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Supreme Court Decides Indexing Deeds and Mortgages No Longer Required
In a decision that title insurers are trying to fully digest, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided that documents transferring permanent interests in real estate do not need to be indexed after recording in order to provide constructive notice to subsequent purchasers or lenders. In doing so, the Supreme Court also determined that even though a mortgage by its own terms is for a period of years, it is nonetheless a permanent document.
Highlighting the Revisions to the Child Custody Rules
In January 2011, the new custody act became effective and changed the landscape of child custody in Pennsylvania. However, the Rules of Civil Procedure pertaining to child custody tracked the custody statutes previously in effect and created inconsistency. The much anticipated revised custody rules were promulgated and became effective September 3.Flaster Greenberg Adds Labor Attorney From Buchanan Ingersoll
Flaster Greenberg picked up one of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney�s labor and employment shareholders in Philadelphia earlier this month.State-Suspended Attorney Can't Keep Office for Federal Practice
An attorney who has been suspended by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court may not keep a law office in the commonwealth for the purpose of maintaining his federal court practice, the Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-0 decision.
Building an Effective Immigration Pro Bono Practice
The roster of countries and social issues covered by the asylum cases handled by Morgan Lewis' Philadelphia office over the past several years reads like the international section of a newspaper:Determining When a 'Critical Vendor' Is Really Critical?
In the past several years in large bankruptcy cases, in first day orders, the debtor seeks permission to pay certain pre-petition claims of critical vendors immediately and in full.
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