Ben Seal

September 30, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A bill intended to reform Pennsylvania's civil forfeiture practices has drawn fire from the ACLU and some lawmakers after revisions demanded by law enforcement groups.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

September 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a wide-ranging ruling reviewing "special treatment" granted to Pennsylvania's oil and gas industry by the General Assembly, the state Supreme Court has struck down several sections of Act 13, the state's oil and gas law, including provisions that allowed gas companies to employ eminent domain, exempted private water sources from notification after a spill and prevented doctors from disclosing information about their patients' chemical exposures.

By Ben Seal

14 minute read

September 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled impoverished defendants have the right to sue if they believe that inadequate county funding of public defenders threatens their constitutional right to counsel.

By Ben Seal

10 minute read

September 28, 2016 | National Law Journal

Sen. Patty Murray wants answers to questions about a settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals, which applied to the FDA for a generic equivalent for the EpiPen.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

September 26, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A male student at the University of Pennsylvania has sued the school for alleged ineptitude and bias in the disciplinary process it uses to handle complaints of sexual assault on campus.

By Ben Seal

7 minute read

September 26, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia residents who have had property seized in civil forfeiture were in federal court Monday asking for class status, saying due process has been denied to thousands of individuals.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

September 26, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the wake of police shootings in the past week of African-American men in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Charlotte, North Carolina, the Philadelphia Bar Association has urged the General Assembly to move on a bill that would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate such cases.

By Ben Seal

7 minute read

September 22, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Delaware Riverkeeper Network and 180 environmental groups are demanding Congress investigate the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for alleged abuses of power over oil and gas pipelines.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

September 21, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Three months after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a law allowing the National Rifle Association and other gun groups to sue municipalities over local gun regulations, state lawmakers are attempting to bring back a nearly-identical replacement.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

September 20, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

State regulators, industry attorneys and vehicle manufacturers greeted the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy, published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday, as a positive step toward providing clarity and preventing an undesirable patchwork of local laws.

By Ben Seal and Cheryl Miller

9 minute read