Ben Seal

November 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In two parallel rulings, the state Supreme Court in late October expanded public access to information about the implementation of the state's Medicaid program while also suggesting legislative attention be paid to the openness of records downstream from agency contracts.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read

November 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A change to the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure will provide clarity to both practitioners and judges on the subject of requests for oral argument on motions in trial court, attorneys said.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

November 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court has vacated a $250,000 verdict against SEPTA because the plaintiff failed to sufficiently demonstrate liability under the jerk-and-jolt doctrine.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

November 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The wife of a flight engineer who died during a layover in Hong Kong can collect workers' compensation benefits because his employer failed to show he wasn't acting in the course of his employment, the Commonwealth Court has ruled

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

November 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A change to the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure will provide clarity to both practitioners and judges on the subject of requests for oral argument on motions in trial court, attorneys said.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

November 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court has vacated a $250,000 verdict against SEPTA because the plaintiff failed to sufficiently demonstrate liability under the jerk-and-jolt doctrine.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

November 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The wife of a flight engineer who died during a layover in Hong Kong can collect workers' compensation benefits because his employer failed to show he wasn't acting in the course of his employment, the Commonwealth Court has ruled

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

November 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In two parallel rulings, the state Supreme Court in late October expanded public access to information about the implementation of the state's Medicaid program while also suggesting legislative attention be paid to the openness of records downstream from agency contracts.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read

November 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Running a law enforcement office requires the ability to practice law, a panel of district attorneys testified today before the Pennsylvania Senate committee investigating suspended Attorney General Kathleen Kane. But none of the three district attorneys called to testify could point to a specific issue in their dealings with the Office of Attorney General since Kane's suspension began.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

November 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Running a law enforcement office requires the ability to practice law, a panel of district attorneys testified today before the Pennsylvania Senate committee investigating suspended Attorney General Kathleen Kane. But none of the three district attorneys called to testify could point to a specific issue in their dealings with the Office of Attorney General since Kane's suspension began.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read