P.j. Dannunzio

August 01, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

An indicted former Bucks County magisterial district judge and several other public officials are now facing additional charges in their federal money laundering case.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read

August 01, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld the transfer of a lawsuit stemming from a truck-on-truck crash from Philadelphia to Cumberland County.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

July 28, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia judge's defamation suit alleging he was cast as a corrupt villain in a book about the criminal trial of infamous abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has been removed to federal court.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

July 28, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of the architects of the most notorious judicial crime in Pennsylvania history, "kids-for-cash," has scored a hearing to argue for overturning some of his convictions.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

July 27, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pointing to the significant amount of time and money spent on the appeals process, the Pennsylvania Superior Court denied Pepper Hamilton's request to end its appeal in the defamation case that was brought, but recently discontinued, by the estate of Joe Paterno.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

8 minute read

July 26, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

More names have been added to the already lengthy roster of state officials charged in the FBI's sweeping investigation into pay-to-play politics in Pennsylvania.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

5 minute read

July 25, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former campaign aide to Philadelphia Judge Jimmie Moore, who ran against U.S. Rep. Bob Brady in the 2012 Democratic primary, admitted to funneling a $90,000 payoff from Brady's campaign to get Moore to drop out of the race.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

July 25, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A suit in which a former patent attorney for French cosmetics giant L'Oréal alleged he was fired for standing up for ethical legal practices was dismissed in its early stages. But now a federal appeals court has reinstated the case, saying the claims "were more than skin-deep."

By P.J. D'Annunzio

2 minute read

July 24, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal appeals court has ruled that security company ADT and appliance maker Honeywell could not be held liable for an alarm system that failed to activate during the theft of a couple's gun ultimately used to murder the mother's son.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

July 24, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

With only five months in her term, interim Philadelphia District Attorney Kelley B. Hodge—the first black female head of the state's largest prosecutor's office—vowed to repair the reputation of the office tarnished by her predecessor, Seth Williams.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read