Ben Seal

December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Tens of thousands of government dollars have been spent on multiple investigations into the pornographic and offensive email traffic exchanged among judges, prosecutors and government officials in Pennsylvania, and the contract for the latest review indicates the sum could quickly rise.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In October 2013, the Superior Court issued an opinion in Stepanovich v. McGraw, holding that naming and identifying insurance companies as defendants doesn't prejudice other defendants in underinsured motorist cases. But in the two years since that ruling, which left open the question of whether UIM claims should be consolidated with tort claims against a defendant driver, there has been no further case law on the issue, leaving courts across the state to make determinations about bifurcation on a case-by-case basis—and leaving attorneys uncertain of how to advise their clients.

By Ben Seal

3 minute read

December 11, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Web Summary, dateline, etc. here

By Ben Seal, Amanda Bronstad and Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Tens of thousands of government dollars have been spent on multiple investigations into the pornographic and offensive email traffic exchanged among judges, prosecutors and government officials in Pennsylvania, and the contract for the latest review indicates the sum could quickly rise.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Court of Judicial Discipline has asked Justice J. Michael Eakin to show cause why he should not be suspended from his position on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court while his disciplinary case is pending.

By Lizzy McLellan and Ben Seal

3 minute read

December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In October 2013, the Superior Court issued an opinion in Stepanovich v. McGraw, holding that naming and identifying insurance companies as defendants doesn't prejudice other defendants in underinsured motorist cases. But in the two years since that ruling, which left open the question of whether UIM claims should be consolidated with tort claims against a defendant driver, there has been no further case law on the issue, leaving courts across the state to make determinations about bifurcation on a case-by-case basis—and leaving attorneys uncertain of how to advise their clients.

By Ben Seal

3 minute read

December 11, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Web Summary, dateline, etc. here

By Ben Seal, Amanda Bronstad and Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Court of Judicial Discipline has asked Justice J. Michael Eakin to show cause why he should not be suspended from his position on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court while his disciplinary case is pending.

By Lizzy McLellan and Ben Seal

3 minute read

December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

"When you're going to different counties, you're going to get different results," said plaintiffs attorney Michael J. Pisanchyn Jr., of the Pisanchyn Law Firm. "It's difficult to be able to tell a client with any type of consistency what's going to happen because there's no appellate guidance."

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether a sentencing judge can consider evidence of a crime's impact on a victim when the crime is not an offense against a person.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read