Legal
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Dischell Bartle Dooley attorney asks the question, ‘Are you too social with your social media?’
Many people live two lives. There’s real life and there’s a social media life. For better or worse, that social media life is in reality a public life. Twitter and Facebook are filled with photos of travels, videos of a child’s latest antics, articles on politics and sometimes items that no one should see. Friends…
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Ex-employee of Stow business ordered to pay $700K over bad concrete
Andrew Nolan, a former employee of a Stowe-based concrete company, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that he falsified quality control tests for concrete used in a major Washington D.C. railway project. As part of the deal reached with federal government and the state of Virginia, Nolan will pay more than $700,000. According to federal…
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Popular Eagleville-based pizza maker sentenced for tax fraud
United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Giuseppe “Pino” DiMeo, 51, of Eagleville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $463,738 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), for conspiring to defraud the IRS and filing false tax returns. In addition, DiMeo was also sentenced to serve three…
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Ask a Real Lawyer: A question of judgment
Question: If there is only a judgment against me, but I am on title for a property with my ex-husband can he sell the property for only what is owed on the mortgage? The judgment is against me and not my ex-husband. I got the judgment while we were getting a divorce. He used his credit…
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Attorneys Amy T. Brooks and Amy P. De Shong present at Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s 2018 Exceptional Children Conference
Wisler Pearlstine, LLP is pleased to announce that partners Amy T. Brooks and Amy De Shong recently presented on pertinent education and family law topics at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s 2018 Exceptional Children Conference. Amy T. Brooks presented on the topic Ethical Considerations. Attendees experienced an interactive, technology rich ethics discussion for special education attorneys.…
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Attorney General Shapiro cracks down on car dealers falsely advertising as individual sellers online
Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced 20 legal actions have been filed against auto dealers and salespeople in eleven counties in Pennsylvania for violating consumer protection laws and deceptively advertising motor vehicles. The actions were part of an advertising sweep that targeted auto dealers and their salespeople who advertised vehicles for sale without disclosing that…
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Montco D.A. Kevin Steele named Trial Lawyer of the Year
The Trial Lawyers Section of the Montgomery Bar Association (MBA) is pleased to announce that Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele, Esq. is the recipient of the 2018 James P. Fox Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. The James P. Fox award recognizes excellence both inside and outside the courtroom. District Attorney Steele has…
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Social media site, Gab, subject of civil investigation
The office of state Attorney General Josh Shapiro is looking into hosting site of Gab.com, the online media platform frequented by the accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter. The social media platform favored by Robert Bowers, accused in the Tree of Life synagogue massacre, is the subject of a civil investigation, according to a subpoena made public…
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Montco DA: Drug-trafficking ring dismantled following wiretap investigation
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele and other local, state and federal authorities announced Friday that eight leaders of a drug- trafficking organization that was distributing heroin, cocaine and other illegal drugs in Montgomery, Philadelphia and Chester counties have been charged. On Nov. 1, police arrested George King, 50, Foster B. Moore, 47, and Richard…
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Ask a Real Lawyer: Brother’s death leads family to questions regarding domestic partner
Question: My brother recently died. His domestic partner of 15-17 years has employed a lawyer who has sent me and my other 3 siblings a letter asking us to renounce all claims to his estate. We feel that our brother may have left some financial parts of his estate to us as beneficiaries of those…
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Attorney General Shapiro demands Secretary DeVos begin granting relief for borrowers
Attorney General Josh Shapiro yesterday called on the U.S. Department of Education to immediately discharge the student loans of eligible borrowers who attended schools that abruptly shut down before they could complete their degrees. Many of those schools were predatory, for-profit colleges. In the letter, a coalition of 21 attorneys general urges Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to…
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Andrew Davenport, former CEO of Hatboro-based Philidor Rx, sentenced to prison for fraud
After being convicted of money laundering and fraud charges in May, the former chief executive officer of Hatboro-based Philidor Rx services, now closed, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Andrew Davenport, who resides in Haverford and led Philidor Rx Services, and Gary Tanner, a manager at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, were arrested in…
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Delaware Valley Legal Expo coming to King of Prussia
Montgomery Bar Association will be hosting several major events for the region’s legal community at the Sheraton Valley Forge Hotel in King of Prussia on November 9. [gap height=”10″] One of the more prominent events, the 23rd Annual Delaware Valley Legal Expo, is produced in cooperation with the Association of Legal Administrators Independence Chapter, and will take…
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To cosign or not to cosign
Question: I’m a 19 year old woman living with my former coworker. We bought a $15K car back in May and I was accidentally the co-signer without my knowledge. We got the car because I had a 750 credit rating and my roommate’s credit was 500. After we got the car in May, within a…
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Co-founder of fake Bala Cynwyd energy firm convicted in Ponzi scheme
The green energy firm created by a pair of Temple University graduates has gone to spoils. A federal jury in Philadelphia convicted a Colorado man for his role as the deal-closer in a $54 million Ponzi scheme where investors poured their money into a bogus Main Line green energy company started by Troy Wragg and…
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State Police update ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list
The Pennsylvania State Police recently released its updated Ten Most Wanted List. There are five new additions to the list, taking the places of five suspects who were captured throughout the past year. The new suspects on the Ten Most Wanted List are: Kern Mayers, wanted for felony drug charges in Luzerne County from 2006…
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What to do when the sheriff hands you a lawsuit
Question: The Sheriff recently came to my house and handed me a bunch of legal documents. One says “COMPLAINT.” Another one is titled “NOTICE TO DEFEND” and says that I have been sued and that I should take the paper to a lawyer at once. What should I do? Answer provided by: Michael J. Lyon,…
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U.S. Department of Labor investigation results in back wages and damages for workers at SM Choi in Elkins Park
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ordered SM Choi Inc. – which operates four fast-food establishments in Elkins Park – to pay $93,146 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 38 employees for willful violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Department also assessed the…
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