Maryclaire Dale

December 16, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The future of Philadelphia's two major newspapers could turn on a pair of commas in the bankruptcy code.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

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January 11, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of several news anchor feuds to spill into the courts in Philadelphia this past year appears to be resolved.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

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June 28, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A suburban mother once arrested after calling in a hoax abduction is set to appear in U.S. court on charges of defrauding $700,000 from clients and colleagues at the law office where she worked as a paralegal and posed as her boss before fleeing to Disney World.

By MaryClaire Dale

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July 10, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

City leaders are moving ahead with their effort to crack down on guns despite the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that blocked citywide handgun bans.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

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November 04, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A California debt collection company has agreed to a $2.55 million judgment to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of Pennsylvanians who claim they were wrongly led to believe they had to pay costly fees to avoid criminal charges for bouncing checks.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

3 minute read

June 11, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

A retired steelworker who served as a Nazi guard should be deported even though the United States granted him a visa in 1956, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

2 minute read

January 31, 2007 | Law.com

A couple who contended that the hormone-replacement drug Prempro caused the woman's breast cancer has been awarded $1.5 million by a Philadelphia jury in a verdict against drug maker Wyeth. The jury also found that Wyeth acted with malice or reckless disregard, prompting a hearing on possible punitive damages. "Wyeth protected their bottom dollar instead of protecting the patients," the plaintiffs lawyer said. The case was the third of about 4,500 against Wyeth to reach a jury.

By Maryclaire Dale

2 minute read

June 04, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Convicted former news anchor Larry Mendte has filed a defamation suit against The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News and several of their columnists.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

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November 22, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

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August 25, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The director of the Philadelphia Housing Authority could lose his $350,000-a-year job over a string of secret sexual-harassment cases.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

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