MORTGAGE AND REAL ESTATE

• Risky Business: Assisting Homeowners in Foreclosure or in Default on Their Mortgage Loans

• The SAFE Mortgage Licensing Act: Nationwide Loan Originator Licensing and Registration Requirements

• The Sub-Prime Mortgage Lending Crisis - Surviving and Thriving

GENERAL BUSINESS

• New SEC Rules Impact Private Placements of Securities

• Pennsylvania Auto Dealers and Sales Finance Companies "Going Electronic" 

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

• Labor and Employment Law - Overview of "Interesting Times"
   

• Unused Vacation Pay Policies Under Scrutiny

• Family Responsibility Discrimination Comes to the Forefront

LITIGATION

• Accessing Public Records:  Pennsylvania's New Right to Know Law

• Permitted Recapture or Illegal Prepayment Charge?

• Unilateral Arbitration Provisions in Consumer Mortgage Loans Upheld

BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

• The "Collision" Between Banking and Bankruptcy Law: Check Kiting and the Preference Problem

ESTATES AND TAX

• 401(k) Hazards in a Difficult Economy

• Final Deadline For Section 409A Amendments Fast Approaching

• Real Estate in an IRA - A Potential Transfer Tax Trap

• Business Tax Breaks Under The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

• "No-Match" = No Good: New Regulations Governing Social Security No-Match Letters

• IRS Extends Compliance Deadline for Deferred Compensation Arrangements

IMMIGRATION

• Getting Aggressive: Federal Immigration Enforcement