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Legislative Redistricting Reform Bill Proposing New SCOPA Districts Passes Senate

The Pennsylvania Senate has voted to add language to its redistricting bill that would split the state Supreme Court into seven districts.
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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Justices Continue to Shed Stock Holdings, New Disclosures Show

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justices Samuel Alito Jr. and Stephen Breyer each reported selling stock holdings, according to the latest financial disclosure forms, released Thursday. Other stock sales reported in the forms also help explain justices' recusal behavior in cases before the Supreme Court.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Family Court Judge Lyris Younge Temporarily Reassigned Amid Ethics Investigation

Younge has been absent from the bench for nearly a month as she has been on chambers duty. Her hearings have been handled by her colleague, Judge Joseph Fernandes, who in some cases has undone Younge's rulings that separated children from their families.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

Is there a concern with judicial independence in Pennsylvania? I see articles constantly about problems with the judiciary because of elections. What has the organized bar done?
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New York Law Journal

Fiduciary Duties Arising From Close Personal Relationships

This column addresses recent decisions out of the Commercial Division that target exactly that question, whether fiduciary duties may arise as a result of a close personal relationship between parties.
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The Recorder

Alex Kozinski Pays Tribute to Late Colleague Stephen Reinhardt

From his essay, posted to the Concurring Opinions blog, it appears retired judge Alex Kozinski and Stephen Reinhardt kept up their friendship of more than three decades until Reinhardt died.
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Legaltech News

Federal Judges Say Courts Are Stepping Up Their Security Game

Three judges spoke at a Philadelphia cybersecurity conference Wednesday about their own experiences with data security in the courts.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Court Weighs In on Natural Gas Operations in the Marcellus Shale

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued two decisions on June 1 relating to the operation of natural gas wells in Pennsylvania. This article focuses on one of those decisions: Gorsline v. Board of Supervisors of Fairfield Township, No. 67 MAP 2016 (Pa. June 1).
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The Legal Intelligencer

EPA Seeking Comments on Cost-Benefit Analysis Regulations

Once the EPA identifies a source of potential environmental harm, it then decides whether and how to regulate, and certain statutes also require the EPA to perform a cost-benefit analysis. By way of background, the risk management framework for federal agencies started to change in the early 1980s.
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The Recorder

Senate Committee Questions Judiciary's Anti-Harassment Efforts After Kozinski Scandal

"The judicial branch has a problem," said Sen. Charles Grassley at the beginning of Wednesday's Senate judiciary hearing. "They have to deal with it or Congress will have to do it for the courts."
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