Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys represent businesses, homeowners and property developers challenging a municipality’s zoning regulations and land use restrictions in the Greater Philadelphia area including Bucks County and Montgomery County, as well as cases involving easements, which give one person limited rights to use land owned by another. When aggressive defense is appropriate, our attorneys will pursue fair, just and timely outcomes.

We also handle environmental land use projects and cases, bringing our legal experience, regulatory knowledge and strategic advice to the process of achieving successful outcomes. In addition to corporations of all sizes, sole proprietorships and individuals, our Real Estate & Land Use Practice Group provides counsel and representation for boards and departments of municipal corporations as they plan and construct major public infrastructure projects in these areas:

• Residential, commercial and industrial zoning ordinances
• Environmental, municipal and land use
• Easements
• Regulatory permitting and land use
• Resolution of contaminated site liabilities
• Resolution of compliance and enforcement matters

Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys are often called on to provide counsel on issues such as drafting documents for condominium communities, directing annual meetings and officer elections and formulating rules and policies. We defend the interests of cooperative corporations, condominium associations, and the members of their boards of directors/managers, and have litigated all of the various issues which may arise.

We are experts in finding common ground for the interests of developers, owners, association groups and neighborhoods. Our Real Estate & Land Use Practice Group provides condominium and homeowners’ associations and cooperatives with comprehensive legal counsel on a wide array of issues, including:

• Annual meetings
• Assessment collections
• Compliance issues related to financial-reporting requirements
• Contract matters, including preparation and negotiation
• Dispute resolution
• Document drafts and amendments
• Foreclosures
• Rules and regulations enforcement

Antheil Maslow & MacMinn is one of the leading law firms serving the legal needs of nonprofit and other tax-exempt organizations in the Greater Philadelphia area including Bucks County and Montgomery County. Our experience with the special business needs of nonprofits allow us to swiftly and expertly address the struggles and day-to-day concerns of our clients.

From helping form nonprofit organizations and obtaining tax-exempt status, to delivering comprehensive counsel and practical, affordable solutions in all aspects of nonprofit law, governance, regulation, and charitable giving, our Nonprofit Practice Group is attuned to the unique needs of nonprofit entities in the following areas:

• Corporate Governance and Policies
• Federal and State Tax Exempt Status
• Formation
• Fundraising
• Lobbying and Candidate Support
• Member Issues
• Orphans’ Court Regulation of Affairs
• Personal Liability of Directors
• Private Inurement/Sanctions
• Unrelated Business Taxable Income

Nonprofits are subject to continuing state and federal oversight of their fundraising activities, even after securing the desired status letter. Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys counsel clients in the Greater Philadelphia area including Bucks County and Montgomery County on all aspects on nonprofit governance and policies, identifying the best structure for proposed nonprofit organizations and guiding clients through the steps to secure continued enjoyment of that tax-exempt status.

Our Nonprofit Practice Group provides guidance to public and private nonprofit organizations with respect to applicable Pennsylvania, federal and other state fundraising laws (as an internet site will often include solicitation), offering detailed instructions to assure that all activities are in compliance with applicable law and regulations, including:

• Governance and board structure, composition, roles, and responsibilities
• Best practices and risk management audits
• Policy manual review
• Board/staff relationships, responsibilities and delegation of authority
• Conflicts of interest
• Insurance review
• Regulatory compliance and annual reporting
• Mergers and affiliations
• Corporate practices and recordkeeping
• Corporate dissolutions

To become and remain tax-exempt organizations, an entity must be organized and operated exclusively for exempt (religious, charitable, scientific, or educational purposes).  Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys assist with the formation, registration and administration of nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations. This includes filing for tax-exempt status with the IRS, individual state filings, ongoing compliance, joint ventures, distribution and termination issues.

Our Nonprofit Practice Group will identify the best structure for the proposed nonprofit, guide through the steps required to qualify for tax-exempt status, and implement the processes that will secure the continued enjoyment of that status. Federal and StateTax Exempt Status counsel may include:

• Advocacy, lobbying and political activities
• Formation and incorporation
• Obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status
• IRS applications/determination of tax-exempt status
• Executive compensation
• Public charity support tests and qualification
• Operating foundation and supporting organization qualification and operating standards
• Disqualified person and self-dealing rules
• Unrelated business income
• Form 990/990ez annual reporting
• Multi-State Charitable Solicitation Registrations, initial and renewals, offered at a flat rate fee of $150 for each state registration.

