Ben Present

July 16, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A rule prohibiting "dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation" was the one most often violated by Pennsylvania attorneys and cited by disciplinary authorities over the last few years, according to an extensive review by the Law Weekly of attorney discipline adjudications in the state.

By Ben Present

8 minute read

October 19, 2012 | Law.com

Jerry Sandusky, the convicted serial child sexual abuser serving a lengthy state prison sentence for molesting 10 boys, is arguing the judge presiding over his trial denied him due process by failing to grant him several motions for a continuance before his June trial.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

May 14, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Deputy sheriffs from Allegheny County are not "police officers" for the purposes of collective bargaining under Pennsylvania's Act 111, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Ben Present

6 minute read

July 18, 2013 | Law.com

The Penn State board of trustees has approved a number around $60 million to settle a majority of the claims made by people claiming convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky sexually abused them, sources have told The Legal.

By Ben Present

6 minute read

May 31, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The surviving family of longtime Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, along with several former Penn State football players and members of the university board of trustees have sued the NCAA over sanctions imposed because of the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

August 06, 2012 | Law.com

A lengthy complaint from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel against a Pennsylvania senator — with allegations of misrepresentation, conflict of interest and the rarely invoked common law doctrine of champerty — claim the legislator violated several Rules of Professional Conduct while doing local legal work for a Utah-based "heir hunting" firm.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

March 15, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A man suing a Bensalem, Pa., casino for a slip-and-fall may not bring his lawsuit in Philadelphia, the state Superior Court has ruled, affirming a Philadelphia judge's decision to move the lawsuit to Bucks County because the casino doesn't regularly conduct business in Philadelphia.

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4 minute read

November 13, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ruling that liability could not be "fairly determined" after attorneys made comments on race and other comments on the size and wealth of cable giant Comcast Corp., the state Superior Court has granted Comcast a new trial on both liability and damages in an automobile collision case.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

July 17, 2012 | Law.com

An Allegheny County judge has denied cross-motions from parties seeking to discover information on the Facebook profiles of the two people involved in a fatal automobile collision, ruling that the plaintiff's request did not argue how the information would be relevant to a punitive damages claim, and that the defense motion relied on Facebook fodder that was not inconsistent with the plaintiff's claims.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

July 16, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Allegheny County judge has dismissed a hospital and a personnel placement company from a lawsuit that claimed the two were liable for a man's infection with hepatitis because the hospital and staffing agency allegedly knew a former lab technician was using hospital needles to support his drug addiction and did not prevent him from working at other hospitals.

By Ben Present

6 minute read