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Pa. Supreme Court appoints new executive director of IOLTA board
A Harrisburg attorney has been tapped by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve as -
Third judge pleads guilty in Phila. Traffic Court 'ticket-fixing' scandal
The third Philadelphia Traffic Court judge snared in the ticket-fixing scandal that has tainted the minor judiciary has pleaded guilty to his crimes. -
Pa. state legislator says convicted Justice Orie Melvin must go
In the wake of the judicial scandal at the state’s highest court involving now-convicted -
Pa. Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin found guilty of public corruption
It’s official: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin is a convicted felon. -
Pa. courts took in $469 million in 2012, AOPC announces
Figures released by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts this week show that -
Pa. state Senate unanimously approves abolishing Philadelphia Traffic Court
Apparently, it’s not just a small group of Pennsylvania Senate members who think -
City of Phila. petitions high court to take up labor dispute with AFSCME District Council 33
The City of Philadelphia is seeking to have the Pennsylvania Supreme Court intervene in -
Pa. Supreme Court indefinitely suspends three Phila. Traffic Court judges in wake of 'ticket-fixing' scandal
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended three judges who sat in -
Eastern District of Pa. soon to see its first female chief federal judge
U.S. District Judge Petrese Tucker, a former Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jurist, -
Phila. judge dismisses commerce action involving contractual dispute, says N.J. is better venue
A Philadelphia judge has dismissed a commerce action that had been filed at the Court of Common Pleas by a Southeastern Pennsylvania man against a New Jersey business, determining that the case would better play out in the Garden State. -
Breach of contract claim against attorney, firm resulting from failure to file malpractice claim can proceed, judge rules
A federal judge in Philadelphia has denied a bid by a local lawyer and his firm to dismiss -
Pa. Chief Justice Castille replaced by colleague Eakin as liaison to Phila. courts
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille, one of two Philadelphia- -
Phila. plaintiffs' attorney Eugene Spector joins American Antitrust Institute's advisory board
A veteran Philadelphia plaintiffs’ attorney recently joined the advisory board of the -
Pa. Supreme Court, citing juror irregularities, orders new trial in Phila. med mal death case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice and -
Former Pa. Commonwealth Court President Judge Joseph Doyle dies at 81
A former veteran of Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court, the lower-tier bench in the -
Pa. Supreme Court: cops using false identity to text message suspects don't violate Wiretap Act
In a significant ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has determined that a police -
Premises liability claim against Autism Speaks dismissed by judge
A federal judge in Philadelphia has dismissed a slip-and-fall action that had been filed by -
FJD settles legal malpractice case against local law firm for $4 million
The legal saga between Pennsylvania’s First Judicial District and a local attorney over a -
Phila. no longer on ATRA's annual 'Judicial Hellholes' ranking
The Philadelphia civil court system, which had been in the crosshairs of a Washington,
