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Host Corrie Woods interviews Attorney Alex Bomstein to discuss Clean Air Council v. DEP, which clarified the circumstances under which parties challenging permits under the Clean Streams Law can recover attorney's fees from permittees.  The decision is a significant win for private enforcement of environmental rights, and also serves as an excellent discussion of the principle that statutory discretion imports statutory purpose.
You can find Justice Wecht's majority opinion, as well as Justice Mundy's dissent, on SCOPABlog's February 2023 Docket Review.
You can also find Clean Air Council's podcast, On Air with Clean Air Council, on your podcatcher of choice.
And while you're at it, make sure to subscribe to SCOPABlog for monthly docket reviews, and notifications when new episodes drop.
Thanks as always to our producers, Ashley Woods, Rachel Annevelink, and Jaron Drake, for their hard work in making this episode a reality.

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Host Corrie Woods interviews Timothy Kolman to discuss Salsberg v. Mann, which held that an employee could bring a claim for intentional interference with an employment relationship against a supervisor who terminated her for personal reasons.  The decision is one of a series over the past few years in which the Court has taken a robust view of workers' rights.

You can find Justice Brobson's majority opinion, as well as Justice Wecht's concurrence, and Chief Justice Todd's and Justice Mundy's concurrence/dissents, at SCOPABlog.
And while you're at it, make sure to subcribe to SCOPAblog to receive monthly docket reviews, and notifications when new episodes drop.
Thanks as always to our producers, Ashley Woods, Rachel Annevelink, and Jaron Drake, for their hard work in making this episode a reality.

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Host Corrie Woods interviews Casey Alan Coyle to discuss Greenwood Gaming v. Dept. of Revenue, which clarified how the state-run lottery and private casinos must share (or, rather, not share) space in Pennsylvania's increasingly complex gaming market.  
You can find Justice Donohue's opinion for the Court and Justice Mundy's concurring and dissenting opinion on SCOPABlog.
And while you're at it, subcribe to SCOPAblog to receive monthly docket reviews, and notifications when new episodes drop.
And thanks as always to our producers, Ashley Woods, Rachel Annevelink, and Jaron Drake, for their hard work in making this episode a reality.

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Host Corrie Woods interviews attorney Brandy Grace Hoke to discuss Commonwealth v. Greer, which clarified when and how petitioners under the Post-Conviction Relief Act must seek and obtain new counsel to raise, and raise, claims of ineffective assistance of earlier postconviction counsel, on penalty of waiver.  The case is required reading for anyone who practices in the postconviction space.
Show Notes:
Greer builds on the Court's decision in Commonwealth v. Bradley, which held that petitioners can raise claims of ineffective assistance of prior postconviction counsel for the first time on appeal.  In 2022, Corrie and Attorney Michael Wiseman discussed Bradley in an earlier episode.
You can find the Court's opinion and Justice Donohue's concurring and dissenting opinion on SCOPABlog's June 2024 Docket Review.
Read more about Greer and all of the Court's cases on SCOPAblog.
And thanks as always to our producers, Ashley Woods, Rachel Annevelink, and Jaron Drake, for their hard work in making this episode a reality.

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Host Corrie Woods interviews attorney, professor, and Executive Director of the Women's Law Project Susan Frietsche to discuss Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Department of Human Services, which, among many constitutional holdings, overruled an earlier determination that a ban on abortion funding for Medicaid recipients did not violate Pennsylvania constitutional rights and set the stage for a recognition of reproductive rights as fundamental rights under the Commonwealth's charter.   
Show Notes:
You can find Justice Christine Donohue's excellent, 219-page majority opinion, Justice David Wecht's 71-page concurring opinion, and all of the other Justices' opinions on SCOPABlog's January 2024 Docket Review.
You can learn more about where the case has gone at the Women's Law Project's website.
You can learn more about and support the Women's Law Project at its website.
Read more about Allegheny Reproductive Health Ctr. and all of SCOPA's cases on SCOPAblog.
And thanks as always to our producers, Ashley Woods and Jaron Drake, for their hard work in making this episode a reality.