P.j. Dannunzio

July 21, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia School District teacher should have had a district hearing before his transfer from a high school to middle school science teaching position, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

July 20, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has given final approval to an $865,000 settlement that resolved claims from 55 behavioral health professionals alleging they were denied overtime pay by the clinic where they worked.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

July 14, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey federal judge has approved an accord worth more than $5 million—including $725,000 in fees—that settles claims against a self-storage facility that allegedly sold customers' items before they had a chance to retrieve them.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

7 minute read

July 14, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a putative class action filed by a woman claiming the fine print about contesting debt contained in a collections letter wasn't enough to inform consumers of their rights.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

July 14, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Federal Communications Commission's $25 million limit on helping small businesses and minority entrepreneurs competing with big corporations bid for licenses for radio and broadband space is legal, a federal appeals court has ruled.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

July 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A man who entered surgery thinking one testicle was going to be removed only to find afterward that the wrong one was missing has been awarded $870,000, including $250,000 in punitive damages, by a Huntingdon County jury.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

July 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has given final approval to an $865,000 settlement that resolved claims from 55 behavioral health professionals alleging they were denied overtime pay by the clinic where they worked.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

5 minute read

July 12, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The standard used for administering blood tests to suspected drunken drivers is the same one that should be applied to those suspected of being impaired by drugs, the Pennsylvania Superior Court said, ruling that blood can't be taken without a warrant or consent.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

5 minute read

July 11, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Remarks to a reporter by a woman who claimed she was the subject of a bogus parking ticket, along with added comments by her lawyer, did not violate the confidentiality clause in her settlement with a New Jersey municipality, the Appellate Division has ruled.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

6 minute read

July 10, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Don't watch dirty videos at work: It seems like a common-sense rule, especially since the statewide embarrassment that was "porngate" is likely to still be fresh in the minds of Pennsylvania's public officials. But that rudimentary lesson was apparently lost on a Monroe County magisterial district judge who last week was hit with ethics charges.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read