Ben Seal

October 21, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Angeles Roca violated the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Pennsylvania Constitution by asking a fellow judge to help her obtain a favorable result in her son's tax dispute with the city, the Court of Judicial Discipline has ruled.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read

October 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Senate has moved legislation that would amend the Wiretap Act to allow police to wear body cameras, an issue that has taken center stage in the national conversation sparked by incidents in which police encounters have led to civilian deaths.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

October 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The General Assembly is attempting to restore a controversial law that would allow the National Rifle Association and other membership organizations to sue municipalities in Pennsylvania over local gun ordinances.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

October 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A bill that would punish Pennsylvania municipalities that provide sanctuary from federal immigration authorities for undocumented aliens is worrying immigration attorneys concerned about protecting the civil rights of immigrants and ethnic minorities.

By Ben Seal

9 minute read

October 17, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court ruled former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's allegedly false public statements about racial motivations behind a corruption sting started by her predecessors are protected under absolute immunity.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read

October 14, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kathleen Kane's prosecutors said Friday that sentencing the former Pennsylvania attorney general to house arrest, rather than prison, would be “inappropriate.”

By Ben Seal

3 minute read

October 14, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Marcellus Shale Coalition has asked the Commonwealth Court to put the brakes on significant portions of the new oil and gas drilling regulations enacted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, less than a week after the rules went into effect.

By Ben Seal

7 minute read

October 13, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kathleen Kane has told the Montgomery County judge overseeing her criminal sentencing that she is "an appropriate candidate" for house arrest, rather than more severe punishment. Her sentencing hearing is set for Oct. 24.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

October 13, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers for two ex-Uber drivers said Thursday they expect a determination that the men were employees of the ridesharing service who are eligible for unemployment insurance benefits will stand during the administrative and, possibly, legal appeals to come.

By Joel Stashenko and Ben Seal

12 minute read

October 13, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

An attorney who performed 90 minutes of work at an "average" degree of difficulty for a workers' compensation claimant is not entitled to nearly $47,000 in attorney fees for the portion of her client's medical bills that were assigned to her by their contingency fee agreement, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read