Welcome to your Tuesday morning round-up of stories in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, which also includes this week’s edition of Pennsylvania Law Weekly. All of the links below will take you directly to today’s stories, or you can head straight over to The Legal’s homepage. (Some stories may require registration or a paid subscription.)
The Top Laterals supplement is also inside today's paper, so be sure to give it a read.
Today’s top story is the second in a series on revenue growth in a no-growth market. As reporter Gina Passarella writes, there are five basic options to get more revenue, but none of them is easy.
Below the fold on Page 1, reporter Ben Present writes that Penn State University has sued its insurance company after the insurer took its own legal action to limit its coverage in a lawsuit against the university stemming from the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal. Penn State has also asked for a jury on the matter.
Also below the fold on Page 1, reporter Amaris Elliott-Engel writes that the state Supreme Court entered an order Friday rejecting a King’s Bench petition made by the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia church official charged with endangering youths allegedly abused by priests. The order gives the green light to what is believed to be the first prosecution in the county of an official of the Catholic Church for harm done to youths because of alleged sexual abuse by priests.
In more Regional News on Page 3, Amaris Elliott-Engel writes that the legacy of two Luzerne County Common Pleas Court judges who were sentenced to serve federal prison terms in the wake of a judicial scandal is tied to a decision last week in a case in which a Superior Court panel ruled against the return of property to Luzerne plaintiffs on grounds that it was not used as a bank as required under the property deed.
As always, our People in the News section is on Page 2, and the top stories from our sister publications across the country make up the Page 4 National News section.
On Page 5 is today’s Litigation column, as Abraham J. Gafni writes about pretrial discovery of documents from non-parties in arbitration.
In a White-Collar Law column on Page 7, Peter D. Hardy and Matthew T. Newcomer write that the government is continuing its hunt for offshore account holders.
As it is Tuesday, it’s also your chance to read this week’s Pennsylvania Law Weekly. The lead story for PLW comes from Ben Present, who writes that a Northumberland County judge has ruled that footage from an auto-accident plaintiff’s videotaped interview, left on the cutting room floor by his lawyer, is privileged. The ruling denied a tortfeasor’s discovery request for the unedited video.
Below the fold on Page 1, reporter Zack Needles writes about two divergent rulings by Monroe County trial judges in separate cases involving allegations of fraudulent mortgage assignments.
On Page 3, Ben Present writes that, in a case of first impression, a Philadelphia judge has ruled that later discovery does not bar a medical malpractice claim under MCARE.
There’s much more inside this week’s PLW, including Samuel C. Stretton’s Ethics Forum, in which he discusses a lawyer’s need to report to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel upon being convicted of a crime; Peter J. Bietz’s commentary on trusts and estates, in which he writes that portability of the applicable exclusion isn’t as beneficial as one may think; a medical malpractice article detailing a Lackawanna County decision that ruled against a hospital’s dismissal from the case after an agreement limited the doctor’s exposure; and an Allegheny County alcohol tax ordinance withstanding appellate scrutiny.
If you have questions or comments about any of today's stories, or our coverage as a whole, we invite you to e-mail any of the reporters directly. We hope you'll enjoy today's Legal.
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