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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Traffic Court Judges Plead Guilty In Ticket-Fixing Case

The first two guilty pleas have been entered in the Philadelphia Traffic Court ticket-fixing scandal.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bills to Eliminate Traffic Court OK'd by Senate Committee

The state Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bills Tuesday that would eliminate Philadelphia's Traffic Court. The move comes just five days after nine current and former judges of the court were charged by federal prosecutors with ticket-fixing.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court Suspends Sitting Judges After Federal Indictment

Two Philadelphia Traffic Court judges and one magisterial district judge have been suspended by the state Supreme Court after they were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to alleged ticket-fixing.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Kim Rothstein pleads guilty

Kim Rothstein pleaded guilty to hiding $1 million in jewelry and other assets from her husband's Ponzi scheme.
3 minute read

Law.com

Feds Indict Nine Present and Former Traffic Court Judges

Nine former and current Philadelphia Traffic Court judges have been charged by federal prosecutors with conspiring to fix traffic tickets.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Ultimate Ponzi' chronicles Scott Rothstein's rise and fall

A book on Scott Rothstein tells how the corrupt lawyer was ripping off clients a decade before his $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme collapsed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Discovery at Sentencing: A Bold Move by the Middle District

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has amended its Local Criminal Rules significantly to expand discovery at a criminal sentencing. Middle District Local Criminal Rule 32.1, which became effective December 1, requires mutual discovery between the prosecutor and defense counsel of all material and documents supplied to the probation officer who writes an initial report to the judge about the defendant's criminal conduct involved in the case.
5 minute read

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