Maryclaire Dale

April 01, 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 MARYCLAIRE DALE

3 minute read

February 22, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

T. Milton Street Sr., the eccentric older brother of the city's last mayor, was convicted of three tax-evasion charges, but acquitted of four fraud counts over what prosecutors had described as a kickback scheme at the city-owned airport.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

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December 07, 2007 | Law.com

A young couple whose sleek laptop offered police a road map of their highflying lifestyle, allegedly financed through identify theft, hope to win a plea deal on state charges but their troubles are mounting. The FBI is also now weighing federal charges against college student Jocelyn Kirsch and her boyfriend, University of Pennsylvania graduate Edward Anderton.

By MaryClaire Dale

5 minute read

August 19, 2005 | Law.com

Thousands of employees at a chemical company should be tested for brain tumors because of a high number of deadly cases among workers at a research campus, a retired worker argues in a lawsuit filed in Philadelphia. Rohm and Haas Co. conducted its own study and found no significant links among 15 workers who developed brain tumors since 1973. All but one died. Filed Monday on the retired worker's behalf, the lawsuit seeks periodic MRIs and neurologic testing for thousands of others.

By Maryclaire Dale

3 minute read

January 12, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

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February 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A college student detained at Philadelphia International Airport and questioned about his Arabic language flash cards filed a lawsuit Wednesday against police, the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer

4 minute read

May 27, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A judge acquitted 12 religious activists of trespass and disorderly conduct Tuesday in protests at an allegedly rogue Philadelphia gun store.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

3 minute read

November 11, 2002 | Law.com

Alexander Odom Jr. signed up for a summer calculus class at the University of Pennsylvania in August 1998. By the end of the month, he was good enough with numbers to finagle $2,990 from the student credit union. And in the next few years, he stayed at more than a dozen schools just long enough to get a student ID, open a bank account and write bad checks. The scheme netted him $85,000 -- and two years in federal prison.

By Maryclaire Dale

2 minute read

September 25, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

A city health clinic did not violate a 16-year-old's rights or those of her parents when it gave her emergency contraception without notifying the couple, a federal appeals court said.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

3 minute read

April 17, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

A judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the city from enforcing new, local gun-control laws until she hears a challenge from the National Rifle Association.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

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