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Pa. Senate votes to abolish scandal-plagued Phila. Traffic Court; House...
Philadelphia Traffic Court, tainted by a seemingly endless stream of scandals, appears Pa. State Sen. Dominic Pileggi headed for the chopping block after the state Senate Tuesday unanimously voted to...
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Bill to amend Pa. Power of Attorney Act voted out of committee, moves to full...
State legislators this week unanimously voted to move a bill that would amend Pa. State Rep Mark Keller Pennsylvania’s Power of Attorney Act out of committee. The House Judiciary Committee’s action on...
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Pa. senator from Phila. plans to tackle ‘SLAPP’ reform
State Sen. Larry Farnese views so-called “SLAPPs” as a proverbial slap in the face to Pa. State Sen. Larry Farnese those who look to weigh in on important societal issues. Hence why the Philadelphia...
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Public afforded chance to comment on ‘comprehensive’ proposed state antitrust...
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to solicit input from citizens and others Pa. State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf during a public hearing at the capitol later this month to address the proposed...
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Gov. Corbett signs bill abolishing Philadelphia Traffic Court
With a stroke of his pen Wednesday, Gov. Tom Corbett ushered in a new era of reform Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett for Pennsylvania’s judiciary. The governor signed a bill into law that puts the kibosh on the...
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Commonwealth Court weighing mediation request in NCAA suit by state senator...
Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court is expected to soon decide whether or not to allow Pa. State Sen. Jake Corman a lawsuit by a state lawmaker against the NCAA to move forward in the tort system. State...
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Hearing on controversial Voter ID law fast approaching
All the fuss concerning Pennsylvania’s controversial new Voter ID law may have died Commonwealth Court Judge Robert E. Simpson Jr. down during the past several months, but the issue should once again...
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Pa. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously backs Stevens for Supreme Court...
The state Senate Judiciary Committee is backing Superior Court President Judge Superior Court President Judge Correale F. Stevens Correale F. Stevens as nominee to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court....
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Pa. House advances bill to raise judicial retirement age
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court may have recently struck down a bid by judges Pa. State Rep. Kate Harper, R-Montgomery challenging the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age, but jurists and others...
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‘Benevolent gesture’ bill clears Pa. Senate, moves to House for consideration
Just before the Pennsylvania General Assembly retired for its summer Pa. State Sen. Patricia Vance break, the state Senate passed legislation that would allow healthcare professionals to apologize to...
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Pa. state legislator says convicted Justice Orie Melvin must go
In the wake of the judicial scandal at the state’s highest court involving now-convicted Pa. State Rep. Brandon Neuman felon Joan Orie Melvin, at least one lawmaker is calling for the sitting justice...
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Pa. state senator to feds: Gun control to be nullified in commonwealth
A state Senate Republican has now become the second Pennsylvania lawmaker to call for Eichelberger legislation safeguarding the commonwealth against any potential gun control laws enacted at the...
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Pa. legislators call for impeachment of convicted Supreme Court Justice Joan...
Two Pennsylvania lawmakers have announced they will be unveiling a resolution that Pa. State Rep. John P. Sabatina, Jr., D-Phila. would begin the impeachment process against convicted state Supreme...
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Former Pa. governors call for merit selection of appellate judges
Three of Pennsylvania’s former chief executives took part in a conference call with reporters on Monday to discuss their collective support for a move toward judicial merit selection. Former governors...
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Pa. Rep. introduces bill requiring plaintiff disclosure in litigation over...
A western Pennsylvania lawmaker recently introduced a bill in the General Assembly Pa. State Rep. Tim Krieger that would require parties bringing lawsuits attacking religious symbols in public to...
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Pa. Treasurer joins senator’s suit against NCAA over Penn State fine money
Pennsylvania State Treasurer Rob McCord has joined as a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord State Sen. Jake Corman that demands the return of $12 million Penn State...
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Phila. may face suit over newly enacted gun ban; attorneys may seek...
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter recently signed into law a city ordinance change banning people from carrying firearms into city parks, rec centers, playgrounds and municipal buildings, even if folks...
