Ben Seal

January 15, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Doug Gansler, the special prosecutor hired by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane to review offensive emails exchanged by government employees, has been involved in lobbying efforts on behalf of Kane regarding a Senate committee pursuing her possible removal from office, according to sources familiar with the committee's investigation.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

January 15, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts commissioned a personnel report that suspended Justice J. Michael Eakin plans to introduce as an exhibit at his upcoming ethics trial before the Court of Judicial Discipline.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

January 14, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts commissioned a personnel report that suspended Justice J. Michael Eakin plans to introduce as an exhibit at his upcoming ethics trial before the Court of Judicial Discipline.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

January 12, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

In over two hours of wide-ranging, often-contentious testimony before a special Senate committee, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's chief of staff attempted Tuesday to demonstrate that the Office of Attorney General is operating effectively despite Kane's suspended law license. Jonathan Duecker was testifying on Kane's behalf in the committee's final hearing before it issues a report to the full Senate, which could vote on whether to remove her from office. Kane declined to testify herself.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

January 12, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

In over two hours of wide-ranging, often-contentious testimony before a special Senate committee, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's chief of staff attempted Tuesday to demonstrate that the Office of Attorney General is operating effectively despite Kane's suspended law license. Jonathan Duecker was testifying on Kane's behalf in the committee's final hearing before it issues a report to the full Senate, which could vote on whether to remove her from office. Kane declined to testify herself.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

January 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin on Monday submitted a pretrial memorandum ahead of the scheduled Jan. 21 pretrial conference in his ethics trial, outlining his proposed list of 14 witnesses.

By Ben Seal

2 minute read

January 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the special Senate committee pursuing Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's removal prepares for a hearing Tuesday at which Kane said she will not testify, she has petitioned the state Supreme Court for reinstatement of her suspended law license.

By Ben Seal

7 minute read

January 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin on Monday submitted a pretrial memorandum ahead of the scheduled Jan. 21 pretrial conference in his ethics trial, outlining his proposed list of 14 witnesses.

By Ben Seal

2 minute read

January 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the special Senate committee pursuing Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's removal prepares for a hearing Tuesday at which Kane said she will not testify, she has petitioned the state Supreme Court for reinstatement of her suspended law license.

By Ben Seal

7 minute read

January 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has affirmed a $2.3 million judgment in favor of a construction worker who was injured when a concrete-pumping hose hit him in the head and knocked him off a wall and into a basement.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read