Updated: A Philadelphia jury has ruled a lawyer who helped a client negotiate a $4.9 million post-nuptial settlement must repay half of a $200,000 bonus she paid him.
A federal judge has ruled a private arbitrator has no standing to sue a law firm based on allegations it made false charges in court papers that sought to disqualify…
A Philadelphia municipal judge can no longer serve on the bench because she pleaded guilty to two federal felony counts related to her use of a bogus social security number…
A federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled that Clifford Chance cannot be sued in a shareholders suit for advice the law firm gave to a health care finance company.
Philadelphia voters elected avid motorcyclist Willie F. Singletary to a seat on the Traffic Court in November, even though he had his driver’s license suspended until 2011 for accumulating 55…
Lawyers for two girls ages 10 and 11 say they will ask a Pennsylvania court to dismiss charges against them for a playground assault because they are too young to…
A federal judge has awarded $412 million in additional fees to lawyers who sued the maker of the fen-phen diet-drug on behalf of thousands of plaintiffs.
A federal judge has authorized the U.S. Trustee to investigate whether mortgage processing systems used by Countrywide Financial Corp. have affected “the integrity of the bankruptcy process.”
A judge in Luzerne County, Pa., has ordered four robbery defendants to brush up on their English-speaking skills. If they don’t they’ll face more jail time.
In the latest appellate court ruling in a controversial and long-running capital case that appears almost certain to continue further, a federal appeals court today voided the death penalty given…
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