• January 24, 2005 |

    News In Brief

    Guidelines Don't Apply in Resentencing Reading ? A Berks County judge found that state sentencing guidelines can be disregarded when a defendant is resentenced as a result of a probatio

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  • September 27, 2004 |

    State Court Rulings

    Judge Revisits Barnes Relocation RequestNorristown — As Barnes Foundation trustees began to make their case on Sept. 21 that creating a Philadelphia "campus" for the collecti

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  • August 12, 2002 |

    Firm Must Pay Former Partners When Benefits Fully Vested

    ContractsFirm Must Pay Former Partners When Benefits Fully VestedSuperior Court decision is victory for lawyers nearing retirement Two former large-firm partners are entitled

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  • December 29, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    News in Brief

    Justices Strike Down Township Officials' Recall Harrisburg — The state Supreme Court has struck down a state law allowing voters in second-class townships to seek the recall of a local

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  • February 24, 2003 |

    Superior Court Limits Frye Test To 'Novel' Scientific Evidence

    The majority of an en banc Superior Court panel has issued an opinion that attempts to update case law regarding the admissibility of scientific evidence and reinstates a $5 million verdic

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  • November 4, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Unjust Enrichment Suit Against Phila. School District Is Barred

    In a ruling that saves the Philadelphia School District $1 million, a federal appeals panel last week overturned an award to a moving company that said it was promised it would be paid in full on i

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  • December 28, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa. Superior Court Makes It Through a Tumultuous Year

    Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of year-end articles on the Philadelphia legal scene. A fifth article, which appears below, focuses on significant events and decisions i

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  • December 15, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Statewide Group of Judges Latest To Challenge Pay-Raise Repeal

    In the wake of separate actions from two Philadelphia judges asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to deem unconstitutional the General Assembly's recent legislation repealing this summer's co

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  • March 13, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    News in Brief

    The state court system is fielding a range of advice about how its electronic-access policy should balance individual privacy with its tradition of keeping most records open to public review.

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  • October 6, 2008 |

    When Local Government Oversteps

    The General Assembly enacted major revisions to Pennsylvania laws governing the timing, manner and scope of review of claims that municipal actions are procedurally invalid. The impetus for this ac

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