Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Judge Conti Wins Inns of Court Award.

Judge Conti, was the first Summa Cum Laude graduate of Duquesne Law School in 1973 and has served as a professor in that Law School, President of the Allegheny County Bar Association and a partner in two prominent Pittsburgh law firms, prior to her appointment to the US District Court.

Earth Day in the Comics.

After Cathy bragged that her generation was committed to saving the environment, her mother asked her to unplug the computer and the numerous chargers of electronic devices that she cannot live without. She responds that she is too busy for that.

Will the Real Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh Please Stand Up!

Now, the two parties the schism are each claiming title to millions of dollars worth of Church property. The Calvary Church property dispute just happened to be in progress since 2003, making it an available battlefield for a dispute that will almost surely be resolved on appeal, and not until all appeals are exhausted.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Supreme Court Takes First Amendment Case Involving Animal Cruelty Statute.

The Supreme Court of the United States has accepted certiorari without comment on an appeal of a decision by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals invalidating a federal statute prohibiting the distribution of videos and other communications depicting animal cruelty on First Amendment grounds.

Pittsburgh Legal Travelog: Washington County Courthouse Parking.

The danger of time lost finding a parking place has been a particularly acute one for lawyers, since being late for court is courting disaster for self and client. However, the relatively new LandAmerica Centre, with its multi-story parking facility has saved the day. Just go down West Beau Street (on the right of the Courthouse as you face it) and turn right at an alley about halfway down the block. The lot entrance is at the end of the alley. Take a ticket at the gate. You pay at a machine near the entrance before leaving.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Skimmers and other Consumer Scams

Skimmers are devices attached to the exterior of an ATM or other machine that permit direct access to a bank account. It photographs the card number and the user entering a pin. Later, the owner of the skimmer removes it an attempts to drain the bank accounts of the machine users.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Judicial Candidates and Bar Association Ratings.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle List of Statewide candidates and Allegheny County Common Pleas candidates with biographical information. Article about Common Pleas Court races. Pennsylvania Bar Association candidate ratings. Allegheny County Bar Association judicial candidate ratings.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Judge Rules DeAngelis will be Tried as Minor.

Mt Lebanon High School student, Robertino DeAngelis will be tried as a minor. Judge Mariani said that his lack of a criminal record was a factor in the decision.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh intervenes in Calvary Case

The Schism last year involving the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has brought attention to an equity case originally filed in 2003 in the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court which involves, inter alia, the ownership of church property. A hearing was held before Judge Joseph James yesterday, April 17, which brought immediate commentary on blogs affiliated with the litigants.

Anonymous Lawyer Holds Forth on Religion; Joins the Blogroll

Posted by Cliff Tuttle The Anonymous Lawyer has posted two more times in the last two days. It looks like he is back to stay so he has been provisionally granted an office in the Blogroll. However, if we see signs of shirking, putting life ahead of blogging, out in the street with him! Yesterday, […]

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