Just in Case You’ve Been Distracted by the Academy Awards or Something,

No. 1,124 Here’s a news story from the Trib you may have missed about how there probably won’t be any interim nominations this year to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Centre County President Judge Thomas Kistler states that he can’t afford to leave his present position, since the Centre County Common Pleas Court is also short-handed. […]

Supreme Court Initiates Sanctions Against Lawyer Who Let His Client Tell Him How To State The Argument In A Petition

No. 1,123 In the Matter of Discipline of Howard Neil Shipley, No. 14D2827. Live long enough and you can see everything. Every lawyer has had clients who want to micromanage the case.  Its a serious handicap.  But most of the time, it just makes the task harder. But not always. In a rare move, the […]

This Commonwealth Court Holding May Get Student Rights Advocates’ Goat!

No. 1,122 COLONIAL INTERMEDIATE UNIT #20 V. COLONIAL INTERMEDIATE UNIT #20 EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, PSEA/NEA No. 983 C.D. 2014 The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the refusal of a Common Pleas Court decision that denied the employer’s petition to vacate an arbitration award and reinstate a special education teacher who had been terminated due to an […]

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