The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 7, 2017
Prosecutors, whether they are assistant district attorneys or U.S. Attorneys or assistant attorney generals, are all bound by the Rules of Professional Conduct, at least when they practice in Pennsylvania. The Rules of Professional Conduct are really quite stringent in terms of responsibilities of a prosecutor.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Cliff Rieders | December 7, 2017
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner is an Israeli lawyer who argues that there is no such thing as the lone wolf terrorist. The lone wolf depends upon substantial financial resources of the terrorist groups which recruit them, encourage their murderous ways, and teach them the craft necessary to take down Western society.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | December 7, 2017
Pennsylvania's Professional Nursing Law does not require a nurse whose license is automatically suspended because of a felony drug conviction to wait 10 years before seeking reinstatement, the state Supreme Court said, rejecting the State Board of Nursing's recently adopted interpretation of the statute.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Maureen "Morty" Cassidy | December 7, 2017
In September 2013, the WCAIS (workers' compensation automation and integration system) went live in Pennsylvania implementing EDI (electronic data interchange) transactions between companies and the commonwealth. The idea was to permit the exchange of large volumes of accident and injury information from companies to the state in an expedited and more efficient form than on paper.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Ben Seal | December 7, 2017
A hospital nurse who slipped and injured herself on a wet spot in a scrub room can pursue her negligence claim against the health care support company she alleged was responsible for supervising the maintenance and cleaning of the room, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | December 6, 2017
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to decide whether the city of Pittsburgh has the authority to force employers to offer paid sick leave and building owners to ramp up emergency response training.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | December 4, 2017
The Commonwealth Court has determined that Gov. Tom Wolf did not need to have cause for removing the former chairman of the School Reform Commission from his post.
By P.J. Dannunzio | November 30, 2017
A French citizen who moved to the United States from China and was terminated shortly after the packaging plant he worked in relocated from Shanghai to Philadelphia has been awarded $675,000 in his case against the company.
By Victoria Hudgins | November 30, 2017
Citing reports of doling out $1 million in bonuses to event organizers and staffers after the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, a state senator says Pennsylvania needs a required clawback provision in all contracts for future grants issued by the state.
By Victoria Hudgins | November 30, 2017
On Nov. 20, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation that extends CHIP to Dec. 31, 2019, without including a state Senate-approved prohibition on reimbursement for sex reassignment procedures for children enrolled in CHIP.
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