Showing posts with label Phila. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phila. Show all posts

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Phila. Legal Community Holds School Supply Drives

Philadelphia's legal community recently hosted two school supply drives for needy students in the area.

Monday, September 16, 2013

Phila. Legal Community Holds School Supply Drives

Philadelphia's legal community recently hosted two school supply drives for needy students in the area.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Phila. Bar Association Launches Legal Assistance for Military Veterans

The Philadelphia Bar Association is expanding its legal assistance for active-duty military personnel and their families to all veterans who cannot afford or do not have access to the legal services they need.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

More on Phila. Defenders Withdrawing From Courtrooms

No last-minute budget deal was worked out over the weekend to prevent the Defender Association of Philadelphia from withdrawing from some Municipal Court courtrooms because the association says it has not received enough funding from the city of Philadelphia for the fiscal year starting this week.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Lawsuit Against Walgreens Remanded to Phila. Court, Again

Walgreens missed its window to remove a case against it to federal court and U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania wasn't persuaded that its second notice of removal would qualify for an exception to the 30-day removal deadline.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

More on Phila. Defenders Withdrawing From Courtrooms

No last-minute budget deal was worked out over the weekend to prevent the Defender Association of Philadelphia from withdrawing from some Municipal Court courtrooms because the association says it has not received enough funding from the city of Philadelphia for the fiscal year starting this week.

Monday, January 7, 2013

It's Official: Phila. Off Tort Reform's 'Judicial Hellholes' List

After two years, the American Tort Reform Association, a conservative group that aims to change tort law, took Philadelphia off its "judicial hellholes list" and placed it on its "watch list."

Thursday, December 13, 2012

More Questions, No Verdict in Phila. Priest Sex-Abuse Trial

As jurors in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial undertook a half-day of deliberations, they asked three questions.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Phila. Bar Association Launches Legal Assistance for Military Veterans

The Philadelphia Bar Association is expanding its legal assistance for active-duty military personnel and their families to all veterans who cannot afford or do not have access to the legal services they need.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

More Questions, No Verdict in Phila. Priest Sex-Abuse Trial

As jurors in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial undertook a half-day of deliberations, they asked three questions.

Phila. Bar Association Launches Legal Assistance for Military Veterans

The Philadelphia Bar Association is expanding its legal assistance for active-duty military personnel and their families to all veterans who cannot afford or do not have access to the legal services they need.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Phila. Federal Judgment Could Factor in Calif. Computer Case

A federal judge in Philadelphia has granted summary judgment to the defendant on all counts in a dispute between two companies that publish electronic databases of college course catalogs.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

More on Phila. Defenders Withdrawing From Courtrooms

No last-minute budget deal was worked out over the weekend to prevent the Defender Association of Philadelphia from withdrawing from some Municipal Court courtrooms because the association says it has not received enough funding from the city of Philadelphia for the fiscal year starting this week.

Friday, October 12, 2012

More Questions, No Verdict in Phila. Priest Sex-Abuse Trial

As jurors in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial undertook a half-day of deliberations, they asked three questions.