The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 18, 2020
The state Judicial Conduct Board has filed ethics charges against Greene County President Judge Farley Toothman for two instances of alleged retaliation against a woman assigned to community service and a courthouse janitor, as well as mishandling cases.
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By Zack Needles | May 14, 2020
"The increasing popularity of ride sharing services makes it likely that more parents travelling with young children will have to take a hard look at whether to accept a ride from a driver whose vehicle does not contain an appropriate car seat," Superior Court Judge Carolyn Nichols wrote in concurring and dissenting statement last November.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Lizzy McLellan | April 24, 2020
While many large firms make cuts, some are expressly averse to laying off employees, and Pennsylvania-based firms are among them.
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By Zack Needles | April 23, 2020
In a concurring opinion, Justice Christine Donohue, joined by four other justices, expressed concern that judges are not required to be present for voir dire in civil cases the way they are in criminal cases.
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By Zack Needles | April 23, 2020
In a case that drew strong amici curiae interest from the insurance industry, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance carrier must defend its insured in a lawsuit by a man who was accidentally shot while intervening in a murder-suicide.
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By Zack Needles | April 16, 2020
Providing additional guidance on what constitutes a "judicial admission" that may not be contradicted by a plaintiff on the witness stand, the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld an Allegheny County jury's approximately $2.2 million award to a man injured when a tractor rolled over him.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 9, 2020
"The record demonstrates that no scientific method exists for dating DNA deposits, and that Dr. Wecht's methodology is not generally accepted in the forensic pathology field," the Superior Court said. "We conclude trial counsel had no reasonable basis for failing to seek preclusion of Dr. Wecht's testimony under Frye, and the admission of his testimony caused substantial prejudice to appellant."
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By Phillip Bantz | April 8, 2020
The Pittsburgh-based language-learning platform named Stephen Chen as its top lawyer on Tuesday. The startup has amassed more than 1 million paid subscribers and has a $1.5 billion valuation.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Lizzy McLellan | April 6, 2020
The new coronavirus is changing law firms now, and may leave them with some lessons for the future.
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By Lizzy McLellan | March 19, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf made the mandate as part of a larger order specifying that non-life-sustaining businesses must close to prevent further spread of the new coronavirus.
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