Legal Insights

On September 18, 2026, Pennsylvania House Bill 858, now “Act 29,” took effect requiring businessesi that acquire real property to identify a contact person who has “the authority and ability to repair, maintain or otherwise remedy a problem…” with the real property.ii Within 30 days of acquiring real property the business must provide the county chief assessor with the name, email address and telephone number for a contact person as well as the name and address of the bus

The Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered an order dismissing claims brought by mortgagor/debtor, Susan M. Boltz-Rubenstein (“Boltz”), against Bank of America and its attorneys for alleged fraud stemming from conduct at court-ordered mediation.

Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction to consider whether confirmation of an “upset tax sale” was proper where the property, nearly 53 acres of land located in Tioga County and valued at $465,000, sold for $83,000, about 18% of its fair market value. Ostapowicz v. Tioga Cty. Tax Claim Bureau (In re Upset Sale), 349 A.3d 933, 936 (Pa. 2026). Martin J. Ostapowicz, the property owner (“Owner”), raised due process violations for lack of notice an