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Counsel for plaintiff allegedly injured by bed bugs petitions to withdraw from case
Counsel for a California plaintiff allegedly injured by a bed bug infestation in her former Philadelphia apartment wishes to officially withdraw from the case. -
Negligence claim against M&T Bank dismissed in dispute over $425K investment for student housing project
PHILADELPHIA – A federal court judge has granted a M&T Bank’s motion to dismiss negligence claims against it, but retained charges for alleged conversion of a financial instrument and banking violations of the Pennsylvania Commercial Code (PCC). -
Supreme Court candidate calls evaluation 'tainted' after receiving 'not recommended' rating
HARRISBURG - An allegedly dishonest campaign advertisement from 2011 forced the -
NCAA agrees to restore Penn State wins, voiding consent decree
HARRISBURG - After months of chipping away, the last gasps of the harshly punitive consent decree between NCAA and Penn State University have been snuffed out after the inter-collegiate athletics governing body agreed to restore the football team's record under Coach Joe Paterno's leadership and allow the proceeds from the $60 million fine to remain in Pennsylvania programs. -
State Treasurer McCord defends Endowment Act
With the plan to settle out of court disrupted by a Commonwealth Court judge's order to -
NCAA relaxes Penn State sanctions, agrees to keep fine in Pa.
Citing remarkable progress in the school's efforts to improve its campus security and protocols regarding reports of sexual abuse, officials with the NCAA have agreed to relax parts of its sanction against Penn State University. -
Discovery in Penn State lawsuit due in September
The money collected from the largest fine levied against a university by the NCAA should -
Former Montco ADA joins Blue Bell family firm Shemtob Law as associate
A former assistant prosecutor in suburban Philadelphia has joined the Blue -
Commonwealth Court upholds Endowment Act relating to Penn State sex-abuse fine; orders university joined as party to litigation
Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court upheld a law passed in the wake of -
Pa. Supreme Court declines to hear Sandusky’s appeal
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of Jerry -
Former Penn State Pres. files suit seeking to have judge enjoin perjury prosecution
Former Penn State University President Graham Spanier, who is facing -
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney names Gregory A. Miller as firm’s new general counsel
The Pennsylvania law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney announced -
Delco Judge Patricia Jenkins confirmed to Pa. Superior Court
A trial judge from suburban Philadelphia was unanimously confirmed by -
Penn State settles civil claims with Sandusky victims for $59.7 million
Twenty-six victims of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant -
Pepper Hamilton senior paralegal receives Phila. Assoc. of Paralegals award for pro bono work
A Philadelphia paralegal who has worked in the profession for three -
Penn State professor fired for plagiarism loses appeal in defamation case against university
A state appellate court panel has affirmed a Northeastern Pennsylvania -
‘Best Lawyers’ names Philadelphia’s Tom Kline medical malpractice ‘Lawyer of the Year’
Attorney Tom Kline, known around Philadelphia as a go-to plaintiff’s -
Penn State law professor emeritus to receive Pa. Bar Assoc. business law award
The Pennsylvania Bar Association announced last week that its Business -
Sandusky conviction appeal gets underway; Scandal-prompted litigation progresses
A defense attorney representing convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky -
Commonwealth Court overrules NCAA’s preliminary objections in case over Penn State fine money
A Pennsylvania court is allowing a lawsuit initiated by a state legislator and