The state Attorney General’s Office is asking a judge in Philadelphia to compel an Allentown businessman to comply with a subpoena that was issued to the man in connection with an investigation into claims of consumer protection law violations.
Pennsylvania’s junior appellate court has upheld a trial court’s ruling that affirmed the state Liquor Control Board’s decision not to grant a liquor license renewal to a private club that has been the subject of police activity and other problems.
A 27-year-old state constable from Berks County has been arrested and charged with having indecent sexual contact with a minor whom he befriended on a social networking website.
A 76-year-old man who two years ago escaped a murder conviction stemming from the death of a former police officer whom the man shot decades earlier during a botched robbery, leaving the cop paralyzed until his 2007 death, should be immediately released from prison, a federal judge has recommended.
Three Latino voters have filed a federal lawsuit against the secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission seeking a court order to ensure the defendants will enact a new legislative redistricting plan in time for the upcoming election season.
A state appellate court has ordered a school district in Northeastern Pennsylvania to release board members’ email messages, a request that had been made by a local newspaper reporter.
A federal judge in Philadelphia granted a motion by Cheltenham Township and its police chief to dismiss a lawsuit that had been brought about by two men who had claimed their respective arrests two summers ago violated their constitutional rights.
The mother of a young teenager from the Lehigh Valley whose tazing by an Allentown, Pa. police officer was caught on camera has filed a lawsuit against the cop in federal court.
Allentown's Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries, which operates as Diakon Hospice Saint John (Diakon), reached a settlement for violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) by paying the U.S. government $10.56 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
An 81-year-old Pennsylvania man who alleges his mesothelioma diagnosis two months ago is directly related to his asbestos exposure is suing companies who manufacture and distribute products containing the fiber.
An Allentown, Pa. woman is suing a local grocery store in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court for injuries she suffered after falling on a loose cherry at the Allentown business.
