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Publication Date: 2024-11-11
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Krause
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Case Number: 23-3241
Appellant appealed the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Publication Date: 2024-11-08
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Olson
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Case Number: 1665 MDA 2023
Trial court was not required to determine defendant's recidivism risk reduction incentive eligibility on the record to decline to impose an RRRI minimum sentence. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-11-08
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 2023 CV 1793
Defendants' joint motion to allow defense counsel to attend the interview portion of neuro-psychological examination of medical malpractice plaintiff denied.
Publication Date: 2024-11-08
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Aerospace | State and Local Government | Transportation
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Kennedy
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Case Number: 1982
In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged the Commonwealth Court to affirm its Jan. 6, 2022, order granting motions in limine of plaintiff Robinson and defendant American Airlines, Inc. and ordering the City of Philadelphia to remain a party in this action and as a party on the verdict sheet.
Publication Date: 2024-11-08
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Panella
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Case Number: 2518 EDA 2023
Court found no discovery violation where raw electronic data would have been made available to the defense upon request and the commonwealth never represented that the files it highlighted for the defense would be the sole evidence from the raw data to be presented at trial. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.
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Publication Date: 2024-11-08
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Marston
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Case Number: 24-2853-KSM
Plaintiffs moved to remand after defendant underwent a corporate merger and then removed their personal injury suit based on newly-existing diversity jurisdiction. The court granted plaintiffs' motion to remand, holding that defendant improperly removed the action from state court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction where defendant relied upon a certificate of its own merger and its own statement of material facts filed in state court as an "other paper" from which it could first be ascertained that the action was removable.
Publication Date: 2024-11-08
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Donohue
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Case Number: 2914 DD3
Disciplinary Board's imposition of discipline, based upon the preparation and presentation of a fee petition in federal court on behalf of respondent's law firm's clients reversed. The court found that Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct 1.5 and 8.4(d) did not apply to these circumstances. The petition for discipline was dismissed.
Publication Date: 2024-11-08
Practice Area: Civil Appeals
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Wright
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Case Number: 1037 CD 2024
In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged the Commonwealth Court to affirm its May 21, 2024 order holding that it lacked jurisdiction to act further on the case involving the City's enforcement of the property maintenance code pursuant to Pa. R.A.P. 1701 because appellant had appealed the court's Final Order for Injunction imposing a statutory fine and reinspection fees and an order for demolition of the property in question. The docket revealed that appellant filed a notice of appeal from the order 52 days after the June 21, 2024 de
Publication Date: 2024-11-08
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Construction
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Rendell
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Case Number: 23-1389
Appellant appealed the district court's judgment of sentence, challenging its denial of his requested entrapment jury instruction and its application of certain sentencing enhancements for bribery. The court affirmed, holding that appellant was not entitled to an entrapment jury instruction where he failed to show both government inducement of criminal conduct and that he lacked predisposition to engage in the criminal acts. The court held further that the district court did not err in imposing sentencing enhancements for appellant's
Publication Date: 2024-11-08
Practice Area: Education Law
Industry: Education
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Munley
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Case Number: 1:24cv408
Defendant college moved to dismiss plaintiff student's putative class action complaint. The court denied the motion, holding that plaintiff stated claims for breach of implied contract and, alternatively, unjust enrichment where she sought damages for defendant's cancellation of in-person classes and services and its transition to online classes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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