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Courthouse Supervisor Faces Individual Liability Under FMLA
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
In a case of first impression, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a court system supervisor may be liable as an individual under the federal law that allows employees to take 12 weeks of job-protected leave for medical reasons.
Recorders of Deeds May Not Reject Gas Lease Documents
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
In what attorneys said is a significant win for natural gas drillers, the Commonwealth Court has ruled that counties' recorders of deeds are required by statute to record all lease documents presented to them, including single documents containing multiple lease assignments.
Hitting a Box in the Road Can Generate UM Benefits, 3rd Circuit Says
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
A car accident caused by a box left on the road by a "ghost" vehicle is enough to invoke an insurance policy's uninsured motorist coverage, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Allegheny County Owes Sex Offenders $325K in Attorney Fees
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, February 3, 2012
Allegheny County must pay a group of sex offenders nearly $325,000 in attorney fees after the group successfully challenged the enforceability of a local ordinance restricting the offenders' residency.
K&L Gates Opens Office in Milan
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, February 3, 2012
K&L Gates has continued its geographic expansion, merging with an Italian firm to launch a new office in Milan and the firm's first in the European country.
Western Pa. Could Become Global Energy Power, Lawyers Say
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
As Western Pennsylvania continues to attract oil and gas companies, as well as attorneys and law firms from far and wide, some lawyers say the region is emerging as a major player in the global energy industry whose importance and influence could last well beyond the life span of the Marcellus and Utica shale plays.
Jury: Car Did Not Strike Woman With Buttock Contusion
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
An Allegheny County jury has returned a defense verdict in a case where a woman claimed she was struck by a car in a dark, rainy parking facility.
Scientists Investigating Fracking Wastewater Disposal's Link to Earthquakes
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Scientists are assessing whether injecting wastewater from fracking can cause earthquakes, and if it can, whether the quakes are severe enough to cause surface damage.
E-Mails Between Council Members Are Public Record
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Commonwealth Court has ruled that e-mails sent between borough council members using their personal computers and regarding council business are subject to public disclosure under the state's Right-to-Know Law.
State Police Denied Immunity After Allegations of Prisoner Beating
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
A federal judge has refused to dismiss the lawsuit of a Western Pennsylvania woman claiming as many as five Pennsylvania State Police officers tortured her with pepper spray and cold water and urinated on her while she was shackled in custody early last year.
Sexual Harassment by Police Officer Not Covered by PHRA, Court Rules
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Sexual harassment is not akin to sexual discrimination in public accommodations such as police departments under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, a split panel of the Commonwealth Court ruled in an nonprecedential decision.
Panel Allows Union Trustees to Pursue Mechanics' Lien Claim
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
A developer may be forced to make contributions into two unions' benefits fund, after its contractor went out of business and failed to fulfill an agreement with the unions to make those payments.
Delayed Cancer Diagnosis Brings Jury Award
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
A Lawrence County jury has returned a verdict of $2 million to a 29-year-old registered nurse and her husband after a doctor failed to diagnose and treat the woman's colon cancer for more than a year,
Drillers Group Asks Court to Hold U.S. Forest Service in Contempt
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, January 12, 2012
A group of Pennsylvania drillers has asked a federal judge to hold the U.S. Forest Service in contempt for refusing to comply with the court's 2009 injunction that lifted the federal agency's de facto ban on drilling in the Allegheny National Forest.
Report: Orie Melvin Now a Target of Grand Jury
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
According to a published report, state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin received a target letter and a subpoena to testify in mid-December from the Allegheny County grand jury that has already recommended charges against her sisters.
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