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Montgomery County Courts lift the mask mandate!

Filed under: News by Steven F. Fairlie @ February 28, 2022

Just today all levels of Courts in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania have lifted the “mask mandate.” As a result, it is now up to each person in Court to decide whether he or she wishes to wear a mask – or not. President Judge Carolyn Carluccio suggested that Montgomery County Courts will continue to follow CDC […]

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Here we go again- Bucks County Suspends Jury Trials – COVID

Filed under: News by Steven F. Fairlie @ January 21, 2022

We were all hopeful that this was behind us, but with the recent surge in COVID in the Philadelphia suburbs Bucks County has suspended all jury trial from January 20, 2022 through February 28, 2022. It will be interesting to see if another Order comes out suspending trials from February 28 or jury trials will […]

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Time to Beg Your Pardon

Filed under: Criminal Law, News by Steven F. Fairlie @ July 3, 2021

Have you been convicted of a crime in Pennsylvania? There are complicated rules that apply to minor misdemeanors and summary offenses, those who have completed an ARD program, and those who won their cases at trial or had the charges dismissed – which permit expungement (erasure) of criminal records. But if you were convicted of […]

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More thoughts on the Cosby reversal

Filed under: Fairlie & Lippy News, News by Steven F. Fairlie @ July 2, 2021

https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2021/07/01/even-bad-people-legal-community-divided-on-unpopular-decision-that-freed-cosby/?kw=%27Even%20Bad%20People%27:%20Legal%20Community%20Divided%20on%20Unpopular%20Decision%20That%20Freed%20Cosby&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=newsroomupdate&utm_content=20210702&utm_term=tli

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Debunking Cosby

Filed under: News by Steven F. Fairlie @ June 30, 2021

I’ve heard enough spin on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s reversal of the Cosby conviction today to justify an article that spells out what really happened. The case was hotly contested by both sides. But there is no way that a jury was going to ignore a parade of women saying that they were sexually assaulted. […]

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