Ben Present

February 01, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Mike McQueary, who is suing Penn State for its handling of his allegations against convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky, has declined to comment substantively on the university's preliminary objections to his lawsuit.

By Ben Present

1 minute read

January 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The NCAA has agreed to not dole out any of the $12 million Penn State has paid to it as part of the unprecedented sanctions the organization levied against the school for its handling of sex-abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky, the school's former assistant football coach and a convicted serial child molester.

By Ben Present

1 minute read

February 22, 2012 | Legaltech News

Footage from an auto-accident plaintiffs' videotaped interview, left on the cutting room floor by his lawyer, will stay there, a Northumberland County, Pa., judge has ruled.

By Ben Present

4 minute read

November 23, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two lawyers representing an alleged victim in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal have filed a complaint against The Second Mile, the charity through which the embattled former coach allegedly met several of his victims.

By Ben Present

2 minute read

March 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has announced charges against a former state Senate leader, the former commissioner of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and six others in what Kane called a "pay to play" scheme where vendors were given turnpike work in exchange for political contributions.

By Ben Present

1 minute read

February 06, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Another federal challenge to the state Supreme Court?s handling of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission?s final plan has been filed, this time by Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware, House Majority Leader Michael Turzai, R-Allegheny, and a Philadelphia-area attorney.

By Ben Present

1 minute read

July 27, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A judge denied Facebook discovery motions by parties on both sides of the civil case filed after a fatal collision.

By Ben Present

2 minute read

September 06, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court is scheduled to come to Philadelphia next week for a historic arguments session. It will be the first in more than a century to be housed in Philadelphia's Old City Hall.

By Ben Present and Zack Needles

10 minute read

December 20, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

An offender's acceptance into Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition for a second DUI charge triggers the recidivist requirement for installing an ignition interlock system in one's car, a sharply divided state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Ben Present

6 minute read

June 28, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A U.S. District Court judge, predicting Pennsylvania law, has ruled that a collision between two skiers may be the result of negligence and is not always an inherent risk of the winter sport.

By Ben Present

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