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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.
December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Tens of thousands of government dollars have been spent on multiple investigations into the pornographic and offensive email traffic exchanged among judges, prosecutors and government officials in Pennsylvania, and the contract for the latest review indicates the sum could quickly rise.
By Ben Seal
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December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
In October 2013, the Superior Court issued an opinion in Stepanovich v. McGraw, holding that naming and identifying insurance companies as defendants doesn't prejudice other defendants in underinsured motorist cases. But in the two years since that ruling, which left open the question of whether UIM claims should be consolidated with tort claims against a defendant driver, there has been no further case law on the issue, leaving courts across the state to make determinations about bifurcation on a case-by-case basis—and leaving attorneys uncertain of how to advise their clients.
By Ben Seal
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December 11, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
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By Ben Seal, Amanda Bronstad and Cheryl Miller
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December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
The Court of Judicial Discipline has asked Justice J. Michael Eakin to show cause why he should not be suspended from his position on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court while his disciplinary case is pending.
By Lizzy McLellan and Ben Seal
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December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
"When you're going to different counties, you're going to get different results," said plaintiffs attorney Michael J. Pisanchyn Jr., of the Pisanchyn Law Firm. "It's difficult to be able to tell a client with any type of consistency what's going to happen because there's no appellate guidance."
By Ben Seal
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December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether a sentencing judge can consider evidence of a crime's impact on a victim when the crime is not an offense against a person.
By Ben Seal
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December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
A 1988 action to quiet title on 3,665 acres of land in Lycoming County failed to properly name a group of owners of subsurface rights to the land, the Superior Court has ruled, holding that a trial court was right to strike a 1989 default judgment in the case as void ab initio.
By Ben Seal
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December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over the distinct conduct standards in workers' compensation and unemployment compensation adjudications.
By Ben Seal
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December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Following the historic election of three new Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices this November, the court faces the unusual challenge of transitioning nearly half its complement into a system where they will encounter new responsibilities, procedures and expectations.
By Ben Seal and Lizzy McLellan
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December 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Now that it has brought ethics charges against Justice J. Michael Eakin, the Judicial Conduct Board faces its next task: demonstrating the offensive and pornographic traffic on Eakin's private email account actually constituted violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Pennsylvania Constitution. And while public and political criticism against Eakin is mounting, the case against him might not be a slam dunk legally.
By Ben Seal
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