TENANT: Make Sure You Know What You Are Getting Before Signing Lease.

No. 1,344 I get variations on this question, which I answered below in AVVO, all of the time. Although under the law of contracts, the landlord did not provide what was bargained for, as a practical matter, the tenant has no remedy.

Here’s a Ninth Birthday Poem

No. 1,343 In honor of this blog’s ninth birthday, I republish a poem I picked up in Wikisource. Its written by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Victorian poet. A NINTH BIRTHDAY. February 4, 1883. I. Three times thrice hath winter’s rough white wing Crossed and curdled wells and streams with ice Since his birth whose praises love […]

Pittsburgh Legal Back Talk Turns 9.

No. 1,342 That’s right, 9. That’s pretty old for a legal blog. Without insulting anyone, I have observed that most lawyer bloggers (Blawgers, so they say) drop off after about a year. They apparently run out of ideas. I have had dry spells from time to time, too. Everybody does. But I never completely stopped […]

Common Level Ratio Down (slightly) in Allegheny County

No. 1,341 Every year the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue announces a new common level ratio, effective July 1. It is a factor multiplied by the assessment which gives a calculation of the fair market value for purposes of paying realty transfer tax when a deed is recorded for no or nominal consideration. It is created […]

Two Entertaining Blawgs from Sunny Florida.

No. 1,340 1. Gerstein Justice Building Blog, aka Rumpole Blog. 2. Southern District of Florida Blog, which just celebrated it 12th birthday with over 3,000 posts.

Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Lawyers.

No. 1,339 For a very long time, we have been aware that law schools have been producing more lawyers than the market required. Yet, they kept on enrolling. So, when USA Today runs a story about the first accredited law school to plan to close, is it even news? This story has been beaten […]

“Trust Me.” (Not)

No. 1,338 Here’s another one. But they are getting more sophisticated. Notice the ribbon on the upper left that says: “This message is from a trusted sender.” Sounds like a Jedi mind trick. The object, of course, is to get you to click the link that says “verify”. But you won’t, right? Don’t let this […]

Zoning: Interesting Opinion on Failure of Municipality to Enforce its Setback Requirements.

No. 1,337 Mr. Justice Musmanno wrote an entertaining opinion in 1963 on a zoning case in which the homeowner replaced a stoop and small overhang with a larger concrete slab and awning. The concrete slab and overhang, as it turned out, had been in violation of the setback ordinance which existed at the time of […]

Landlord & Tenant: When the Occupant is not the Tenant.

No. 1,336 The Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Blog raises some important questions for landlords to consider. When the apartment is not be occupied by the party who is paying the tab conflicts can arise. For example, when an employer rents an apartment for one or more employees, you the landlord may be placed in a double […]

Positive Thinking.

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