Ben Present

October 16, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Before the case of Commonwealth v. Koch was even appealed to the state Supreme Court, attorneys were calling it Pennsylvania's landmark case on the admissibility of electronic communications.

By Ben Present

10 minute read

January 26, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Legislative Reapportionment Commission's recently approved House and Senate districts are contrary to Pennsylvania law, the state Supreme Court has narrowly decided, remanding the redistricting effort to the commission in an unprecedented move.

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6 minute read

June 26, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

For state legislators opposed to adding exceptions to the newly enacted Fair Share Act, which brought sweeping changes to the state's joint and several liability doctrine last year, the new president of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice said the Penn State sex-abuse scandal is Exhibit A.

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5 minute read

March 29, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Commission released its second round of evaluations for Pennsylvania Superior Court candidates eyeing only one spot, it looked like there might only be one Republican running in an election cycle political observers say tends to favor the GOP.

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4 minute read

July 02, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The amount of money health care providers pay for medical malpractice insurance appears to be dropping, according to data from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.

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7 minute read

November 09, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The prosecution trying the cases of two former high-ranking Penn State officials implicated by the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal might be facing an uphill battle on one of the charges lodged against the two administrators, some legal observers have told The Legal.

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7 minute read

June 04, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A loan guaranty executed under seal is an "instrument" governed by the 20-year limitation period in Section 5529(b)(1) of the Judicial Code, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

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6 minute read

February 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

As attorney Philip Yoon prepares to take over as chief staff attorney for the state Superior Court next month, his predecessor offered these words of advice: "Gosh, don't get in the way."

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5 minute read

February 21, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania man suing a bankrupt doctor did not release the doctor from the medical malpractice suit by limiting recovery to the physician's insurance limits in an attempt to greenlight malpractice litigation, a Lackawanna County judge has ruled.

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4 minute read

December 13, 2011 | Law.com

For Jerry Sandusky, the embattled former Penn State football assistant coach who has publicly maintained his innocence amid allegations that he sexually abused at least 10 child victims, today's preliminary hearing marks the first step in the country's most anticipated criminal defense.

By Ben Present

5 minute read