Ben Seal is managing editor of The American Lawyer. He joined the magazine in February 2018, and previously spent five years working for The Legal Intelligencer, editing the paper's magazines and supplements and reporting on Pennsylvania's state courts, legislature and Attorney General's Office. Contact him at [email protected] or @BSealTAL.
December 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Email Scandal Focusing on Phila. District Attorney's OfficeWith the focus of the racist and pornographic email scandal moving from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, pressure is mounting on Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams.
By Max Mitchell and Ben Seal
5 minute read
December 03, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
InadmissibleRights Alright. Contract Kid. Online Order.
By Ben Seal, Lizzy McLellan and Ross Todd
4 minute read
December 03, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
InadmissibleRights Alright. Contract Kid. Online Order.
By Ben Seal, Lizzy McLellan and Ross Todd
4 minute read
December 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Kane Assigns Former Maryland AG to Investigate EmailsState Attorney General Kathleen Kane has appointed Douglas F. Gansler, a former Maryland attorney general, as a special deputy attorney general charged with further investigating pornographic and offensive emails passed among government employees in Pennsylvania.
By Ben Seal
6 minute read
December 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Murder Takes Place at Time of Attack, Justices RuleMurder is committed at the time of a violent assault, not at the time of the victim's death, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
6 minute read
December 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
AG Kane's Push for Broader Email Inquiry Raises ConcernsPennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane plans to announce Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia a team of special prosecutors to further review any pornographic and offensive emails sent or received on government servers, raising questions among criminal and ethics attorneys about the scope of such an investigation and her ability to direct it with a suspended law license.
By Ben Seal and Max Mitchell
6 minute read
December 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pollution Exclusion Doesn't Apply to Fire's Smoke, Judge RulesDamages caused by the smoke from a fire don't fall under an insurance policy's pollution exclusion, a common pleas judge has ruled.
By Ben Seal
4 minute read
November 30, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
AG Kane's Push for Broader Email Inquiry Raises ConcernsPennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane plans to announce Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia a team of special prosecutors to further review any pornographic and offensive emails sent or received on government servers, raising questions among criminal and ethics attorneys about the scope of such an investigation and her ability to direct it with a suspended law license.
By Ben Seal and Max Mitchell
6 minute read
November 30, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Kane Assigns Former Maryland AG to Investigate EmailsState Attorney General Kathleen Kane has appointed Douglas F. Gansler, a former Maryland attorney general, as a special deputy attorney general charged with further investigating pornographic and offensive emails passed among government employees in Pennsylvania.
By Ben Seal
6 minute read
November 30, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pollution Exclusion Doesn't Apply to Fire's Smoke, Judge RulesDamages caused by the smoke from a fire don't fall under an insurance policy's pollution exclusion, a common pleas judge has ruled.
By Ben Seal
4 minute read
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