Bench Warrants in Philadelphia, PAA bench warrant is a judge’s order for your arrest because you missed court. It does not expire, and ignoring it does not make it go away. In Philadelphia, there are two ways to resolve one:
Criminal Defense Attorney Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Ames, 2026 PA Super 179 (Pa. Super. Aug. 10, 2026), holding that a parole agent conducted a custodial interrogation when he took a parolee into
We are delighted to welcome Professor Gautham Rao to the blog for the month of September! LHB readers are likely familiar with Rao, either from his long-running stint as the editor of the Law & History Review or from his
IntroductionA recent Tech Xplore article reports on research suggesting that making humanoid robots more socially expressive (through eye contact, gestures, nodding, and other humanlike behaviors) can increase engagement but may also carry an unexpected cost: when an expressive robot makes
Two announcements in the span of nine days reflect a significant expansion of federal healthcare fraud enforcement resources. On August 4, DOJ announced expansion of its Northeast Health Care Fraud Strike Force to Philadelphia, marking the fourth geographic expansion in
Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is
Hiester v. School District of Philadelphia, (ED PA, Aug. 21, 2026), is a 41-page opinion covering complex allegations of competing anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish harassment by high school students and high school administrators. The Pennsylvania federal district court describes
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We are excited to announce that the Third Conflict of Laws Annual Workshop (CLAW3) will be hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
While plainly irrelevant personal content can be excluded from review populations, firms should preserve the complete original forensic image and restrict access rather than delete data, maintaining evidentiary integrity while implementing clear policies for handling sensitive information.
In the August
