Ben Present

October 02, 2012 | Law.com

Attorneys for a number of the victims testifying against former Penn State assistant football coach and convicted child rapist Jerry Sandusky said they were displeased with the court's decision to release the trial's transcripts on the Centre County website, complete with the victims' full names as they were read in court.

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7 minute read

October 03, 2012 | Law.com

Mike McQueary, the former Penn State graduate assistant who has long claimed he saw Jerry Sandusky rape a boy in 2001, has filed a lawsuit against Penn State.

By Ben Present

4 minute read

May 31, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A squall of rumors that Jerry Sandusky may be accepting a plea deal calmed Wednesday as the judge presiding over the embattled coach's court proceedings revealed that a private meeting among the defense, prosecutors and the judge late Tuesday was nothing more than a conference to settle another defense motion to push the trial back.

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6 minute read

July 26, 2012 | Law.com

The formerly unidentified victim who Mike McQueary said he saw former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky rape in a Penn State locker room shower in 2001, long referred to in court filings only as "Victim 2," has come forward with plans to sue the university, his attorneys announced Thursday.

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5 minute read

July 30, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

For the 200-plus attorneys working on Dechert's finance and M&A team, the unifying goal has mirrored that of the firm's biggest clients: Expand globally.

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5 minute read

February 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Several pieces of legislation aimed at improving the safety of Pennsylvania children cleared the Pennsylvania House of Representatives earlier this month and await action in the state Senate.

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5 minute read

May 08, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

In what is shaping up to be a busy session, the state Supreme Court is set to open up two days of oral arguments today in Harrisburg, hearing a nearly 20-year-old class action suit against H&R Block — for the third time — over the way it administered its now-defunct "Rapid Refund" program.

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9 minute read

April 09, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A note secured by a mortgage is a "negotiable instrument" governed by Pennsylvania's Uniform Commercial Code, the state Superior Court has ruled in an apparent case of first impression in Pennsylvania.

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6 minute read

May 22, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Vietnam veteran must split with his ex-wife more than $80,000 he earned in interest and dividends on his veterans disability payments, the state Superior Court has ruled in a case of first impression.

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5 minute read

July 10, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A woman who was injured at a supermarket by a box full of jars of soy sauce may have committed a "technical error" in naming the grocer's parent company as a defendant in her lawsuit, a Lackawanna County judge said, but that does not entitle the parent company to an exit from the litigation.

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