By Michael Riccardi | January 25, 2018
Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of Jan. 22. The General Assembly was in recess at press time. Members of the Pennsylvania Senate were scheduled to return to session on Monday, and members of the state House of Representatives were set to return to session on Feb. 5.
By Victoria Hudgins | January 25, 2018
Pennsylvania Sen. Christine Tartaglione, D-Philadelphia, proclaimed in a recent memo her intention to support incrementally raising the minimum wage in Pennsylvania to $15, and $12 for tipped employees, by 2024.
By Victoria Hudgins | January 25, 2018
State Rep. Eli Evankovich, R-Allegheny, issued a memo proposing legislation that would waive the 300-week limitation from last exposure for bringing a claim of occupational diseases when the disease has a latency period of more than 300 weeks, such as asbestosis and mesothelioma.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kenneth M. Portner | January 25, 2018
Pennsylvania law requires auto insurers to offer insureds the option to purchase uninsured motorist (UM) coverage. UM coverage provides compensation for insureds injured in accidents caused by the negligence of uninsured drivers or in “hit and run” accidents where the at-fault driver is never identified or by the negligence of underinsured drivers.
By Samuel C. Stretton | January 25, 2018
I am a newly elected judicial officer. What is the most important aspect of consideration in being a judge?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | January 25, 2018
Who in civil litigation does not love a good RICO claim? Its boundaries are seemingly endless, and in the case of Harvey Weinstein—perhaps one of the most vilified defendants on the planet right now—there is the possibility of catastrophic implications, as if being the face of an entire movement (#MeToo) is not bad enough.
By Max Mitchell | January 25, 2018
A case taken up by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court could shed some light on what kind of evidence municipalities can use in efforts to block an oil and gas drilling project.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | January 24, 2018
Plaintiffs "did not have the burden to prove that Lehigh County was oppressive to certain individuals, and such evidence was irrelevant to the inquiry herein," the court said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | January 24, 2018
A Law Weekly tally of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's work product over the last two years shows that its seven justices like to display an independent streak, and lawyers who looked at the findings stressed that the high court as a whole tends to be unpredictable.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | January 24, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed a Superior Court decision that a police officer executing a search warrant for a home didn't have probable cause to arrest a man on the premises, even though another police officer allegedly saw the defendant take part in a drug transaction days before.
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