P.j. D'annunzio

October 01, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided that a county judge's ruling that the odor of marijuana does not amount to probable cause for police to search a vehicle was legally insufficient.

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September 29, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Public dialogue is only as rich as the information on which it is based, but today's decision covers the public's ears and shrouds the public's eyes," Third Circuit Judge Cheryl Ann Krause wrote in her dissent.

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September 29, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has thrown out three TikTok users' challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order banning the Chinese video-sharing platform.

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September 25, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Petitioners allege over 30 conditions in their suggested class definition, which could well mean that we may be required to certify over 90 subclasses—without even considering those petitioners with multiple conditions," U.S. District Chief Judge John Jones of the Middle District of Pennsylvania said.

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September 25, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Brian McMonagle is no stranger to representing celebrities and well-known clients in court.

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September 24, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument in a case of first impression over whether a six-year catchall statute of limitations applies to the state's Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence or Intimidation Act.

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September 24, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Denying minors the right to be heard by the Human Relations Commission, and to recover for wrongful discriminatory conduct, through an overly restrictive interpretation of the phrase 'equitable tolling' would defeat the very purpose and policies upon which the PHRA is based, and, indeed, would severely undercut the protections of this humanitarian statute," Justice Debra Todd wrote.

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September 22, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

According to Third Circuit Judge Paul Matey's precedential Sept. 22 opinion, Alita Johnson called 911 while the building was on fire. The operator instructed her to remain inside, assuring her that help was on the way. "But a cascade of errors followed," Matey said, with firefighters initially driving to the wrong location and then, once at the scene, unaware that the family was inside.

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September 17, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument in a case involving medical peer review privilege, one that could clarify a key aspect of a 2018 decision in which the justices limited the scope of the Peer Review Protection Act.

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September 17, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday heard argument on the appropriateness of applying res judicata and collateral estoppel when the Commonwealth Court dismissed an appeal because a companion case, subject to a similar decision and order issued by the trial court, was not appealed.

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