Alexa Woronowicz

September 16, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's highest court on Sept. 12 rejected a request from Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf that it immediately take up his challenge to Republican legislation that has bundled a constitutional amendment regarding abortion with four unrelated proposed changes.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

September 16, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of Sept. 12. Both houses of the General Assembly were in recess at press time. The state House of Representatives was scheduled to return to session Monday, unless called earlier by Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster. The Pennsylvania Senate was also set to reconvene Monday, subject to earlier recall by President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, R-Centre.

By The Associated Press/House Republican Caucus/House Democratic Caucus

3 minute read

August 29, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania elections officials said Aug. 24 that a push this month to recruit new poll workers produced more than 1,100 applicants, including at least one in 58 of 67 counties.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

August 15, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection met briefly with Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania's Republican nominee for governor, on Aug. 9 as it probes former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

By Lisa Mascaro and Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press

3 minute read

August 05, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's Democratic governor sued the state Legislature on July 28 over a package of proposed constitutional amendments that Republican lawmakers are pursuing, including one that would say the state constitution does not guarantee any rights relating to abortion or public funding of abortions.

By Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press

4 minute read

July 29, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

I am considering running for common pleas court in the 2023 primary election. I want to set up my campaign committee and I need to know if I can be involved, and if I can know the names of the people who contributed to my campaign.

By Samuel C. Stretton

9 minute read

July 29, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

According to a case filed in the Southern District of New York, a new agreement capping the number of minor league affiliates at 120 is alleged to constitute a group boycott in violation of the Sherman Act Section 1.

By Carl W. Hittinger and Tyson Y. Herrold

5 minute read

July 28, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

The "twin goals" of most bankruptcy proceedings involve the "maximization" of return to creditors and the "prompt and efficient administration of the estate."

By Francis J. Lawall and Patrick M. Ryan

7 minute read

July 22, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Republicans have sued again in an attempt to throw out Pennsylvania's broad mail-in voting law, even as the state's highest court considers a separate lawsuit aimed at wiping out a law that lost favor with Republicans following former President Donald Trump's baseless claims about election fraud.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

July 15, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

There has been a lawyer in the firm who has now given notice and is leaving the firm. He is taking his clients with him. Now that the lawyer is gone, can the firm represent new clients against some of those former clients of the lawyer?

By Samuel C. Stretton

8 minute read