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June 19, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Surreal Nature of Sandusky Trial Takes Captivating Form During Witness Accounts

At the beginning of last week, a seemingly endless fleet of national media, local press, and everyone in between came to Bellefonte, Pa., for one of the most anticipated criminal prosecutions in recent memory.

By Ben Present

6 minute read

October 23, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

In AG Race, Kane Bolsters Fundraising, Narrowly Outpacing Freed

With two weeks until Pennsylvania voters elect their next state attorney general, the two candidates eyeing the post each had more than $1 million to spend in the final stretch.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

January 24, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Allows for Appeals in Third-Party Duty Case

A Clearfield County judge, after previously denying a similar defense request, has granted the motion of a corporate methadone clinic and its doctors to file an interlocutory appeal, stemming from claims by the estate of two third-party women who were killed by one of the clinic's patients in a car crash.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

November 01, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth Court Awards Attorney Fees in HIV Bias Case

A panel of the Commonwealth Court has decided to award attorney fees to a woman after ruling that a Pennsylvania assisted living facility, found to have discriminated against the woman because she is HIV positive, filed a frivolous appeal.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

March 05, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Questions Surround Oversight of Lackawanna Guardian Program

The federal indictment of Lackawanna County guardian ad litem Danielle Ross on tax evasion charges related to the income she generated from privately billing litigants has raised questions about what some family law attorneys and court watchers said was a lack of necessary oversight by the county court and, ultimately, by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts with regard to Ross' billing.

By Zack Needles and Ben Present

7 minute read

December 28, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Headliners Revolved Around Constitution

In a year in which many eyes were focused on Pennsylvania trial courts, where proceedings in the Penn State sex-abuse scandal and a prosecution against a high official of the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia played out, the state Superior Court took increased measures to broaden the availability of its body of work and decided matters of import on issues ranging from automobile litigation to how juvenile murderers are sentenced.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

January 15, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Mayor Prevails Against Local Police Dept. on Records Appeal

The Commonwealth Court has weighed in on a drawn-out legal spat between the mayor of Macungie, Pa., and the local government and its police department.

By Ben Present

6 minute read

May 17, 2012 | Law.com

Supreme Court Takes Up Admissibility of Text Messages

In what could be a landmark criminal case regarding electronic communications, the state Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal over whether "unauthenticated" text messages may be admitted as evidence during trial.

By Ben Present

8 minute read

October 11, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

State Supreme Court Up in the Air on Plane 'Parts'

An evenly split state Supreme Court — 3-3 — has affirmed a unanimous en banc panel of the state Superior Court, ruling that service bulletins from aircraft manufacturers may not trigger an exception to the 18-year statute of repose found in the federal General Aviation Revitalization Act.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

April 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Weighs Impact of Discovery of Attorney-Expert Talks

Two justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned whether opening the gates of discovery to communications between an attorney and his or her expert would have an unfavorable impact on litigation in Pennsylvania courts.

By Ben Present

8 minute read