News & Updates: Health Care

House Appropriations budget hearings are normally staid affairs featuring mind numbing inquiries on programs supported by legislative appropriations, the crunching of budget figures, and the justification for requested increases or cuts to a department. It is unglamorous and tedious, but a necessary prerequisite to passage of the Commonwealth’s annual spending plan. For the first sixty minutes of…

In their quest to increase the number of individuals in various class action or malpractice suits, plaintiffs’ attorneys around Philadelphia have taken over ad space on the airwaves, social media, and especially highway billboards. Philly area drivers might have become used to this sort of in your face, continuous advertisements. But a recent opinion column…

During his annual budget address earlier this week, Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed an approximate 7 percent increase in state spending as part of his budget plan for the upcoming 2024-25 fiscal year. The $48.3 billion plan focuses on investments in a number of areas, including: public education, transportation and economic development. The proposal does not include…

Pennsylvania’s reputation as one of the worst judicial hellholes was further bolstered by a recent thermonuclear verdict handed down by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. In a case against Monsanto, the plaintiff was awarded an astounding $2.25 billion – the largest single-plaintiff Roundup® verdict to date. The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas was the focus of…