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Stephen McConnell, left, and Sarah Johansen, right, of Reed Smith. Courtesy photos Last December, the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) named the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (CCP) and the ...

Philadelphia must count mail ballots from the September special elections that were submitted with return envelopes that voters incorrectly dated or failed to date, a state appellate court ruled ...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appointed Chenault-Fattah — who graduated from Penn Carey Law School in 1982 — to the ...

A Philadelphia high school student who was sexually assaulted by classmates can sue the school district under an exception to governmental immunity for sexual abuse, a Commonwealth Court panel ruled ...

Eligible Philadelphia-area voters who submitted mail ballots in the September 17, 2024 special election only to have their votes set aside because they omitted or miswrote the correct date on their ...

Frederica Massiah-Jackson, a retired Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge, civil jury trailblazer, and the first African American president judge in Pennsylvania, died Wednesday, Aug. 27. She was ...

Marriage equality is back in the national spotlight. On Friday, the United States Supreme Court announced it will weigh whether to revisit same-sex marriage, a move that's reigniting uncertainty for ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia City Council will vote on Thursday on a bill that would change the name of Taney Street in the city's Grays Ferry neighborhood. That miles-long block is named after ...