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Landlord and Tenant: Multiple Appeals

Landlords and Tenants should be aware that not only can a decision by the Magisterial District Judge be appealed to Arbitration, but that the arbitrator’s award can be appealed again to Common Pleas Court. Moreover, either party could request a jury trial. After that, the case could be appealed again to the Superior Court.

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No. 630

Out of Uniform.

No. 629 Lindsay Starr  has stirred up the radio talk shows by complaining to KDKA TV about how the North Allegheny High School administration won’t let her accept her diploma in her Marine Corps dress blues.  She finished school early and attended boot camp at Parris Island.  Now she wants to express her pride and […]

First Mansmann Professor Named at Duquesne Law School

News release from Duquesne University:   Inaugural Carol Los Mansmann Chair in Faculty Scholarship Named May. 6, 2011 Jane Campbell Moriarty has been named the inaugural Carol Los Mansmann Chair in Faculty Scholarship at Duquesne University’s School of Law. She will begin her new role on Aug. 16.   The Mansmann chair is awarded to a […]

LAWYERS AND THEIR IPADS

So, the word is out. After a long loveless marriage to Microsoft, lawyers are deserting hers for a fling with you-know-who. In particular, the iPad According to the blog Legal iPad, iPads are reaching a tipping point. The POTUS uses one. So does Queen Elizabeth and Justice Scalia. “iPads are the perfect device for content […]

Encore Post: Don’t Be Bitter, Young Lawyer.

    No. 548 and 626 Dear colleague: Sometime when I wasn’t looking, a blog called Bitter Lawyer made it to the No. 2 spot on the AVVO Blogs — moving ahead of that blonde law professor from Wisconsin, Althouse.  It was inevitable. Althouse has been gravitating to shorter and shorter posts for years, until […]

Encore Post: Don’t Expect Privacy when Using Your Employer’s Email.

      No. 571 and No. 625 I’ve preached this sermon before, but its an important one. Don’t use the company’s email to send a communication containing your own private business.  That is, unless you don’t care whether the company and everyone else in the world finds out your secret. This principle was illustrated […]

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CLIFF TUTTLE has been a Pennsylvania lawyer for over 45 years and (inter alia) is a real estate litigator and legal writer. The posts in this blog are intended to provide general information about legal topics of interest to lawyers and consumers with a Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania focus. However, this information does not constitute legal advice and there is no lawyer-client relationship created when you read this blog. You are encouraged to leave comments but be aware that posted comments can be read by others. If you wish to contact me in privacy, please use the Contact Form located immediately below this message. I will reply promptly and in strict confidence.

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