One of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders and servicers has filed a federal lawsuit against a former employee. It contneds that Tanya Blackwell moonlighted as a foreclosure defense attorney in…
A couple who say they came to Duane Morris for estate planning advice and wound up investing in a feeder fund for Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme has sued the…
A second mom has sued a Pennsylvania county and a local hospital, saying that her newborn was taken from her after she tested positive for opiates due to having eaten…
Although district judges should disqualify themselves in proceedings in which they are a party, according to the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board’s rules, one judge took it upon herself to dismiss…
A former hospital general counsel accused of embezzling $1.7 million from his one-time employer has reportedly agreed to plead guilty in the criminal case against him.
Updated: A 49-year-old Pennsylvania lawyer was sentenced today to a 10- to 25-year prison term after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter and illegal gun possession in a hunting accident last…
Headed by the former managing partner of the now-closed Berwyn, Pa., office of Drinker Biddle & Reath, seven attorneys from the law firm have formed a new environmental boutique.
The Department of Justice has filed a federal fair housing suit in Pittsburgh against the nation’s largest mortgage insurer, contending that it has discriminated against homeowners who are on paid…
A lawyer who sends a Facebook friend request to executives of a corporation he or she knows is represented by counsel in a litigation matter is violating a legal ethics…
Charged with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct after police say he tried to enter a female jurist’s hotel room wearing a bedsheet three times one night in April at a…
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