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Ben Seal

Ben Seal

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.

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December 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Email Scandal Focusing on Phila. District Attorney's Office

With 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

Inadmissible

Rights Alright. Contract Kid. Online Order.

By Ben Seal, Lizzy McLellan and Ross Todd

4 minute read

December 03, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Inadmissible

Rights 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 Emails

State 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 Rule

Murder 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 Concerns

Pennsylvania 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 Rules

Damages 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 Concerns

Pennsylvania 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 Emails

State 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 Rules

Damages 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