Matthew Haverstick Blog Posts
February 15, 2017
In a ruling earlier this week, the Supreme Court denied the City of Philadelphia’s attempt to bypass Commonwealth Court and get a direct decision on the constitutionality of the City’s soda tax by the state’s highest court. Procedures…More
June 2, 2016
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to state agencies’ ability to invoke the Right-To-Know Law, but may have further-reaching consequences for government agencies that have separate investigative and adjudicative branches. In PUC v. The Morning Call,…More
April 27, 2016
In a recent decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court significantly limited a law firm’s liability to pay fees generated for work performed by an attorney at a predecessor law firm when bringing a contingency fee matter…More
March 31, 2016
This blog is the inaugural post in a series of commentaries about recent decisions from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. As a regular practitioner in the Court, my experience with it has been uniformly positive. The Court…More