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Pa. Supreme Court appoints new Phila. Traffic Court administrative judge
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday announced the appointment of a new administrative judge at Philadelphia’s Traffic Court. -
Philly's Judge Herron appointed chairman of FJD's Administrative Governing Board
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has appointed Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge John W. Herron to a one-year term as the chairman of the Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District, the largest court system in the commonwealth. -
Accused pedophile Jerry Sandusky waives preliminary hearing; sets stage for 2012 trial
The much-anticipated preliminary hearing for accused pedophile Jerry Sandusky, set to be the biggest thing to occur in the tiny central Pennsylvania town of Bellefonte, population 6,000, in quite some time, ended almost as quickly as it started. -
Reverse bifurcation suspended in Philly mass torts
Mass tort cases originating from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Complex Litigation Center will be tried individually and without reverse bifurcation beginning in January, the court announced this week. -
New Phila. Bar Association chancellor outlines plans for upcoming term
John E. Savoth officially took over as the newest chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association Tuesday, and outlined his upcoming plans for what is recognized as the oldest association of lawyers in America. -
Phila. jury awards $72.6 million to plaintiffs in Pfizer hormone replacement therapy case
Three plaintiffs in a consolidated mass tort trial who had alleged their respective breast cancer diagnoses were directly related to their ingestion of hormone therapy medications have won the first part of their quest to hold a pharmaceutical giant responsible for their conditions. -
Changes happen in archdiocese abuse cases
There have been two new developments in the ongoing litigation of the allegations of sexual abuse involving priests from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. -
Federal judge dismisses some defendants in Luzerne County judicial scandal class action suit
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a handful of defendants in a civil suit filed on behalf of relatives of victims of what is said to be one of the worst judicial scandals in Pennsylvania history. -
Two charged in connection with Penn State sex-abuse scandal will face judge next month
Two men charged in connection with the Pennsylvania State University child sex-abuse scandal will face a judge next month. -
Philly judge named as replacement for the late Albert Sheppard in Commerce Court
A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge has been assigned to take over any outstanding cases in the civil trial division’s Commerce Court Program that were being handled by the late Judge Albert W. Sheppard. -
Two new Avandia mass tort claims filed in Phila. courts
A Pennsylvania attorney has filed two separate Avandia mass tort claims at Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court, just as the main defendant in the case is apparently getting ready to close out much of the existing litigation involving the drug that is designed to control diabetes. -
Philadelphia courts under fire in ticket-fixing probe
The Philadelphia Traffic Court is a target of a federal grand jury probe of ticket-fixing, according to a report in the -
New administrative judge appointed to Phila. Common Pleas Court's trial division
The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has a new administrative judge. -
Philly’s Complex Litigation Center is profit center, says reformer
In New York, they call it the Bronx Jury Effect. -
Judge orders losing plaintiff to pay $6.5 million in fees, costs
U.S. District Judge Petrese B. Tucker of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordered Checkpoint Systems, the losing plaintiff in a patent infringement lawsuit, to pay the two defendants, Sensormatic Electronics Corp. and All-Tag Security, a total of $6.5 million in attorney fees and costs. -
Former Pa. Superior Court Judge Robert C. Daniels dies at 73
A former Pennsylvania Superior Court judge who once serviced as the chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association has died, according to local media reports. -
Albert W. Sheppard, longtime Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge, dies at age 74
A well-respected Philadelphia jurist who helped to spearhead a new way of dealing with commerce litigation here in the city has died. -
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to start televising proceedings
For judicial reform advocates, the move will surely be viewed as a long-awaited leap into the 21st Century. -
Pa. attorneys support grocery stores' $18.5M request
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - A group of Pennsylvania attorneys has filed an amicus brief in support of grocery store chains Safeway and Genuardi's in an ongoing dispute over a commercial lease.