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Click the headline above to view the event calendar.Spousal and Child Support Guidelines Differ
Spousal support orders in high-income cases should be based on support guidelines set forth in the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure and not on the reasonable needs of the spouse, the state Supreme Court has ruled, reversing a Superior Court decision.
Citing Dire Situation, Defender Association Asks for Budget Increase
The Defender Association of Philadelphia asked for a $1.7 million increase in its budget next year because the association says it will have to withdraw from representing indigent defendants in some of the city's 73 criminal courtrooms if it can't fill 19 attorney positions.Smith-Ribner's New Trial Request Is Denied by Superior Court
A Superior Court panel has rejected Commonwealth Court Judge Doris A. Smith-Ribner's request for a new trial in her lawsuit against a local public interest attorney with whom she had been involved in an auto accident.Lawyer's Bad Conduct May Toll Time Limit
Attorney conduct that is sufficiently egregious may be enough to toll the statute of limitations for filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.Attorney-Client Privilege Doesn`t Cover All Communications
Although the attorney-client privilege in Pennsylvania cloaks all communications from a client to a lawyer, it doesn`t protect the lawyer`s communications with the client unless disclosure would risk exposing the client`s communication, a federal judge has ruled.
As Eastern District Vacancies Grow, Reinforcements Unlikely
By mid-July, a quarter of the seats on the bench in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania will be empty, Chief Judge J. Curtis Joyner told The Legal on Thursday, because two more judges are expected to take senior status, bringing the number of vacancies in the district to six.
Court Again Rules Insurer Must Defend in Wrongful Death Suit
Reversing a York County judge, a Superior Court panel has reiterated that court's position that a negligent act resulting in injuriously intentional conduct constitutes an accident as defined in most basic insurance policies.
No Unfair Labor Practices in State Police Disciplinary Action
Pennsylvania State Police officers did not act with "anti-union animus" by disciplining two officers who advanced complaints of a superior's trash disposal and launched their own investigation into that officer, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.Trending Stories
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