Ben Present

March 02, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Several important workers' compensation decisions, a heated legal dispute over a casino license and a Philadelphia medical malpractice defense verdict with an 11th-hour substitution of the principal juror are among the cases that will be heard by the state Supreme Court this week when the justices hear oral arguments Tuesday and Wednesday in a two-day Philadelphia session.

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November 16, 2012 | Daily Business Review

No, according to a three-judge panel who ruled that just because a company is a cemetery doesn't make the cemetery a "cemetery company."

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June 12, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

An 18-year-old who graduated high school last Thursday testified through tears Tuesday morning that Jerry Sandusky turned a routine of back-cracking, kisses on the forehead and "stomach blowing" into several instances of oral sex in the basement of Sandusky's house.

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April 29, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has denied re-argument in the appeal of a venue decision it issued in litigation between Penn State and its insurer over the extent to which the university may claim coverage for claims made by accusers of Jerry Sandusky.

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July 31, 2013 | Law.com

A judge in Harrisburg held for trial all of the charges facing three former high-ranking Penn State officials accused of covering up allegations against convicted serial child molester and former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.

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October 04, 2012 | Daily Report Online

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.

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May 01, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ensuring justice in state courtrooms can only be accomplished through openness and proper funding, Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ronald Castille said last week in a released statement.

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January 26, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Philadelphia prosecutor Dan McCaffery is dropping out of the race for Pennsylvania attorney general in what he described as an attempt to give the Democratic Party a chance to unify and dethrone the GOP from its decades-long stronghold as the state's top prosecutor.

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November 29, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

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July 30, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The M&A team at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has a secret weapon: The rest of the law firm.

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