PHILADELPHIA, PA — Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox partners Jonathan H. Spergel and Bryan P. Franey presented on “Fundamentals & Hot Topics in Environmental Law for Real Estate Lawyers” at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Real Estate Institute 2019 in Philadelphia on December 6. The program addressed the liability for contamination in Pennsylvania, the state’s Land Recycling Program (Act 2), changes to the Management of Fill Policy, as well as recent updates on emerging contaminants. Spergel is the managing partner of MGKF where he started his legal career in 1993. He handles a wide variety of environmental legal issues, including the environmental aspects of commercial transactions and brownfields sites, environmental insurance procurement and coverage issues, public funding opportunities, regulatory compliance counseling, and litigation for commercial, industrial, residential, and individual clients.