The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Daniel J. Siegel | June 24, 2024
For legal ethicists, this new territory presents familiar ethical quandaries. They unanimously agree that competence mandates a thorough understanding and education in any new technology prior to its use.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | June 20, 2024
The allocatur grant comes following a November 2023 ruling by the Commonwealth Court, where a unanimous en banc panel determined that so-called "skill" games, which are video game machines often found in bars and restaurants, don't constitute illegal gambling.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert Max Junker and Anna S. Jewart | June 20, 2024
To avoid luxurious lolling by local governments, the Legislature included mandatory deadlines in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. Section 10101 et seq. (MPC), which governs municipal regulation of zoning, subdivision and land development within the commonwealth. The MPC sets forth strict requirements for when and how municipalities make decisions on land use applications, in addition to how they communicate those decisions to the applicant.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | June 20, 2024
Hypothetical questions can help facilitate conversations on judgments about the perceived likelihood or potential consequences of an event or an action. They can also help reveal hidden or flawed assumptions. Supreme Court justices, for instance, often use hypothetical questions to test the outer boundaries of what the advocate is asking the court to declare and of what the court may have to decide.
By VerdictSearch | June 18, 2024
On April 7, 2022, plaintiff Adeline Pless, 63, was a pedestrian allegedly struck by a vehicle being operated by Latonja Jones in Upper Darby. Pless was crossing an intersection as Jones was executing a left turn.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | June 17, 2024
According to the plaintiffs' lawyer, the doctor's own recordkeeping was what drove the defendants' loss.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | June 17, 2024
The idea "that this is some horrifying … departure from well-established Pennsylvania law is just kind of ridiculous," First Law Strategy Group partner David Senoff asserted.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | June 14, 2024
"By attaching 78 total exhibits consisting of 309 pages, Ogden has more than satisfied the requirements of Rule 1019(i) under the circumstances," the judge ruled.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew B. Weisberg | June 14, 2024
In N.W.M., the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined that guardians ad litem (GAL) are not quasi-judicial and thus not immune from claims in legal malpractice arising out of the GAL's role in representing the best interests of the child.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Curt Schroder | June 13, 2024
These reports highlight a very disturbing trend in the commonwealth, a trend that needs to be reversed to right-size the state's legal climate.
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