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Horwath v. DiGrazio, PICS Case No. 16-0836 (Pa. Super. June 24, 2016) Mundy, J. (14 pages).

Trial court abused its discretion when it denied appellant's petition to open the judgment of non pros because appellant filed her petition to open more than 10 days after the entry of the judgment. Reversed.
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New York Law Journal

Arbitrator Wrongly Excluded Evidence, Panel Concludes

An arbitrator "clearly exceeded" his authority when he held that a sheriff's department sergeant was wrongly fired for an aggravated drunken driving arrest, an appeals court ruled.
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New York Law Journal

Buckskin Realty Inc. v. Greenberg

Denial of Appeal From Default Judgment's Denial on Legal Malpractice Claim Explained
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New York Law Journal

Permissible Appellants—Aggrieved Parties

In their Appellate Practice column, Thomas R. Newman and Steven J. Ahmuty Jr. discuss the sometimes overlooked limitation on the very liberal right to appeal—the requirement that only an "aggrieved party or a person substituted for him [or her] may appeal from an appealable judgment or order except one entered upon the default of the aggrieved party."
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New York Law Journal

Personality Disorder Considered Factor in Civil Confinement

An antisocial condition that penologists said is common among criminals is an acceptable prerequisite to a finding that a sex offender may be subject to civil confinement in New York after their release from prison, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
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New York Law Journal

Court Postpones Rulings on Same-Sex Parental Rights

The state Court of Appeals indicated Tuesday that it will take more time to decide two cases involving the applicability of traditional notions of parenthood of children born to mothers in same-sex couples.
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Daily Business Review

Supreme Court Dramatically Shifts False Claims Act Analysis

The U.S. Supreme Court is requiring specific and particularized facts to satisfy materiality in False Claims Act lawsuits, write attorneys Alison Tanchyk and Eric Sitarchuk.
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Daily Business Review

Ex-Lawmaker Rivera's Ethics Case Stays Alive

A state appeals court refuses to get involved now in former U.S. and state Rep. David Rivera's challenge to recommended punishment for an ethics violation.
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Corporate Counsel

D.C. Circuit Serves Tennis Channel Second Loss to Comcast

A federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday refused to revive Tennis Channel Inc.'s claims that Comcast Cable Communications' video programming distribution discriminates against the sports network.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Exploited Children Can Sue Abusers, Appeals Court Rules

An appeals court has overturned a Philadelphia federal judge's ruling that criminal restitution paid by a child pornographer to the girl he pleaded guilty to exploiting allowed him to escape a lawsuit from his victim.
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