P.j. D'annunzio

May 18, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Telling the board he accepted responsibility for his actions, a tearful Fedullo read from a letter that said in part, "I apologize to my family and friends and I apologize to Ms. Guerin." During the hearing, he also stressed multiple times that the money in the mishandled IOLTA account was his, not his clients'.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 17, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor William P. Fedullo had sexual relations with a woman he represented in several legal matters, according to a complaint filed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Disciplinary Board.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 14, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Roca and Segal were found in 2016 to have violated the state constitution and the Code of Judicial Conduct by engaging in ex parte contact with former Municipal Court Judge Joseph C. Waters Jr., who was later charged criminally and sentenced to 24 months in prison for fixing cases of political donors.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 13, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

A psychologist, a dominatrix, and her "slave" walk into a courtroom. The punchline? A $5 million verdict in the related defamation lawsuit.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 12, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Pennsylvania law provides that charters, like its school districts, are bodies corporate and gives charters the power to sue and be sued to the same extent as political subdivisions and local agencies can be sued," Kenney continued.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 11, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The complaint said the defendants were aware Insight was using unsecure storage methods for the protected health information (PHI) prior to the February 2021 breach.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 10, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sixteen cancer sufferers and their families have sued German medical device company B. Braun, alleging that emissions of the carcinogenic gas ethylene oxide from one of the company's plants caused their illnesses.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 08, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

In abandoning its appeal on the issue, First Judicial District arraignment courts must now allow journalists and observers to record bail proceedings in Philadelphia as previously ordered by a federal court.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 06, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

In an issue of first impression, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear argument on whether a previously undisclosed communication between doctors about a patient's fatal aneurysm can toll the two-year statute of limitations in a wrongful death action.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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May 05, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

"The forum selection clause as it appears in Facebook's user agreement and as cited by the defendants in their motion to transfer venue is valid and enforceable," U.S. District Judge John Milton Younge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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