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  • Konyk v. Pa. State Police

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0540

    Commonwealth not contractually-bound to federal plea agreement, with respect to state sex offender registration requirements, under third-party beneficiary or implied contract theories. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Resto

    Publication Date: 2018-03-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0220

    Alleyne v. U.S. did not mandate the unconstitutionality of a mandatory minimum sentence that did not require the finding of any aggravating fact. Order of the superior court reversed, judgment of sentence reinstated.

  • Danganan v. Guardian Prot. Serv.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-06
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Consumer Protection
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0215

    A non-resident could bring a UTPCPL action against a Pennsylvania-based business for alleged conduct occurring outside the commonwealth, consistent with the UTPCPLs broad goal of fraud prevention and the concern that misconduct by Pennsylvania companies could negatively impact the commonwealth.

  • SCF Consulting, LLC v. Barrack, Rodos & Bacine

    Publication Date: 2018-01-23
    Practice Area: Contracts | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0073

    Superior court erred in upholding the lower courts decision on the unenforceability of appellant non-attorneys fee splitting agreement with appellee attorneys because the action was not per se barred by the violation of rule 5.4 of the rules of professional responsibility since the conduct rules ought not be interposed into substantive law. Reversed.

  • McGrath v. Bureau of Profl and Occupational Affairs

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Regulation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 17-1792

    State Board of Nursing retained discretion, upon consideration of regulatory factors, to reinstate a license automatically suspended pursuant to a felony drug conviction, where the 10-year waiting period for felony conviction was intended only to apply to initial issuances or issuances following revocation. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

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  • In Re: Segal

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Judges
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 17-1829

    Court of Judicial Disciplines sanction of permanent removal from judicial office lawful where based on judges repeated and willful participation in communications in which she intended to imply that she was making favorable rulings in exchange for political favors. Order of the Court of Judicial Discipline affirmed.

  • In re 2014 Allegheny Cnty. Investigating Grand Jury: Appeal of WPXI

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Public Records
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 17-1791

    The public disclosure of judicial records sought by the appellant news agency did not moot appellants request for access to the judicial records from the official source in the absence of any assessment of the reliability, verifiability or completeness of the disclosed versions. The high court reversed and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Mathis

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 17-1822

    In this case of first impression, the high court held that parole agents have authority to conduct a protective Terry frisk of non-parolees within the course of executing their statutorily imposed duties so long as their conduct is supported by reasonable suspicion. The court affirmed an intermediate court order affirming defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Derhammer

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 17-1809

    Sex offenders conviction for failing to register new address reversed where sex offender registration statute under which offender was charged was subsequently ruled unconstitutional. Order of the superior court reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Maconeghy

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 17-1661

    Trial court erred in permitting medical expert to opine as to victims sexual abuse based solely upon the victims accounts, where there was a lack of physical evidence of abuse. Order of the superior court affirmed.