HARRISBURG – A Penn State fraternity alleges its constitutional rights were violated after the university banned it following an aspiring member’s death.
HARRISBURG -- The Superior Court of Pennsylvania on July 19 reversed and remanded a rail company's bid for motion to dismiss back to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County’s Civil Division.
HARRISBURG -- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ironed out July 22 a case between The Marcellus Shale Coalition and its requests against a number of environmental agencies.
A Ballard Spahr team led by real estate attorney Philip B. Korb and litigator Matthew A. White successfully challenged the valuation method for residential units in Philadelphia high-rise condominium buildings that receive tax abatements, which artificially inflated taxable value for nearly 300 city homeowners.
President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt announced the appointment of Gretchen Hanrahan, Esquire, to serve as Chief Legal Counsel to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
A three-judge panel with the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a lower court’s ruling that denied a motion to dismiss a case after a man’s exposure to dangerous chemicals allegedly resulted in fatal lung and liver cancer.
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania appeals court has determined that communication used in a personal injury lawsuit should have been barred due to attorney-client privilege.
HARRISBURG – This week, the Pennsylvania Senate’s Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) is holding a two-day set of hearings discussing the impact of reverting current medical malpractice litigation venue rules could have on the access to health care and maintenance of health care systems statewide.
PITTSBURGH – In response to claims from a developmentally-disabled young man and his parents who allege he was molested at a residential treatment facility for children, the institution says the claims are both baseless and impertinent.
PHILADELPHIA – After losing their case against Newsweek Magazine in a Philadelphia federal court this past spring, the parents of a child supporter of President Donald Trump who claimed he was defamed in the publication have appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
WASHINGTON – Is the American Law Institute remaining true to its mission of restating law to produce accurate advisory guidelines for courts to decide cases in various aspects of law, or is it straying into territory apart from that mission?
PHILADELPHIA – On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the Boyertown Area School District’s policy of allowing transgender students to use the restroom facilities corresponding to their gender identity.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently said a lower court erred when it granted a motion for reconsideration in a negligence lawsuit and then transferred the case to another court.
PHILADELPHIA – A wrongful termination complaint filed by a former mental health facilities manager has now been transferred to arbitration, per an agreement from all parties concerned.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman alleges she was unlawfully arrested because she doesn't support President Trump, alleging police called her a "bleeding heart liberal" who "sassed" them.
PHILADELPHIA – In opposing a lawsuit from the parents of a student at its Wharton School of Business who committed suicide three years ago, the University of Pennsylvania said the death was due to causes outside of its control.
