Maryclaire Dale

November 04, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The owners of Philadelphia's two major dailies are waging a late-stage battle to keep the newspapers from creditors in a looming bankruptcy auction.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

3 minute read

July 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former judge in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty Friday to a racketeering conspiracy charge for his role in a kickback scheme that put juvenile defendants, many without lawyers, behind bars for sometimes minor offenses.

By By MARYCLAIRE DALE

2 minute read

March 24, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A group of insurance agents asked a federal appeals court on Monday to revive an age discrimination lawsuit over the Allstate Insurance Co.'s decision to switch thousands of them from employees to independent contractors.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

2 minute read

February 03, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has blocked the execution of a man convicted in the 1991 slayings of his brother and sister-in-law.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

1 minute read

December 13, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal appeals court will hear arguments from a Haitian man facing deportation over an attempted murder conviction who believes he should be allowed to stay in the U.S. to receive medical care.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

2 minute read

April 06, 2006 | Law.com

Verizon Communications is proposing refunds to Internet customers who found legitimate e-mail from friends and businesses blocked by the company's spam filters, according to a proposed class action settlement. The company has refined its junk e-mail blockers since the suit was filed last year, the parties said. The plaintiffs in the case include a lawyer with British clients and people with relatives overseas. "This is not a class of people who want their spam," said one attorney.

By MaryClaire Dale

3 minute read

April 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia's two main daily newspapers go on the auction block next week as the publications' current owners and their creditors remain locked in a bitter dispute for control after more than a year in bankruptcy protection.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press Writer

4 minute read

July 26, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A lawyer for the pilot of the tug pushing a barge that sank a duck boat in Philadelphia fears his client could face federal felony charges over the deadly crash.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

4 minute read

April 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A U.S. appeals court on Friday denied creditors of Philadelphia's two largest newspapers a rehearing on a key issue that could determine who wins the company at an upcoming bankruptcy auction.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press Writer

4 minute read

October 13, 2010 | Law.com

A Philadelphia-area school district has agreed to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits over secret photos taken on school-issued laptops. The district admits it captured thousands of webcam photographs and screen shots from student laptops in an effort to locate missing computers. A high school student had charged that the district used the technology to spy on him inside his home. Later evidence showed he was photographed 400 times in a two-week period, sometimes as he slept in his bedroom, according to his lawyer.

By Maryclaire Dale

3 minute read