Focusing on the revelations that Bill Cosby paid Andrea Constand $3.4 million settle civil rape claims, the comedian’s defense attorney pushed the narrative in his opening statement Tuesday that Constand is a con artist.
Read moreFighting to revive claims that the television series “Empire” is a ripoff, an attorney appearing before the Third Circuit on Monday quoted Martin Luther King.
Read moreTearing into a bucket of chicken at KFC last year, a West Philadelphia man claims in court that one of the wings he bit into contained a fried rat.
Read moreAt a Third Circuit appeal on a simple fair-housing case, in which a disabled woman sought to leave her walker in a condo lobby, arguments turned Friday on a semantic and philosophical point: what is necessary?
Read moreHeaping pressure on the only defendant in a Philadelphia corruption scandal who has not struck a plea deal, federal prosecutors unveiled new charges Tuesday against political consultant Kenneth Smukler.
Read moreA former friend of Grammy winner Jill Scott claims in court that the R&B singer cut him out of a business he conceived to put her lyrics on greeting cards.
Read moreThe Philadelphia district attorney’s office has released a list of current and former police officers whom prosecutors have tried to keep off the witness stand because of a wide range of wrongdoing, including lying, racial bias and brutality.
Read moreFive months after country music star Troy Lee Gentry died in a helicopter crash, his widow filed suit Wednesday against the aircraft manufacturers.
Read moreA federal judge in Philadelphia on Friday ordered the Trump administration not to enforce new rules that could significantly reduce women’s access to free birth control.
Read moreProsecutors notched another victory Friday in the case over a Philadelphia judge who took money from his opponent in the 2012 election to drop out of the race.
Read moreA VIP event featuring R&B star Trey Songz turned violent for a Philadelphia woman, she claims in court, saying the “Na Na” performer slapped her across the face while trying to stop her from snapping pics with her cellphone.
Read moreFour black police officers and their fraternal organization sued the city on Monday claiming they were discriminated against and subject to a litany of hostile acts after they refused to carry out unlawful orders intended to “flip” those arrested on narcotics charges.
Read more
A veteran prosecutor claims in a federal complaint that she lost her job at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office after protesting raunchy interoffice emails.
Read more
Calling for the judge who sentenced rapper Meek Mill to step aside, the Rev. Al Sharpton said a broken criminal-justice system is to blame for Mill’s imprisonment.
Read moreTwo political operatives pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges connecting them to a judge who took money to drop out of the 2012 election.
Read more
A federal judge handed a five-year prison sentence Tuesday to former Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams who pleaded guilty to corruption this summer.
Read more
A couple who wanted to refinance their mortgage in Canada claim in a federal complaint that they lost their shirts after crossing paths with a notorious fraudster.
Read morePleading guilty to false statements Tuesday, a former senior judge with the Philadelphia Municipal Court admitted that he lied about campaign funds to the Federal Election Commission.
Read moreThe personal-injury firm Rosenbaum & Associates claims in a federal complaint that Morgan & Morgan, a competing firm out of Orlando, Florida, is diverting clients with a deceptive multimillion-dollar advertising campaign
Read more