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Pa. House Judiciary Committee mulls over asbestos-related Fairness in Claims...
The state House Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing on House Bill 1150, also Pa. State Rep. Bryan Cutler known as the Fairness in Claims and Transparency Act, or FACT, which would provide for...
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Pa. House subcommittee hears testimony on bill to up judicial retirement age
A state House subcommittee recently held a hearing on a bill sponsored by a suburban Pa. State Rep. Kate Harper, R-Montgomery Philadelphia legislator that would allow judges to continue to serve past...
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Pa. senator joins House counterpart in pushing legislation awarding legal...
After his counterpart in the state House unsuccessfully attempted to get a similar Pa. Sen. Richard Alloway measure passed through the General Assembly during the last legislative session, another...
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Pa. State Sen. John Rafferty joins Lamb McErlane as of counsel
State Sen. John C. Rafferty, a Republican who represents portions of three suburban Pa. State Sen. John Rafferty Philadelphia counties, has joined the West Chester law firm of Lamb McErlane as of...
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Pa. Sen. Judiciary Committee holds hearing on ‘civil justice gap’
Attorneys representing low-income residents and their clients were scheduled to address Pa. State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf what is being called the “civil justice gap” during a state Senate Judiciary...
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Bills to eliminate Phila. Traffic Court, raise judicial retirement age voted...
Three bills that court reformers hail as crucial steps toward improving the judiciary have Pa. State Rep. Ron Marsico moved out of a state House committee. Senate Bills 333 and 334, which deal with...
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Lawmaker behind bill raising judicial retirement age pleased with measure’s...
The suburban Philadelphia lawmaker behind the push to increase the retirement age for Pa. State Rep. Kate Harper, R-Montgomery state judges appears pleased with the bill’s recent advancement in a...
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Pa. Supreme Court names master to oversee discipline proceeding against only...
And the Philadelphia Traffic Court saga continues, the latest twist being the state Pennsylvania Superior Court Senior Judge William H. Platt Supreme Court’s decision to name a senior lower-tier...
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Pa. rep. behind gun control ‘nullification’ bill fires back at state Sen....
The conservative lawmaker from southwestern Pennsylvania sponsoring a bill designed Pa. State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Buter to nullify any potential new federal gun control laws is firing back at a...
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Pa. Supreme Court adopts new rules for state constables
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced this week that it has adopted new rules for Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille state constables, the decision coming after two-plus years of...
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U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on DNA collection helps Pa. law advance in...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing police to collect a suspect’s DNA even Pa. State Sen. Dominic Pileggi before a criminal conviction is rendered has helped clear the path to revamp...
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Pa. bill to shield farmers from ‘agritainment’ related litigation advances to...
The state House Judiciary Committee this week advanced a measure designed to partially shield farmers engaged in so-called “agritainment” from civil liability. The House Republican Caucus announced the...
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Beleaguered Phila. Traffic Court a step closer toward elimination
Two bills that would help pave the way toward abolishing the scandal-plagued Pa. State Sen. Dominic Pileggi Philadelphia Traffic Court passed the full Pennsylvania House of Representatives this week on...
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Commonwealth lawyer reportedly agrees to extending injunction in Voter ID...
Lawyers representing the commonwealth in the case challenging D. Alicia Hickok Pennsylvania’s controversial Voter ID law have reportedly agreed to extending a temporary injunction barring the law from...
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Corbett signs ‘benevolent gesture’ bill into law
Gov. Tom Corbett on Wednesday signed a so-called “benevolent gesture” Gov. Tom Corbett bill designed to protect medical professionals who apologize to patients from having their words used against them...
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Pa. House committee mulls over bill giving judicial oversight to military...
A state legislative committee recently heard testimony in response to a bill Pa. State Rep. Jaret Gibbons designed to provide judicial oversight in determining how military retirement pay should be...
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Pa. lawmakers say massive J&J Risperdal settlement proves need for state...
