Maryclaire Dale

Maryclaire Dale

October 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Abuse Victims Say Gun Surrender Laws Save Lives. Will the Supreme Court Agree?

"Every step of the way it seemed like his rights were more important … than mine and my children's," said Janet Paulsen, who was left partially paralyzed in 2015 after being shot by her husband shortly after telling him she wanted a divorce.

By Maryclaire Dale | The Associated Press

16 minute read

October 21, 2021 | Daily Report Online

NFL, players agree to end 'race-norming' in $1B settlement

"We look forward to the court's prompt approval of the agreement, which provides for a race-neutral evaluation process that will ensure diagnostic accuracy and fairness in the concussion settlement," NFL lawyer Brad Karp said.

By Maryclaire Dale, The Associated Press

5 minute read

October 20, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

NFL Set to Propose Fix to 'Race-Norming' in Dementia Testing

The new testing formula, developed during months of closed-door negotiations with players' lawyers, will remain secret until a federal judge reviews it.

By Maryclaire Dale/The Associated Press

4 minute read

June 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Juvenile Lifers Await Chance for Parole After US Ruling

It's been six months since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that some 2,500 "juvenile lifers" could seek a chance at parole for their childhood crimes, but only a few aging inmates have walked out of prison.

By MaryClaire Dale, Associated Press

8 minute read

December 30, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Bill Cosby Charged with Sexually Assaulting a Woman

Bill Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal case brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as America's Dad.

By Maryclaire Dale

7 minute read

December 30, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Bill Cosby Charged with Sexually Assaulting a Woman

Bill Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal case brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as America's Dad.

By Maryclaire Dale

7 minute read

October 03, 2014 | Legaltech News

Appeals Court Rules No-Warrant GPS Evidence Admissible

Prosecutors can use evidence gathered after a GPS device was put on a suspect's van without a warrant.

By Maryclaire Dale

2 minute read

September 18, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Trial Lawyer Gives $50M to Drexel Law School

Philadelphia trial lawyer Thomas R. Kline has amassed a fortune during a long career representing people harmed in unusual, and unusually tragic, ways.

By Maryclaire Dale

3 minute read

June 11, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Pa. Woman Jailed Over Truancy Fines Found Dead in Cell

Hundreds of parents, some impoverished and overwhelmed, have been jailed in Pennsylvania for failing to pay court fines that arise from truancy hearings after their children skip school, creating what some call a "debtor's prison" for people like Eileen DiNino.

By Maryclaire Dale

3 minute read

January 06, 2014 | Daily Report Online

'Jihad Jane' Gets 10 Years in Plot to Kill Artist

PHILADELPHIA -- A troubled Pennsylvania woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" online and plotted to kill a Swedish artist was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison after telling a judge she had been consumed by thoughts of a Muslim holy war.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

4 minute read


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