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By Zack Needles | October 10, 2018
The pass rate for first-time takers of the July Pennsylvania bar exam decreased this year, after markedly improving in 2017 following 2016's historic low.
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By Zack Needles | October 4, 2018
J.H. alleged in preliminary objections to C.G.'s suit that the decision to have the child, J.W.H., was hers alone and C.G.'s role was solely that of her girlfriend, according to Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Carl Solano's opinion.
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By Zack Needles | September 27, 2018
A litigant who asserts attorney-client privilege before trial may not unfairly surprise their adversary by waiving that privilege on the stand, a deeply split Pennsylvania Superior Court en banc has ruled, reaching the same conclusion arrived at by a divided three-judge panel in 2016.
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By Zack Needles | September 27, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that common-law civil forfeiture does not exist in Pennsylvania, but stopped short of saying the same for common-law criminal forfeiture, instead leaving that issue for another day.
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By Dan M. Clark | September 26, 2018
The settlement, which includes $5.7 million for Pennsylvania, is the result of a multistate investigation that found Uber paid hackers $100,000 to conceal the breach, which exposed the names, email addresses and cellphone numbers of 57 million users.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | September 25, 2018
U.S. District Judge Sylvia Rambo of the Middle District of Pennsylvania granted class certification to plaintiffs Jody Finefrock and Julia Francis, who filed their FLSA lawsuit on behalf of all female managers at Five Guys who faced wage discrimination.
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By Lizzy McLellan | September 19, 2018
Plaintiff Alicia Drees was fired shortly after returning from maternity leave, her complaint said.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | September 12, 2018
A federal appeals court has upheld the denial of a $1 million fee request by a Scranton attorney in an auto insurance case that produced a verdict almost a tenth of the requested legal compensation. In its denial, the Third Circuit, joining other circuit courts, also held that it is within a judge's discretion to award no attorney fees at all, especially if the fee request is deemed "outrageously excessive."
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | September 5, 2018
Lock Haven University has been ordered to rehire a mathematics professor who was fired after the college discovered he had been convicted of sex crimes nearly 30 years ago.
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By Lizzy McLellan | September 4, 2018
Harrisburg-based McNees has acquired The Winter Group, a lobbying firm founded by a former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor.
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