Some Republican lawmakers are asking the Justice Department to refile civil charges against the New Black Panther Party in a controversial voter intimidation case.
A lawyer who told reporters last year that he gave up his six-figure job at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott to pursue justice is facing his own bout with the…
Thousands of youthful offenders who appeared before a corrupt judge in Pennsylvania are at risk of losing their right to sue for damages and court fees.
Six lawyers from DLA Piper, including the head of the litigation practice for the Philadelphia office, are leaving to join Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, a midsize local law partnership…
Before a federal judge could hold a scheduled hearing on Monday, the top court in Pennsylvania has acceded to some of the demands made in an unusual federal filing by…
A bizarre case in which two senior Pennsylvania judges in Luzerne County are accused of having profited from putting hundreds—or perhaps even thousands—of youths into juvenile detention for relatively minor…
As a partner of 3,700-attorney DLA Piper, Thomas Durling could promote the megafirm’s international platform and deep capabilities on major corporate matters.
Offered a suggested deal in a federal corruption case that would, at one point, have required him to plead guilty to one fraud count in exchange for a prison term…
Two Atlantic City gaming lawyers are getting paid for their legal work on a proposed Pennsylvania slots parlor with a share of the project if it wins a license.
A Pennsylvania lawyer has been freed after spending more than 14 years in jail for refusing to give his ex-wife more than $2.5 million in a divorce settlement.
A Philadelphia lawyer who helped save three people from drowning off the coast of New Jersey attributes the rescue to a series of chance circumstances.
Villanova law dean Mark Sargent, who abruptly resigned last week, had been identified in a police report as a prostitution customer, according to a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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