Author: Joel Ready
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Powell v. UCBR: Suspended Attorney May Not Practice Before Executive Agencies
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The pecking order of preferred advocates, the non-lawyer is preferable to the suspended lawyer. In Powell v. UCBR, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that, while a non-attorney may practice before…
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Bill Cosby Jury Pool Round-up
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Today’s roundup is entirely composed of reaction to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s choice of Allegheny County for the new venire in the Bill Cosby case. Phil DiLucente of Pittsburgh’s WPXI News…
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Bill Cosby gets Allegheny Jury
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The “Twelve Angry Men” who will be called upon to decide Bill Cosby’s fate in his pending rape trial will hail from Allegheny County, the Supreme Court decided yesterday. Under…
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Ford v. American States Ins. Co – UIM Waiver is Close Enough
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what really happens when an insurance company does not “specifically comply” with the form in the statute? Or perhaps the better way to frame the argument—and the framing the Court…
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Com v. Smyrnes: Capital Appeal
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The facts in this case are a repeat of those in Com v. Knight, and they are horrific enough not to bear repeating. Smyrnes appears to have been the ringleader…
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City of Philadelphia v. Lerner—Ignoring the Government’s Requests for Information Only Works if You’re With the Government
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Remember Lois Lerner? Remember her pleading the Fifth, and refusing to answer questions about alleged IRS wrongdoing? In City of Phila. v. Lerner, we learn that this doesn’t work out…
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Com v. Martinez: Plea Deals are Contracts
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The right to trial by jury is so valuable that giving it up binds the prosecution to whatever was promised the defendant–even in the face of a subsequent statutory change.…
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Com. v. Kindler: Escaping SCOPA Jurisdiction…For Now
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This case is short and simple, but the backstory is fascinating. Arrested for burglary in 1982, Joseph Kindler managed to escape from jail, although he was recaptured quickly. Shortly thereafter,…
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Rule 1.17 Amended: You may sell a practice area without selling your whole practice
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On Friday, the Court released an amendment to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.17 (Relating to Sale of Law Practice), allowing for the purchase of a practice area, rather than of…
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D.P. v. G.J.P.: Mere separation of parents is insufficient grounds to give grandparents standing to force custody dispute
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The fourteenth amendment’s due process clause requires “that the custody, care and nurture of the child reside first in the parents,” (quoting Prince v. Mass, 321 U.S. 158, 166 (1944)),…