Mark Scolforo

February 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

HARRISBURG, Pa. AP - A company that treats inmates for drug and alcohol problems wants a federal judge to stop a state agency from kicking it out of Wernersville State Hospital next month.A federal mediator was assigned on Friday to help resolve a dispute between Firetree Ltd. and the Department of General Services that could soon trigger 150 layoffs.

By MARK SCOLFORO

4 minute read

June 02, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge and dozens of lawyers on Thursday began the process of figuring out how to consolidate about 80 lawsuits that claim chocolate manufacturers conspired to artificially boost prices.

By Mark Scolforo

3 minute read

September 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Proposed revisions to Pennsylvania's 2-year-old Right-to-Know Law -- with provisions that would expand access to some government records and restrict it for others -- passed a legislative committee unanimously Wednesday and could get a full Senate vote next week.

By By MARK SCOLFORO,Associated Press Writer

3 minute read

July 26, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A district judge says he's heard enough evidence to send public corruption charges against Rep. Bill DeWeese to a county court for trial.

By MARK SCOLFORO

1 minute read

June 20, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Jerry Sandusky's lawyers finished putting on their case Wednesday without calling the former Penn State assistant football coach to the stand to rebut child sex abuse allegations that could put him in prison for the rest of his life.

By Genaro C. Armas and Mark Scolforo

4 minute read

July 26, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A man who claims to be the unknown victim molested in a Penn State shower by Jerry Sandusky in a case that led to Joe Paterno's firing intends to sue the university for its "egregious and reckless conduct" that facilitated the abuse, his lawyers said Thursday.

By Mark Scolforo

5 minute read

January 02, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The NCAA overstepped its authority by imposing hefty sanctions on Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday as he filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the college athletics governing body.

By Mark Scolforo

4 minute read

October 08, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Jerry Sandusky will walk into state prison with little more than a watch and wedding band. He'll be able to work a 30-hour week to make a few dollars. He'll be able to watch Penn State football but not violent movies. If the former Penn State defensive coach is sentenced Oct. 9 to a long state prison term, he will find himself far removed from the comfortable suburban life he once led, placed under the many rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

By Mark Scolforo

6 minute read

June 11, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The lead prosecutor called Jerry Sandusky a serial predator in opening statements Monday, while a defense lawyer said the young men accusing the former Penn State assistant football coach of sexual abuse had a financial interest in the outcome.

By Genaro C. Armas and Mark Scolforo

6 minute read

June 18, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The judge overseeing Jerry Sandusky's trial said it's likely that defense lawyers will rest by Wednesday and that jurors could be deliberating the 51 child sex abuse charges against the former Penn State assistant football coach a day later.

By Genaro C. Armas and Mark Scolforo

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