By Max Mitchell | September 13, 2017
If the state Supreme Court decides a municipal agency cannot be held liable for damages caused by the involuntary movement of a government vehicle, then the motor vehicle exception to governmental immunity under the Tort Claims Act is dead, an attorney told a full complement of the high court Wednesday.
By Vivia Chen | September 12, 2017
Stanford University professor Robert Sutton just released his book, "The Asshole Survival Guide." Here's what the authority on corporate A-holes has to say.
By Max Mitchell | September 8, 2017
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear arguments mostly on criminal issues as the fall 2017 argument session gets underway, but the seven-member court is also expected to hear a handful of arguments regarding civil matters, ranging from how nonlawyer consultants should be paid to the limits of the vehicle exception when it comes to governmental immunity.
By Lizzy McLellan | September 8, 2017
Two aspiring medical marijuana companies have filed lawsuits against the Pennsylvania Department of Health over its medical cannabis licensing process. And one of them is seeking to take the permit awarded to another licensed grower/processor after its parent company was implicated in a criminal investigation.
By Max Mitchell | September 8, 2017
A federal circuit court has rejected attempts by Pennsylvania medical device makers to unseal records that were part of a grand jury investigation that resulted in officials from those companies pleading guilty to unlawful off-label marketing.
By Stephen A. Miller | September 6, 2017
The Supreme Court will spring back into action next month. No more limping forward while awaiting a full bench. Instead, the court will open its new term with the full complement of nine justices and dive into a blockbuster slate of oral arguments: travel ban, political gerrymandering, fundamental questions of criminal law, etc.
By Max Mitchell | September 6, 2017
Evidence that members of a group conducted election-related violence and showed "tacit support for radical Islam" are not enough to establish that the group is a low-level terrorist organization whose members must be deported, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.
By Max Mitchell and Lizzy McLellan | September 1, 2017
Disciplinary proceedings involving Centre County officials have recently cast light on alleged ex parte communication between prosecutors and judges. Some of the cases cited have already been through the appellate courts, and the newest revelations may bring about more appeals as defense attorneys question the fairness of the county's criminal proceedings in recent years.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 1, 2017
State board of cosmetology's regulation governing placement of lavatories in beauty salons was expressly pre-empted by the Construction Code Act, which pre-empted all constructions regulations promulgated by state boards and agencies. Application for summary relief granted.
By Zack Needles | August 31, 2017
The Commonwealth Court has once again held that a claimant's social media posts can be considered when determining eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits.
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