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Effective July 1, 2025, the realty transfer tax rate for properties or acquired real estate companies sold in the City and County of Philadelphia will increase to 3.578%, in addition to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania realty transfer tax rate of 1%, bringing the total tax rate to 4.578%. This...
Appellate Practice and Procedure: Disability Inclusion in Appellate Practice Co-moderators Judge Jon Schmidt and Katherine Barrett Wiik are joined by MDisBA members Eleanor Frisch and Sierra Grandy to talk about the strengths and challenges of disabilities in appellate practice. In this program, the...
IP and Contracts for AI Product Development On June 13, join partner Matthew Kohel for Episode 15 of the webinar series, AI Contracts Explained. Matt and his co-speakers will explore the world of AI product development, with a focus on the IP and contractual strategies that lawyers and contract...
Brandon Brauer will speak as a panelist at the National ABA RPTE Conference on May 1, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The title of the session is " Betting on Success: Title and Survey Coverage for Commercial Construction Projects." This panel presentation will focus on common title and survey issues in...
Appeal deadline is currently March 14. Council has introduced an ordinance to extend deadline to March 31, 2025. The ordinance will not be considered until March 13. At a specially scheduled meeting held March 5, New Castle County Council introduced an ordinance to extend the deadline to file...
When Life Happens During an Appeal – How Appellate Attorneys Can Take Care of Themselves and Their Mental Health Speakers: Katie Barrett Wiik, Saul Ewing LLP Joan M. Bibelhausen Erica A. Holzer
In this presentation, Saul Ewing attorneys Richard Forsten and Pam Scott discussed the current status of the reassessment process, what is involved in pursuing an appeal, and whether an appeal makes sense for your property. Time is running short if you want to appeal the assessment for your property...
Minneapolis Litigation Partner and Appellate Group Co-Chair Katie Barrett Wiik served as a Co-Editor of the 2024 edition of the Eighth Circuit Practice Manual, published by Minnesota CLE. This publication is designed to be a primary resource for attorneys representing clients in its namesake...
Katie Barrett Wiik and Doug Anderson will be co-presenting at a CLE seminar entitled “Appellate Practice for the Non-Specialist” through Minnesota CLE on August 29, 2024. The focus will be on state court (Minnesota) appeals. Their presentation is on “Overview of Appeals” and will cover the nuts and...
In an interview with Commercial Property Executive, Damon Juha discusses the growth of multistory industrial facilities. He believes that given the increased construction costs necessary to acquire, design, entitle and develop a multistory industrial facility, there are only so many investors that...
In an interview with Law360, Katie Barrett Wiik discusses a Supreme Court case in which the federal government is challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, as well as two related pending petitions from transgender adolescents and their families in...
On June 24, the Supreme Court granted certiorari review in a case with serious implications for those seeking federal permits which, in turn, require environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). NEPA is the most litigated federal environmental statute, and a...
Minnesota has a unique statute that allows minority shareholders in a closely held corporation to initiate an action for a buy-out of their interests. Minn. Stat. § 302A.751, subdivision 2. Under the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, a closely held corporation is a corporation with 35 or fewer...
Brandon Brauer, an associate in Saul Ewing's Real Estate Services Practice, will be a keynote presenter at 2024 National Conference of the American Bar Association's Real Property, Trust and Estates Section. He will speak about "Redeveloping the District: The Parks at Walter Reed, Then and Now."
On April 4, Cindy Lehr retired from her role as chief staff attorney to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, a position she had held for more than 40 years. Cindy has been succeeded as chief by seasoned Staff Attorney Liz Keating. A few weeks into Liz’s tenure as chief staff attorney, she and Cindy sat...