While lawsuits against nonprofit board members are uncommon, it behooves all nonprofit directors to be informed about their legal duties and how they can minimize the risk of personal liability. Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys assist the board members of tax-exempt clients in appropriate preventive action and, if necessary, provide sound legal counsel, strong representation and advocacy against claims of conflict of interest, negligent conduct and “breach” or failure to live up to legal duties.

Our Nonprofit Practice Group is devoted to providing the highest quality legal services with a focus on meeting the individual needs of our nonprofit clients. Our primary goal is to listen to you and understand your needs. Personal liability and nonprofit liability counsel and services includes:

• Compensation
• Conflict of Interest Policies and Procedures
• Corporate sponsorships
• Directors’ and officers’ (“D & O”) liability insurance
• Fraud and abuse matters
• Indemnification agreements
• Private Inurement and Sanctions

From lease interpretation to boundary disputes, to construction contract disputes, to partnership dissolution, Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys represent property owners, builders, sellers, buyers, lessees, lessors, brokers, financial institutions and other parties in resolving real estate disputes in the Greater Philadelphia area including Bucks County and Montgomery County.

Our Real Estate Litigation Group provides sophisticated representation to retail, commercial and residential real estate developers, as well as property managers, multi-site tenants and contractors in cases involving:

• Adverse possession, easements and title issues
• Real estate agent/broker liability
• Landlord-tenant disputes
• Seller non-disclosure liability
• Lease interpretation and enforcement
• Construction contract claims
• Real estate development partnership issues
• Financing and investor disputes

Your business represents a significant investment of your time and, in many instances, your personal fortune.  Beyond your financial commitment, you have also emotionally invested in the business.  All of those interests are at risk when circumstances require that you and your business partner go your separate ways. When that process cannot be resolved by agreement, Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys are there to represent you.

What will be the future of the business?  How will I get my investment back?  Was my partner honest with me?  These are all questions which we have successfully helped our clients answer.
 
Turn to our Litigation Practice Group for issues of:

• Business divorce
• Business valuation disputes
• Compensation/profit distribution issues
• Shareholder/Member/Partner disputes
• Partnership disputes
• Purchase/sale litigation

Representative matters:

Disputes among business owners often involve complex issues of fact and law.  Our litigation team has represented shareholders of a 100 million dollar business entity engaged in multifaceted litigation pending in several different jurisdictions pertaining to alleged unequal distribution of profits, breaches of fiduciary duty in the usurpation of corporate opportunities and claims of ownership arising out of the application of corporate funds.  The representation requires analysis of complex issues of corporate officer and director fiduciary duties, choice of law and federal income tax implications.

Litigation pertaining to a transaction for the purchase or sale of a business or business assets involves analysis of contract, due diligence, affirmative representations and other factors.   Antheil Maslow and MacMinn represented a buyer seeking recovery for a seller’s misrepresentation of performance and submission of inaccurate financial information in due diligence.  A confidential settlement was obtained. 

Business valuation is often implicated in shareholder disputes.  The value of an ownership interest implicates complex financial analysis, assessment of voting rights and other claims which may be raised as between the owners or the entity.  The litigators at Antheil Maslow and MacMinn, with the support of the business practice group, frequently represents shareholders and businesses in valuation and dissolution matters.    

The objective of litigation is always to obtain the best possible result for the client.  Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys work with our clients to define the desired result and then decide upon the budget and strategy to obtain it. 

Sometimes the desired result can be obtained without filing a lawsuit; at other times, a suit is the best or only choice. From negotiation through trial, Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys tenaciously pursue our clients' objectives.

Our Commercial Litigation Group negotiates, litigates, arbitrates, and mediates a wide range of corporate, commercial and other disputes, including:

• Commercial and contract disputes
• Commercial torts including trade disparagement, interference with current or
  potential contractual relationships and commercial defamation
• Non-compete agreements
• Non-solicitation agreements
• Trade name conflicts
• Trade secrets
• Unlawful use of confidential information
• Environmental claims
• Insurance bad faith
• Lender liability
• Patent litigation

Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys represent our clients in cases involving claims of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, breach of employment contracts and actions involving the enforcement of non-compete agreements, non-solicitation covenants and non-disclosure agreements. We counsel both employers and employees in matters involving the inception and termination of employment as well as compensation issues.

Our Litigation Practice Group serves large corporations, smaller businesses, non-profit organizations and municipalities in the Greater Philadelphia area including Bucks County and Montgomery County, handling a wide range of cases, including those involving:

• Employment contract claims
• Harassment and discrimination claims
• Wrongful discharge claims
• Enforcement of non-compete agreements, non-solicitation covenants and non-disclosure agreements