By Patrick McKenna, Esq. Today, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf signed into law HB 1232 (Act 10 of 2020), which includes emergency finance and tax provisions. Among other things, the Act extends the filing and payment deadlines for state income tax and…
By Gordon Prince, Esq. On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which addresses employee leave taken between April 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus). One goal of…
By Gordon W. Prince, Esq. With the unprecedented disruption to business caused by coronavirus, business leaders from the C-suite to the mom-and-pop shop are wondering: How will this affect my business contracts? Of particular concern: the force majeure clause, which…
By P. Kristen Bennett, Esquire – Gawthrop Greenwood is advising workers and retirees to update their estate plans, now that the SECURE Act (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act) became effective January 1, 2020. The new federal law…
By P. Kristen Bennett, Esq. – Beginning on January 1, 2020, after nearly three years, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act will become effective. The bill impacts how money is saved for retirement and the use…
The following article first ran in VISTA.Today, read daily by almost 30,000 Chester County residents and professionals: These are certainly interesting times to be an attorney working for local governments in Chester County. Land development and the local economy are…
By John Rafferty -- Survivors of sexual abuse face the daily challenge of affirming their identity apart from the pain they have suffered, while simultaneously discovering people and resources that contribute to their healing. If this isn’t hard…
By Lauren Dentone & Gordon Prince — A recent internet scam is making home-buying even more stressful for unsuspecting purchasers. In today's technologically driven world, much of the communication regarding the transfer of real estate takes place via electronic communication.…
If there’s a local port or public body of water involved, chances are that Gawthrop Greenwood is too. The firm’s Maritime Law Department recently sat down to describe the scope of its work, how it affects transportation of goods and…
Patrick M. McKenna is a partner at Gawthrop Greenwood, PC as well as President of the Chester County Bar Association. His quarterly column, shown below, is featured in the CCBA magazine “New Matter.”