In 2015, the City of Pittsburgh enacted the Paid Sick Days Act (the “Act”). The Act requires all private employers within the City of Pittsburgh to provide paid sick leave benefits to all full or part-time employees under the following guidelines: • Employers with 15 or more employees must provide workers with up to 40 … Continue Reading
In early July 2017, in a case titled Valley Forge Towers Apartments N, LP, et al. v. Upper Merion Area School District & Keystone Realty Advisors, LLC, No. 49 MAP 2016, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision constitutionally curbing the rights of taxing jurisdictions to file selective appeals under Pennsylvania’s Consolidated County Assessment … Continue Reading
In a landmark case titled Valley Forge Towers Apartments N, LP, et al. v. Upper Merion Area School District & Keystone Realty Advisors, LLC, No. 49 MAP 2016, issued July 5, 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (the “Court”) constitutionally curbed the rights of taxing jurisdictions to file selective appeals often called reverse tax appeals under … Continue Reading
In January 2014, the Monroe County (PA) Court of Common Pleas stripped recently awarded HUP status from a not-for-profit student housing corporation affiliated with East Stroudsburg University (“ESU”). As the record in East Stroudsburg Area School District v. Monroe County Board of Assessment Appeals reflects, ESU formed the not for profit corporation, University Properties, Inc. (“UPI”), … Continue Reading
