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December 22, 2008 |

Privacy Rights Halt Disclosure of Officials' Cell Phone Records

Individuals' privacy rights can outweigh the public benefit of obtaining the complete cell phone records of public officials, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
6 minute read
February 03, 2012 |

Allegheny County Owes Sex Offenders $325K in Attorney Fees

Allegheny County must pay a group of sex offenders nearly $325,000 in attorney fees after the group successfully challenged the enforceability of a local ordinance restricting the offenders' residency.
6 minute read
November 17, 2008 |

Arbitrability of Arbitration Clauses Must Be Spelled Out

A Court of Common Pleas judge has ruled in a case of first impression that members of the judiciary -- not arbitrators -- are responsible for deciding disputes over the scope of arbitration clauses unless a contract explicitly states otherwise, but that a
5 minute read
September 20, 2011 |

Pa. Justices Eye Standard of Review in Open Records Cases

The state Supreme Court was asked to consider what the Commonwealth Court's standard of appellate review is for final determinations of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records on appeal during the high court's first-ever televised oral arguments session Sept. 13 in Philadelphia.
7 minute read
February 21, 2012 |

Commonwealth Court OKs Allegheny Co. Alcoholic Beverages Tax

An Allegheny County ordinance taxing the sale of alcoholic beverages has withstood Pennsylvania appellate court scrutiny, after a Commonwealth Court panel rejected challenges to the law filed on behalf of bar and restaurant owners in Allegheny County.
4 minute read
February 15, 2010 |

A Broad View for Open Records Appeals

In an apparent case of first impression, the Commonwealth Court has determined that it has the authority to use the more liberal de novo standard of review when hearing appeals regarding requests to access governmental information under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law.
5 minute read
October 21, 2008 |

Newspapers Pry Open Voir Dire in Joyce Trial

After a number of Pennsylvania newspapers including Pennsylvania Law Weekly joined in an emergency motion Tuesday, U.S. District Senior Judge Maurice B. Cohill Jr. conceded that voir dire in the trial of former Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce would
2 minute read
June 23, 2008 |

Whistleblower Act Doesn't Preclude Jury Trial

Legislation that provides protection for public employees against retaliation for reporting waste and wrongdoing doesn't pre-empt the right to a jury trial of wrongful discharge claims, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick has ruled.
6 minute read
December 29, 2008 |

Justices: Telephone Privacy Trumps Right to Know

Individuals' privacy rights can outweigh the public benefit of obtaining the complete cell phone records of public officials, the state Supreme Court ruled Dec. 19.
6 minute read
May 27, 2011 |

Pa. Supreme Court: County Sex Offender Ordinance Pre-empted

The state Supreme Court said Wednesday that Allegheny County's ordinance prohibiting convicted sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of child care facilities, public parks and schools is pre-empted by state law.
5 minute read

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