Mark Scolforo

May 04, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania state legislators flew to foreign lands, cheered on pro sports teams from the stands and even paid some criminal defense legal bills last year without having to crack open their own wallets.

By MARK SCOLFORO

5 minute read

March 24, 2005 | Law.com

A jury on Tuesday rejected the claims of a former dispatcher who accused state police of sexual harassment for allegedly discussing sex on the job and using inappropriate gestures. Nancy Drew Suders' case had reached the U.S. Supreme Court last year, which ruled 8-1 that she could sue under federal civil rights law. But the high court also made it more difficult for her to prove her case, compared with someone fired under similar circumstances.

By Mark Scolforo

2 minute read

August 25, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A summer-long discussion of Pennsylvania's highway, bridge and mass transit needs resumed Monday with an unusual joint meeting in which House and Senate members grilled the state transportation secretary about a proposal to raise $1 billion annually in new funding..

By MARK SCOLFORO

2 minute read

November 02, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania appeals court has thrown out, at least temporarily, an $11,000 fine against an unlicensed midwife who served Lancaster's Amish community, but indicated she probably will have to stop delivering babies.

By MARK SCOLFORO

3 minute read

April 26, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Donations flooded in last year for the two candidates running for a seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, with nearly $4.7 million in cash and in-kind contributions collected by Democrat Jack Panella and Republican Joan Orie Melvin.

By MARK SCOLFORO,Associated Press Writer

1 minute read

April 02, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Prisons cannot routinely strip search drunk drivers and other non-drug, non-violent arrestees without reason to think they are hiding contraband, a federal judge ruled in a potential class-action suit.

By MARK SCOLFORO

3 minute read

February 05, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A judge says one Pennsylvania county is losing thousands of dollars because it's not using its prisoner work-release program enough.

By MARK SCOLFORO

1 minute read

March 01, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania House Democratic aide testified Monday about her role in using a taxpayer-subsidized computer system to send out mass e-mails that targeted Republican candidates.

By MARK SCOLFORO,Associated Press Write

2 minute read

April 19, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two Pennsylvania lawmakers argued in court papers filed Monday that the state law being used to prosecute them for allegedly misusing the power of their office violates the state and federal constitutions.

By MARK SCOLFORO,Associated Press Writer

4 minute read

June 23, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia ordinance banning the sale of cigars and single cigarettes used to smoke illegal drugs was partly thrown out and partly upheld Monday by a divided appeals court.

By MARK SCOLFORO

2 minute read