The push for transparency and the continuing filtration of e-related issues into state courts drove a tech-focused year on Pennsylvania’s intermediate appellate benches — both in written opinions issued and policy initiatives — and there was no sign of the trend slowing come the start of the new year.
A number of the 2011 headliners in state appeals courts laid the groundwork for courts to accommodate cellphones and computers into court rulings. A burgeoning body of “Facebook decisions” grew in 2011 at the common pleas level, but did so without guidance from an appellate panel.