The multi-billion dollar settlement announced early this week that resolves Pa. State Rep. Brandon Neuman Risperdal off-label marketing allegations against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has got some...
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Castille and Baer survive retention to Supreme Court despite looming forced...
Ronald D. Castille may only have one more year left until his Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille constitutionally mandated retirement from the bench, but voters didn’t seem to let that...
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Pa. lawmakers unveil judicial merit selection bill
In a show of bipartisanship, a conservative lawmaker from rural south- Pa. State Rep. Bryan Cutler central Pennsylvania and an urban Democrat joined forces this week to announce their introduction of a...
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Pa. Supreme Court denies appeal petition by DeWeese
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has refused a petition by Bill DeWeese to Bill DeWeese hear a final appeal in the former state representative’s corruption case. In a one-sentence per curiam order filed...
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Pa. Supreme Court strikes down as unconstitutional key provisions in Oil and...
In a ruling that could have widespread implications for natural gas drilling Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille in the state, Pennsylvania’s highest court has ruled that parts of the...
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Pa. officials react to Supreme Court’s Oil and Gas Act ruling
Reaction has been pouring in in the wake of the Pennsylvania Supreme Pa. State Rep. Frank Dermody Court’s recent decision invalidating portions of the Oil and Gas Act, and the sentiment felt seems to...
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Pa. judge strikes down as unconstitutional controversial Voter ID law
A Pennsylvania judge has permanently enjoined the commonwealth from Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard L. McGinley rolling out its controversial Voter ID law, an announcement that was ecstatically...
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Appeal of Voter ID Law ruling remains uncertain
In the days since Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court struck down the Gov. Tom Corbett controversial Voter ID law, it remains unclear whether the state would appeal the decision to the Supreme Court....
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Pa. legislator introduces resolution opposing Obama’s pick to lead Justice...
In the eyes of one Pennsylvania lawmaker, President Obama’s nomination Debo Adegbile of Debo Adegbile to head a high-up federal post is a slap in the face. State Rep. Eli Evankovich, a Republican...
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State Rep. J.P. Miranda, Philly Democrat, and sister charged with ‘ghost...
A state lawmaker from Philadelphia has been charged with conflict of Pa. State Rep. J.P. Miranda, D-Phila. interest, perjury and criminal conspiracy in connection with his putting a so-called “ghost...
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State senator unveils bill offering protections in pay-equity lawsuits
A state senator from south-central Pennsylvania has introduced proposed Pa. State Sen. Rob Teplitz, D-15 legislation designed to strengthen the state’s Pay Equity Law to protect employees who dispute...
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Proposal would mandate judges’ party affiliation on retention ballot
A western Pennsylvania lawmaker has introduced a bill that would amend Pa. State Rep. Ted Harhai the state constitution to require judges running for retention to list their party affiliation on the...
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Pa. Assoc. for Justice names veteran Harrisburg lawyer as new legislative...
The state’s largest trial lawyers’ association has named a Harrisburg David Thomas veteran to serve as its new legislative counsel in Pennsylvania’s capital city. The Pennsylvania Association for...
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Public hearing scheduled for Senator’s proposed anti-SLAPP legislation
A lawmaker from southeastern Pennsylvania announced Tuesday that a Pa. State Sen. Larry Farnese hearing to address his proposed anti-SLAPP legislation would take place this spring. State Sen. Larry...
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Pa. A.G. charges State Sen. LeAnna Washington with illegally using office staff
An eastern Pennsylvania lawmaker is being charged by the Pennsylvania State Sen. LeAnna Washington, D-Phila.:Montgomery Attorney General’s Office with illegally using her elected office for political...
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Bill to award legal fees to challengers of illegal local gun ordinances...
A measure that would benefit those who find themselves in trouble with the Pa. State Rep Mark Keller law for violating local gun ordinances, which the state says shouldn’t be there in the first place,...
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Pa. Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on bill to establish center to...
A bill circulating in the General Assembly that would establish the Pa. State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf Pennsylvania Center for Effective Indigent Defense Legal Representation is scheduled for committee...
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