Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Rebecca J. Reist has joined the firm’s Labor and Employment group as an associate in the Philadelphia office.
WASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the City of Philadelphia was wrong to eliminate foster care referrals from being directed to Catholic Social Services, due to its refusal to accept same-sex couples seeking to be foster parents because of their religious beliefs.
Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced that Erie County has been officially designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) by the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy. Erie joins four other western Pennsylvania counties - Allegheny, Beaver, Washington, and Westmoreland - in receiving dedicated federal resources to coordinate federal, state and local governments to fight drug trafficking and abuse.
Kevin L. Barley has joined Steptoe & Johnson’s Litigation Department as Of Counsel, where he will focus his practice on energy and business litigation.
The Eastern Lebanon County/Elco School District was sued by a Richland family after their minor son was injured by a bus driver's alleged reckless driving.
The following cases categorized as "civil - contract - debt collection: other" cases were on the docket in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas on July 30. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas reported the following activities in the suit brought by National Collegiate Student Loan against Horace R. Elcock and Sherwin J. Elcock on July 30.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for a plaintiff in a motor vehicle action cited irreconcilable differences and professional considerations to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in seeking to withdraw his appearance.
