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Ben Seal is managing editor of The American Lawyer. He joined the magazine in February 2018, and previously spent five years working for The Legal Intelligencer, editing the paper's magazines and supplements and reporting on Pennsylvania's state courts, legislature and Attorney General's Office. Contact him at [email protected] or @BSealTAL.
June 8, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
When a local rule requires the issuance of a rule to show cause, a trial court must issue such a rule prior to denying a party's petition unless the allegations in the petition provide no legal basis for relief, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
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June 2, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
A trial court, not the Public Utility Commission, is the appropriate jurisdiction for a negligence lawsuit against PECO Energy Co. stemming from a home fire, a Philadelphia judge has ruled.
By Ben Seal
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January 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's attempted reinstatement should be rejected outright, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel argued Wednesday in a response to Kane's application for extraordinary relief filed last week.
By Ben Seal
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January 19, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
As the field of candidates vying to become Pennsylvania's next attorney general rounds into form, one significant question remains: Will Kathleen Kane, the current officeholder facing criminal charges, five civil suits, a suspended law license and a Senate investigation, put forth a re-election campaign?
By Ben Seal
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January 16, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pittsburgh police officers must be city residents, the Commonwealth Court has held, ruling that an interest arbitration award cannot modify a collective bargaining agreement in contravention of state law.
By Ben Seal
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January 16, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
An energy company can build a gas compressor station on land in Beaver County despite protests from the owners of an adjacent organic farm that the station will adversely affect the public health and welfare, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
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January 16, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Two recent decisions out of Lackawanna County could have a broad impact on both plaintiffs and defendants seeking to question doctors about patient care, attorneys said.
By Ben Seal
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January 15, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Doug Gansler, the special prosecutor hired by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane to review offensive emails exchanged by government employees, has been involved in lobbying efforts on behalf of Kane regarding a Senate committee pursuing her possible removal from office, according to sources familiar with the committee's investigation.
By Ben Seal
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January 14, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts commissioned a personnel report that suspended Justice J. Michael Eakin plans to introduce as an exhibit at his upcoming ethics trial before the Court of Judicial Discipline.
By Ben Seal
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January 12, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
In over two hours of wide-ranging, often-contentious testimony before a special Senate committee, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's chief of staff attempted Tuesday to demonstrate that the Office of Attorney General is operating effectively despite Kane's suspended law license. Jonathan Duecker was testifying on Kane's behalf in the committee's final hearing before it issues a report to the full Senate, which could vote on whether to remove her from office. Kane declined to testify herself.
By Ben Seal
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