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Saul Ewing partner Richard Frazier appointed to Pa. Judicial Conduct Board
A partner with the Philadelphia law firm Saul Ewing is one of the newest -
Pa. AG Kane sues Ohio telemarketing co. over solicitations
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane and her counterpart in Ohio -
Pa. appellate judges affirm OOR denial of lawyer’s records’ request pertaining to voter ID law
A three-judge state appellate court panel has affirmed a decision by the Pennsylvania -
Commonwealth Court Judge Simpson issues injunction in Voter ID case preventing law from taking effect in November
A Pennsylvania judge has blocked the state’s controversial Voter ID law from taking -
Pa. Supreme Court vacates Commonwealth Court's ruling upholding Voter ID law, sends back to lower court
In what is being viewed as a partial victory for opponents of the state’s controversial -
Pa. Supreme Court, in Phila., hears oral arguments in Voter ID law appeal
Pennsylvania’s highest court on Sept. 13 listened to oral arguments in the case of -
Pa. Democratic Party turns to courts to remove convicted former state Rep. Bill DeWeese from ballot
Attorneys representing the state’s Democratic Party have taken their fight to remove a -
Pa. Chief Justice praises Commonwealth Court for handling of election cases
The leader of Pennsylvania’s highest judiciary had kind words for the state’s lower tier appellate court late last week, praising the appeals judges for handling an “unprecedented” number of election cases during this past primary election season. -
Democrat Kane takes party nomination in Pa. Attorney General's race, first woman to ever do so
A former assistant county prosecutor from Northeastern Pennsylvania will be heading into November’s general election after she won her party’s nomination for state attorney general following Tuesday’s primary election. -
Pa. Attorney General sues Arizona charity for soliciting illegal donations from state residents
The state Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against an Arizona charity for soliciting illegal donations, two years after Pennsylvania’s top law enforcer entered into a consent agreement with the same group after it was discovered that the charitable organization was not registered in Pennsylvania, as required by law. -
Ineligible Phila. Municipal Court candidate has defamation suit dismissed by federal judge
A federal judge in Philadelphia has dismissed in its entirety a complaint initiated by a woman who had claimed a host of people had conspired against her in her bid to be elected to Philadelphia’s Municipal Court. -
Former Secretary of Commonwealth of Pa. joins local law firm
A former Pennsylvania secretary of state who held various high-ranking positions in the commonwealth and its neighbor to the east has joined the local law firm of Lavin, O’Neil, Ricci, Cedrone & DiSipio. -
Common Pleas Court judicial candidates advance during primary
Ten out of 40-plus Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judicial nominees advanced during Tuesday’s primary election, with seven out of the 10 constituting as endorsed candidates by the city’s Democratic Committee.