New nuclear power plants at Westinghouse Electric Co. New drilling rigs in Washington County. New legislation out of Harrisburg. All of this energy development is going to need some legal help, isn't it? (Today)

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Pennsylvania state law mandating that steel used in public works projects be made in the United States is not pre-empted by federal law or unconstitutional. (Today)

The state Superior Court has rejected what it called a "creative" attempt by a landowner in Bradford County to get out of an oil and gas lease. The denial appears to be the first published state court opinion in a case involving a challenge to the state Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Kilmer v. Elexco Land Services Inc. (Today)

Emails are not public records under the state's Right-to-Know Law simply because they were sent or received through a government agency's email address or because they are housed on a government computer, a divided Commonwealth Court has ruled. Such is the case even if the government agency has a policy requiring the government computers only be used for work purposes, the court said. (Today)

As trial lawyers continue to test the discoverability of information on Facebook without guidance from an appellate court, family law practitioners are reporting that it's becoming a near-rarity for a case to get through family court without use of the social media giant -- or some other form of online networking -- coming into play. (Today)