News & Updates: Business

Every 10 years, following the release of the U.S. Census data, the Commonwealth is required to redraw its congressional and state legislative districts. As a result of stagnant population growth, the Commonwealth will lose one Congressional seat – going from the current 18 to 17. The reapportionment process can often be a contentious one and this year…

For many years, a business could be sued in Pennsylvania courts by the mere fact that the company registered to do business in Pennsylvania. In what is sure to strike a blow against “litigation tourism,” the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declared that the Pennsylvania statute that allowed such expansive jurisdiction “clearly, palpably, and plainly violates the…

PCCJR’s Executive Director, Curt Schroder, appeared on Lincoln Radio Journal this week in a wide ranging discussion of problems plaguing Pennsylvania’s courts. Listen to the broadcast here.