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Dauphin County judge appointed to Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness

May 21, 2013 8:27 AM
By Jon Campisi

A trial judge from the Harrisburg area has been appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve out a year-and-a-half term on the state’s Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness. In a per curiam order docketed on May … Read More »

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Experienced Phila. litigator appointed to three-year-term on Pa. Board of Law Examiners

May 16, 2013 7:16 AM
By Jon Campisi

A veteran Philadelphia litigator with substantial experience in commercial and employment disputes, insurance insolvency and receivership law, and complex white collar criminal defense and civil litigation has been appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve out a three-year term … Read More »

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Bills to eliminate Phila. Traffic Court, raise judicial retirement age voted out of House committee

May 15, 2013 8:58 AM
By Jon Campisi

Three bills that court reformers hail as crucial steps toward improving the judiciary have moved out of a state House committee. Senate Bills 333 and 334, which deal with eliminating the scandal-plagued Philadelphia Traffic Court were voted out of the … Read More »

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AOPC releases annual ‘State of the Commonwealth’s Courts’ report

May 13, 2013 6:35 AM
By Jon Campisi

Limited funding and a lack of knowledge. These are the two greatest challenges that Pennsylvania courts have to overcome these days, at least in the eyes of Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille. The jurist who sits at the … Read More »

Features, Issues, News, Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Milton Hershey School, Trust Co. reach agreement with A.G.’s Office regarding organizational and governance reforms

May 10, 2013 7:04 AM
By Jon Campisi

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Milton Hershey School and the Hershey Trust Company to implement organizational reforms and improve governance. Highlights of the reforms agreed to by the parties include, … Read More »

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Following successful civil E-filing in Phila., FJD unveils similar program for criminal matters

May 8, 2013 7:13 AM
By Jon Campisi

Monday marked the start of the First Judicial District’s Criminal Electronic Filing System pilot program, in which attorneys could, for the first time in Philadelphia at least, file court documents relating to criminal matters on the website for the city’s … Read More »

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Former Pa. Justice Joan Orie Melvin receives house arrest, probation during corruption sentencing

May 8, 2013 7:05 AM
By Jon Campisi

Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, who was convicted on public corruption charges in February, was sentenced on Tuesday to house arrest followed by probation, according to court records and Pittsburgh media. The disgraced jurist learned her fate … Read More »

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Pa. State Sen. John Rafferty joins Lamb McErlane as of counsel

May 3, 2013 10:49 AM
By Jon Campisi

State Sen. John C. Rafferty, a Republican who represents portions of three suburban Philadelphia counties, has joined the West Chester law firm of Lamb McErlane as of counsel, the firm announced this week. Rafferty represents the state’s 44th Senatorial District, … Read More »

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Parties still await judge’s ruling in asbestos bankruptcy case

May 2, 2013 6:41 AM
By Jon Campisi

PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – It’s been nearly three months since federal Judge Judith Fitzgerald ordered the submittal of post-trial briefs in an asbestos bankruptcy case originating out of Delaware, and thus far, it appears the case is in a state of … Read More »

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