Mark Scolforo

March 19, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former state Sen. Vincent Fumo is scheduled for sentencing July 13 on wide-ranging corruption charges.

By MARK SCOLFORO

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July 17, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

The mayor of Hazleton, Pa., signed a city ordinance Friday that punishes people who do business with illegal immigrants or provide them with jobs or housing. Critics called the new law unenforceable and predicted it will be overturned. Mayor Lou Barletta said city workers will learn to check people's immigration or citizenship status. Lee Llambelis, legal director of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, said she expects there to be "cookie cutter ordinances popping up all over the country."

By Mark Scolforo

3 minute read

May 12, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will have to pay one of its former civil engineers $75,000 and pick up the man's legal fees following a judge's determination that his work environment had been racially hostile.

By MARK SCOLFORO

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February 15, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Veteran Cumberland County Coroner Michael Norris puts the implications of the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that made most autopsy reports public in stark and personal terms..

By MARK SCOLFORO

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April 02, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

A proposal to require handgun owners to report to police when their weapons are lost or stolen was defeated Tuesday in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

By MARK SCOLFORO

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December 31, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Prosecutors warned in a court motion obtained by The Associated Press that the corruption case against a former state lawmaker and Democratic legislative aides may hinge on how a judge rules in a battle over e-mail evidence.

By MARK SCOLFORO

3 minute read

February 19, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's problem-plagued constable system will probably be supervised by the courts and the 1,200 constables will face tougher training standards, a key state lawmaker said Wednesday after a hearing on the topic.

By MARK SCOLFORO

4 minute read

March 30, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The decision this week to overturn hundreds of juvenile convictions was a significant and dramatic first step toward untangling the legal mess left behind by a judicial corruption case in northeastern Pennsylvania.

By MARK SCOLFORO

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October 29, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

By MARK SCOLFORO

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February 17, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Emissaries from all four legislative caucuses met with the attorney general's office three years ago in what prosecutors described Tuesday as efforts to forestall an investigation after news broke that millions of dollars in bonuses had been quietly paid to employees of the General Assembly.

By MARK SCOLFORO,Associated Press Writer

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