NOONAN et al v. KANE et al

  1. December 02, 2020

    Ex-Pa. AG Escapes Staffers' Email Retaliation Suit

    A federal judge has tossed a suit accusing a former Pennsylvania attorney general of trying to silence ex-investigators from her office by releasing their risque work emails, saying they were unable to prove that the disclosure violated their First Amendment rights.

  2. March 24, 2020

    Ex-Pa. AG Says Legitimate Reasons Drove Porn Email Release

    Pennsylvania's disgraced ex-attorney general told a federal judge Monday that her move to release pornographic material found in the email accounts of several former investigators was not an attempt to retaliate against the men for criticism leveled against her.

  3. March 30, 2018

    Ex-Pa. AG's Immunity Defense Can't End Retaliation Claims

    Pennsylvania's disgraced former attorney general's erstwhile position as a government official does not fully immunize her from claims lodged by a group of former investigators that she used her position to retaliate against them, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

  4. November 21, 2017

    Ex-Pa. AG Kane Says Immunity Bars Retaliation Claims

    Pennsylvania's disgraced former attorney general told a federal judge on Monday that her erstwhile position as a government official immunized her from claims lodged by a group of former investigators who are alleging that she used her position to retaliate against them.

  5. December 05, 2016

    Judge Won't Redo Retaliation Suit Against Ex-Pa. AG Kane

    Former top Pennsylvania officials connected to ousted Attorney General Kathleen Kane can't reopen a civil suit against her using testimony from her criminal trial while an appeal of the suit is pending at the Third Circuit, a federal judge ruled Friday.

  6. July 20, 2016

    Pa. AG Kane Ducks Ex-Staffers' Retaliation Claims

    Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane shook off retaliation claims lodged against her by former top-level employees in her office for her release of private emails after a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday the conduct wasn't legally actionable.

  7. April 04, 2016

    Philly Paper Wants Email Defamation Claims In AG Suit Axed

    The Philadelphia Daily News moved Friday to toss claims alleging a reporter conspired with embattled Attorney General Kathleen Kane to retaliate against two former state prosecutors by releasing and reporting on their offensive emails, saying the men haven't proven defamation or malicious intent.

  8. January 15, 2016

    Kane Wants Porn Email Retaliation Suit Nixed

    Embattled Pennsylvania  Attorney General Kathleen Kane urged a federal judge Thursday to ax a lawsuit accusing her of retaliating against four former state prosecutors and an ex-state police commissioner by releasing their pornographic or offensive emails, saying the email release was in the public interest.

  9. November 12, 2015

    Kane, Daily News Sued Over Ex-Pa. AG Staffers' Emails

    A former high-ranking Pennsylvania prosecutor and an ex-state police commissioner touched by the "porngate" scandal were among five individuals who sued state Attorney General Kathleen Kane and the Philadelphia Daily News on Thursday over the alleged release of their private emails.