Ben Seal

September 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court had ruled a former CEO of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission cannot be reimbursed for the cost of his criminal defense from felony conflict of interest charges though he pleaded guilty only to accepting free hospitality.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read

September 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The first federal guidelines issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for self-autonomous vehicles won't interfere with Uber's pilot program in Pittsburgh but introduce performance standards.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

September 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A group of well-known plaintiffs seeking to change the wording of a ballot question that could raise Pennsylvania's mandatory judicial retirement age have filed suit in the Commonwealth Court, just days after being rebuffed by the state Supreme Court.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

September 19, 2016 | National Law Journal

A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress aiming to regulate extraordinary price hikes like EpiPen increases is decried by manufacturers and some analysts.

By Ben Seal

11 minute read

September 16, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday said it would not reconsider its deadlocked decision on the wording of a ballot question that could raise the state's mandatory judicial retirement age to 75.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

September 15, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

If the Pennsylvania Supreme Court allows workers' compensation claimants to change their injury notices after an impairment rating evaluation has been completed, a surge in litigation and an endless cycle of scrapped ratings would result, attorney William McCarthy told the justices Sept. 14.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read

September 14, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General has paid more than $1.03 million in outside legal fees to investigate the exchange of inappropriate and offensive emails on government servers and to defend a series of civil lawsuits.

By Ben Seal

17 minute read

September 13, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority can't be held to account by a Philadelphia rule barring discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation, its attorney argued Tuesday before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

September 12, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's new batch of oil and gas regulations, expected to go into effect this fall, place onerous requirements on drillers and producers that could lead companies to look to other shale-rich regions for future investment, energy industry attorneys said.

By Ben Seal

15 minute read

September 09, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

As November's election nears, the battle continues over the wording of a ballot measure that could raise Pennsylvania's mandatory judicial retirement age and reshape the immediate future of the state's high court.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read