The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania honored seven individuals and a task force for their exceptional service to victims of crime during the annual Victim Advocate Recognition Ceremony in the Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse on Friday, April 26.
HARRISBURG – Clarion County was within its rights to fire a Juvenile Probation Officer caught golfing on the job and did not illegally terminate him through reasons of age discrimination, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently decided.
Adam Silverman, a member of Cozen O'Connor’s Real Estate Practice Group in Philadelphia, has been elected a Fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL).
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently reviewed a motion by Jenkintown Borough to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Borough couple who claim borough officials retaliated against against them through a series of bogus zoning code violations.
PITTSBURGH — A longtime employee's federal lawsuit against his former employer for allegedly failing to accommodate his condition of claustrophobia follows a series of similar cases introduced since a change in disabilities law in 2008.
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Associate Malcolm J. Ingram has been appointed Interim President of the African-American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ and DE (AACC).
PHILADELPHIA — Tasked with deciding a climate change lawsuit brought on behalf of children, a federal judge says he won’t supervise the White House’s actions on the environment.
PHILADELPHIA – Though any action on a Supreme Court of Pennsylvania committee proposal to change venue guidelines governing medical malpractice litigation statewide has been delayed until a legislative group completes a study on the matter, several prominent organizations submitted comments on the proposal before its tabling.
PHILADELPHIA — The former executive director of a Delaware County activist group is suing the organization, claiming age discrimination amid other allegations.
Archer & Greiner is pleased to announce John J. Taylor has been appointed to Director of the Pennsylvania Practice of Archer Public Affairs (APA), a governmental and external relations affiliate of Archer.
The following securities/commodities-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 17. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Charmaine Prater against American Heritage Federal Credit Union, Jane Doe, Joh Doe, John Doe, Lynette Smart, Matthew James, President Bruce Foulke, Stephanie Pompey, Thomas F. Chapman and Vice President Brian Hahn on Jan. 17: 'Charmaine Prater Motion To Reinstate And For Extension Of Time To Amend Due To Non Receipt Of Orders/Mail.(jl, )'.
PITTSBURGH – A young man with developmental disabilities whose parents say he was molested at a residential treatment facility for children is suing the institution.
HARRISBURG – Venue guidelines governing medical malpractice litigation statewide which were brought into law through 2002’s Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act may be abandoned by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee.
