Have you been laid off from a job for an extended time? Have mortgage companies, banks or credit card companies forgiven part of what you owe them? If so, here’s what you need to know about how such debt forgiveness programs can affect your tax returns. That forgiven debt could be viewed as income and…

The charming and colorful Victor Café in South Philadelphia has been home over the decades to talented waiters and waitresses who have sung opera to their patrons as they took orders and served luscious meals. Today it is in the midst of a family legal battle that probably didn’t have to happen. The family matriarch,…

As of today, it’s now illegal everywhere in Pennsylvania to send, write or read a text message or email using any electronic device while you are driving a motor vehicle. You still can, however, use your mobile phone to talk while driving. Several cities in the Commonwealth, including Philadelphia, had previously enacted tougher laws that…

We all have times when we wish we could call an experienced, helpful and professional lawyer to get a bit of sage advice to answer some of the vexing legal questions in life. Well wait no more. Instead, come to this Saturday’s two-hour legal question and answer workshop with MyPhillyLawyer’s Dean Weitzman, the host of…

MyPhillyLawyer’s Dean Weitzman, the host of “Court Radio,” will be a guest speaker at a two-hour legal question and answer session next Saturday, March 10, where you can ask your legal questions and get sensible, professional and helpful advice. The session will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at the upcoming “Praise 103.9 Inspiration…

If you are seriously injured on the job, it can have devastating effects on your family, your future health and your livelihood. Workplace injuries can happen anywhere, from factory floors to trucking fleets to maritime shipping injuries, to offices and even in retail stores and malls. So what do you do if you are hurt…