Clementa Amazan

March 03, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Obtaining a mechanics' lien is a very powerful tool for any contractor if there is a payment dispute with the property owner.

By Alan Nochumson and Clementa Amazan

7 minute read

January 04, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a ruling handed down last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Metal Green v. City of Philadelphia, 2021 Pa. LEXIS 4310 (Dec. 22, 2021) discussed how the existence of an abandoned or blighted building structure should affect whether a use variance request should be granted or denied under the Philadelphia Zoning Code.

By Alan Nochumson and Clementa Amazan

8 minute read

December 02, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Philadelphia tax abatement program, in effect since 2000, has been the most talked about tax break in the city for two decades. Originally passed in 1997, and in effect since 2000, the Philadelphia tax abatement program was originally conceived to encourage new development, affordability and vitalization in the city.

By Alan Nochumson and Clementa Amazan

7 minute read

November 08, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia's residential eviction moratorium was initially discontinued upon consideration of the order entered by the U.S. Supreme Court in Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services, (U.S. Aug. 26, 2021).

By Alan Nochumson and Clementa Amazan

7 minute read

October 11, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently analyzed whether the city of Philadelphia's selective reassessment in tax year 2018 of only commercial properties at current market value violated the uniformity clause and the assessment law's requirement that the city assess all properties annually at actual market value.

By Alan Nochumson and Clementa Amazan

8 minute read

September 09, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The new law is intended to increase transparency in the rental screening process and increase renters' ability to access housing by regulating the criteria that landlords use when evaluating tenants and giving renters the ability to correct or clarify application information.

By Alan Nochumson and Clementa Amazan

7 minute read

August 13, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

As a follow-up to our previous article, we will be discussing the following additional changes that have been recently made to the Philadelphia Zoning Code—new Airbnb regulations as well as further restrictions in the Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District (/FNE) and the Far Northeast Overlay District (/NCO).

By Alan Nochumson and Clementa Amazan

7 minute read

July 14, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

During the next several articles, we will be discussing the changes either being recently proposed or which have actually been recently made to the Philadelphia Zoning Code.

By Alan Nochumson and Clementa Amazan

8 minute read

June 09, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

It is not uncommon for a tenant, especially in the commercial lease context, to ask for and obtain the right to purchase the leased premises from a landlord during the lease term.

By Alan Nochumson and Clementa Amazan

7 minute read

May 07, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

In Roberts v. Lily Development, 2021 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 709 (March 16, 2021), the Pennsylvania Superior Court recently decided that a verdict in favor of a homeowner in Philadelphia was proper although the trial court held that the homeowner failed to establish that the damage to her home was permanent.

By Alan Nochumson and Clementa Amazan

9 minute read