 21, 2016 Act 107 was adopted by the Pennsylvania legislature, effective February 21, 2017, adopting a new partnership act, a new limited partnership act, and a new limited liability company act (LLCs). In addition revisions were made to the laws governing limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and limited liability […]
Attorney Julie Auerbach was interviewed yesterday on “The American Law Journal” presents “The Problem with Joint Legal Custody: When Household Rules Differ” . The Problem With Joint Legal Custody On Monday’s ‘The American Law Journal’ The Legal Intelligencer March 31, 2017 “Today courts are leaning more towards 50/50,” says family […]
Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP is proud to have been named general counsel for The Women’s Film Festival. This year’s event was held March 16th – 19th at the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Perelman Theater. “There’s a need for a festival that affords women of any background the chance […]
On February 2, Gerald Schorr gave a presentation to the Nicholas A. Cipriani Inn of Courts on the implications of the recently enacted amendment to section 3301(d) of the Divorce Code. Jerry’s talk focused on how the reduction in the waiting period for living separate and apart for establishing grounds […]
On October 4, 2016, Governor Wolf signed into law House Bill 665 (Act 103 of 2016) which clarified certain sections of the Pennsylvania power of attorney law that went in effect on January 2, 2015 (Act 95 of 2014). The changes were aimed at correcting issues with commercial powers of […]
On October 14, 2016, Governor Christie signed a new law that will eliminate the New Jersey estate tax. Currently, decedents residing in New Jersey with taxable estates exceeding $675,000 may be subject to New Jersey estate tax. With the new law, New Jersey residents who die during 2017 will not […]