P.J. D'Annunzio

September 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Questions have arisen about the city of Philadelphia's request for proposals regarding a contract that would create a for-profit legal organization to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases where the Public Defender's Office has a conflict, as well as about social media postings by one of the attorneys vying for the contract.

By zack needles 
and P.J. d'annunzio

9 minute read

September 24, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

An invasion of privacy claim involving the alleged interception and transmission of a Washington state woman's emails and communications to a company in Pennsylvania - via a "spy" program on a rent-to-own computer - cannot be dismissed based on lack of jurisdiction, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

5 minute read

September 03, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Although the Pennsylvania Superior Court does not have explicit guidelines for choosing to grant en banc reargument, judges and attorneys said the cases that are reargued often involve conflicting panels or issues of first impression.

By P.J.D'Annunzio

5 minute read