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Hidden Costs of America’s Legal System Highlighted in New Consumer Guide

A new consumer guide is showcasing how families and small businesses are feeling the pinch from our country’s costly legal system – with hidden annual costs continuing to climb. In A Consumer Guide: How Legal System Abuse Impacts You, the annual average costs of a slew of litigation tactics are broken down to show the real, wide-ranging impact…

Budget Negotiations Stall as State Approaches End of Fiscal Year 

With only a few days remaining until the end of the Commonwealth’s fiscal year, it appears that negotiations on the upcoming 2025-26 state budget have reached an impasse with legislative leaders and the governor’s office confirming that a final agreement is unlikely to be reached by the July 1 deadline. One major stumbling block holding…

Field is Set for November’s Judicial Elections

This November voters will choose candidates to serve on two appellate courts – the Commonwealth Court and the Superior Court. While often considered “off” election years that generate lower voter turnout, the results of judicial elections have far-reaching impacts on Pennsylvania’s business climate and the scope of liability in the Commonwealth. There is currently one…

Saving Pennsylvania’s Ailing Healthcare Industry

A recent opinion column by Seth Higgins in Broad and Liberty details the declining health of the Commonwealth’s healthcare sector – with a slew of hospital closures and reduction in services in recent years. While a reduction in pandemic related federal funding has often been cited as one of the driving forces behind this decline, another factor…

Med Mal Venue Amendment Blocked from Vote

Last week, Democrats in the state House of Representatives voted to block consideration of a critical amendment that would have restored the state’s medical malpractice venue rule. Speaker Joanna McClinton ruled the amendment out of order, meaning the amendment could not be voted. Every House Democrat voted to uphold her ruling when it was appealed.…