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February 09, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein added Thomas D. Begley III as a principal and a member of the estates, administration and planning department.

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September 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Joanne Murray, a partner of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn and member of the firm's business and finance practice group, was a presenter at the Bucks County Bar Association's continuing legal ­education program, "Company Formation Best Practices: People and 
Collateral."

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September 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

• On Monday, Sept. 25, the Support Center for Child Advocates (SCCA) will host its 12th annual golf classic, Swing for Change, at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. This event benefits the SCCA Project for Medically Needy Children, a ­critical program led by a staff attorney and social worker who team with specially trained volunteer lawyers to secure necessary medical treatment, special education, ­rehabilitation services and permanent nurturing homes for young clients that have serious or chronic medical needs. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and lunch is at 11 a.m. To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/ya25k8fj.

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September 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

An arbitration award that reinstated a teacher accused of making repeated sexually explicit comments toward his female co-worker violated the public policy against sexual harassment and cannot be enforced, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

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September 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Defendant's contention that his 1978 conviction for criminal trespass did not constitute an "enumerated offense" under Section 6105 of the Uniform Firearms Act, thus barring him from owning a gun, was meritless; therefore, trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise the claim. The court affirmed an order denying defendant relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act.

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September 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting summary judgment in favor of home building company in homeowner's UTPCPL claim over allegedly defective stucco because owner was not in privity with company and failed to establish that company made any representations about her specific home or the stucco upon which she could justifiably rely. Affirmed.

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September 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Reconsideration of summary judgment denied where prior ruling based on express language of parties' contract, and where "newly discovered" evidence was accessible to party prior to summary judgment. Motion for reconsideration denied.

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September 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Workers' compensation board properly affirmed the WCJ's dismissal of claimant's reinstatement petition because claimant failed to establish a causal connection between her current condition and her recognized work-related injuries, failed to comply with the special rules relating to the admissibility of a doctor's report and failed to establish a worsening of her condition subsequent to the termination of her benefits. Affirmed.

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September 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The trial court erred in granting defendant's omnibus pretrial motion to suppress a fireman defendant discarded in a flowerpot as he walked away from police where the totality of the circumstances established that defendant was not seized when initially encountered by police. The court reversed a suppression order and remanded for further proceedings.

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September 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The compulsory joinder rule requiring joinder of DUI and summary traffic offenses did not apply in judicial districts that had separate traffic courts with exclusive and limited jurisdiction to dispose of summary offenses, which required DUI charges held for trial in general jurisdiction courts. Order of the trial court reversed.

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