Entrepreneurship & Business Startups: Pennsylvania Resources

Substantive law on a multitude of topics

Covers the following courts & years: PA Supreme Court (1754 to present), Superior Court (1895 to present) and some unpublished Superior Court opinions (2013 to present), Commonwealth Court (1971 to present) and some unpublished decisions, Court of Judicial Discipline cases (1994 to present) and some PA Court of Common Pleas County Decisions/Trial Court Orders (dates vary by county).

Link contains two databases: Pennsylvania Statutes and Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

Includes: Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Evidence and Rules of Professional Conduct among others.

Also includes Pennsylvania court rules (see Titles 201 to 246)

Includes items from the following agencies (can limit search to a specific agency): Commonwealth of PA Board of Claims, PA Attorney General Opinions, PA Board of Finance and Revenue, PA Commonwealth Court Tax Decisions, PA Environmental Hearing Board Decisions, PA Office of Open Records Final Determinations, PA Utility Commission Decisions, PA Securities Commission Decisions, PA Workers' Compensation Appeal Board and Decisions, PA Department of Banking Releases, Pennsylvania Market Conduct Examinations, Pennsylvania Public Employment Decisions.

Covers the following municipalities: Bensalem, Kennett Square, Kennett Township, London Grove Township, Marshall Township (Allegheny Co.), Pittsburgh, South Hanover, Southampton and Wilkes-Barre.

Lays out elements of actions and is helpful for identifying potential claims and issues

See Chapter 12 on Business Succession Planning

Includes an extensive index for easier searching

Includes: sales and use tax, corporate income, capital stock, capital loans, taxation of pass through entities, real estate taxes and many other topics.

Annotated and organized by topic.

See Unit 1, Business Entities and Unit 4, Real Estate Transactions. Also has "Transactions in Turbulent Times" section covering financing and also reorganization and dissolution.

Search across all titles or select individual journal to review

Pennsylvania Bar Association magazine