The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Jason Grant | November 30, 2022
The ruling appears to settle an open question in Pennsylvania: whether the state common law notion of "scope of employment" is synonymous with an "under the color of law" finding made under the federal civil rights 1983 statute.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | November 29, 2022
"In order to hold in the manner in which you're arguing we would have to read 'purchase' to mean any change in coverage," said Justice Christine Donohue, who sits on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court bench.
By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | November 29, 2022
Boutros Imad is a new associate with Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, the firm recently announced.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | November 28, 2022
"When a trial judge tells the jurors to do anything other than objectively evaluate the evidence, the court effectively creates 12 standards of review," Justice David Wecht said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press | November 28, 2022
A Pennsylvania judge has recommended the state's high court impose civil contempt penalties against a Republican-majority county government that this summer secretly allowed a third party to copy data from voting machines used in the 2020 election lost by former President Donald Trump.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By The Associated Press | November 28, 2022
Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for Nov. 18 and the week of Nov. 21. Both houses of the General Assembly were in recess at press time. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the Pennsylvania Senate had no scheduled return date.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | November 23, 2022
Pond Lehocky Giordano's Jerry Lehocky, who represented claimant James Burgess in the workers' compensation proceedings, said workers' compensation carriers rarely settle in instances where the injuries are as severe as his client's.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew S. Gallinaro | November 23, 2022
In all but a small handful of states the law does not imply reciprocity in these types of provisions. Outside of those jurisdictions (assuming the provision is not ambiguous) courts across the country have found that one-way fee shifting agreements do not violate public policy and are enforceable.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | November 23, 2022
When trying a high-profile case in federal court, in terms of pretrial publicity, is there a different standard in federal court from the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Responsibility on pretrial publicity?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Melissa Hazell Davis | November 23, 2022
The diversity that exists in law school classrooms across this country does not translate to the law firms who hire those students, and unsurprisingly, the higher up the ladder at law firms one looks, the less diverse its makeup.
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