Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille plans to run for retention this fall, even though he will hit the mandatory retirement age of 70 next year and will have to leave the bench.

The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts announced that its online case database has been expanded to include magisterial district court landlord-tenant cases and civil cases of less than $12,000.

Lackawanna County is taking steps to revamp its jury summons process.

Two civil lawsuits filed by eight Pennsylvania judges seeking to abolish the mandatory retirement requirement for Pennsylvania judges have been removed to Federal court.

Earlier this month, the defense attorneys for suspended Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin filed a motion arguing that her criminal prosecution was improper, on the theory that court employees should be regulated only by the judiciary.

After to listening to arguments from the defense and prosecution, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Lester G. Nauhaus has denied the motion.

Jurors in civil cases in Philadelphia will no longer need to walk from the Criminal Justice Center to City Hall to perform their civic duty.

An editorial in the Pittzburgh Post-Gazette paints a troubling picture of nepotistic practices in the Allegheny County court system.

Willie F. Singletary, a Philadelphia Traffic Court judge who resigned following allegations of lewd behavior towards a female Traffic Court cashier, has been officially removed from office by the state's Court of Judicial Discipline in a short per curiam order.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the attorneys for suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin have filed a memorandum stating that she should not be facing criminal charges, arguing that activity by court employees should only properly be regulated by the judiciary.

The Legal Intelligencer (subscription required) reports that Lackawanna County has announced that it has modified its ad litem program and abandoned the automatic appointment of a guardian to all custody cases.