Appellate Law Center

The odds that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will grant review of a case was highest in 2024 of the past five years.

An appellate court’s statement of disposition in its decision is not a present sense direction but a statement of future operation, after the mandate or remand.

This major decision backing tax exemption in an era of consolidation in the health care industry will allow hospitals to survive, thrive and provide essential medical care to the communities they serve.

Lying to induce a transaction that will cost the victim money or property can be the basis for a wire fraud conviction – even if the victim does not suffer actual economic loss.

As a result of increased costs from tariffs, many contractors may be entitled to an equitable adjustment of their public contracts to make them whole.

A close look into this case reveals the importance of strategizing every step of a trial and settlement to maximize appeals options.

Standardization of bid protest prosecution would not only help to preserve the procedural due process rights of bidders but also streamline the protest process.

The decision may prevent future plaintiffs from bringing employment discrimination lawsuits in federal court under this New Jersey law.

We consider the court’s practice of ordering some cases “dismissed as improvidently granted” or “DIGed” and how that practice has evolved.