Business & Corporate

The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently published the borrower application to request loan forgiveness for a Paycheck Protection Program loan (PPP Loan). The form and instructions inform Borrowers how to apply for forgiveness of their PPP Loans, consistent with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Borrowers… Continue reading →

The Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) officially launched April 3, 2020. In the application for a PPP loan, applicants are required to disclose if the applicant or any owner of the applicant is an owner of any other business, or has common management with, any other business and if so, for… Continue reading →

After getting a judgment, clients and the public will ask how long it is “good for.” Other times, clients will assume that a judgment exists forever. The answer, however, is somewhat complex. Continue reading →

“I have a judgment from the small claims court. Now what?”
One call that we receive quite often follows a lay person’s successful prosecution of a case in small claims Court – formally called either the Magisterial District Justice Courts or the Philadelphia Municipal Court. The caller will have organized all of the documents and witnesses, and made a convincing case before the Judge, and gotten a judgment against another person or business. Contrary to popular beliefs and expectations, the defendant isn’t required to write a check on the spot to satisfy the judgment. Continue reading →

Pennsylvania is part of the small minority of states that provides for a peculiar form of ownership of property between a husband and wife which often frustrates the creditors of one spouse. Known as a “tenancy by the entireties,” this estate in property is founded upon the idea that when spouses marry, they become a single legal entity or person. Therefore, when a husband and wife purchase a house or other real or personal property, each is deemed to acquire a one hundred percent undivided interest in the property which cannot be severed or encumbered by the acts of only one of the spouses. This form of ownership is presumed in Pennsylvania upon conveyance to a husband and wife unless there is an affirmative effort to title the property in another matter. Continue reading →

As the economy continues to restrict the availability of credit to small businesses, many borrowers are finding that lenders with which they have had long and mutually beneficial relationships have been restricting lines of credit or adding additional requisites to extend or renew existing lines of credit. Principals of newer small businesses may be shopping for credit for the first time, or are presented with a first commercial lease. Continue reading →