P.j. D'annunzio

June 04, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

In an apparent change of course, Zappala sent a memo to his prosecutors Sunday, saying any concerns about disparate plea deals because of a defendants' "protected status" must be investigated and reported to the office.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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June 03, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

"The court views this case as the most egregious one involving rude demeanor, failure to timely proceed, and imperious action it has seen," CJD President Judge Jazelle Jones wrote.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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June 02, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

"My client has worked for years to associate her face with certain core values," Fineman said. He added that if a movie studio took the likenesses of the three-judge panel and replicated them for a film without their consent, the judges would likely be offended.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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June 01, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The jury instruction at issue involved the trial judge explaining to the jury that reasonable doubt is the only standard that supports a guilty verdict and that the state "is not required to meet some mathematical certainty" or "to demonstrate the complete impossibility of innocence."

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 28, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. District Judge Gerald McHugh of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied defendant Arch Insurance Co.'s motion to dismiss the putative class action on all but one claim.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 27, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

A downtown Pittsburgh tavern should be covered by its insurer for pandemic-related business losses, says one judge. A Lawrence County sporting goods store with the same claim should not, says another. These disparate rulings on the same subject, reached by judges in Allegheny and Lawrence counties, show that when it comes to business insurance coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, the devil is in the details of the policy.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 26, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to hear a boarding school's appeal over a denial of its request to compel arbitration in a wrongful death case.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 25, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court has ruled that the family of a SEPTA employee who committed suicide is entitled to workers' compensation benefits because the suicide was not an "intentional" act.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 20, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

A group of strip clubs have sued the federal government's Small Business Administration claiming their rights were violated by being denied benefits from restaurant-oriented COVID-19 relief legislation.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 19, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the disciplinary hearing over former Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor William Fedullo's misconduct came to a close Wednesday, disciplinary counsel urged that ethics authorities suspend Fedullo's law license, while his attorney argued that he deserves only a private reprimand.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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