Governor Edward G. Rendell has nominated the Hon. Robert A. Freedberg of Easton to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. If confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate, Judge Freedberg would serve the remainder of former Superior Court Judge Joan Orie Melvin’s unexpired term, which ends in

Despite a delay in Congress, Pennsylvanians receiving emergency unemployment compensation benefits should continue to file their bi-weekly claims, Labor & Industry Secretary Sandi Vito said on April 1. Although the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation, or EUC, program begins to phase out

Attorney General Tom Corbett urged Pennsylvania residents to be watchful for telephone calls, text messages or emails - supposedly from banks or credit card companies - asking consumers to provide their debit card or credit card account information. "These bogus 'security alerts' typically warn that

Communities nationwide are urging their residents to take 10 minutes on Thursday, April 1 — Census Day — to fill out and mail back their 2010 Census forms if they haven’t already done so. As the official reference date for the once-a-decade civic ceremony, Census Day will serve as the point-in-time

The American Bar Association Commission on Youth at Risk , Hofstra University School of Law and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College , along with an array of other national planning organizations, are sponsoring an invitation-only summit on transitioning youth to be held

The Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Board has published its 2009 Annual Report . The 2009 Annual Report includes a lot of figures and statistics, but it also includes anecdotes and stories about the work that is financed by the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts program.

The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) will be holding its 13th Annual Day on the Hill on May 3, 2010 in Harrisburg. The right to legal representation and access to the courts for all Pennsylvanians are being threatened by proposed sales taxes on legal services and by inadequate funding that

Older Americans with chronic diseases can learn how to manage their conditions and take control of their health using the $27 million in grants announced on March 30 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The Communities Putting Prevention to Work Chronic