April 12, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has denied twice-convicted former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty's request to have his third criminal trial — this time over extortion charges — handled by a judge instead of a jury.
March 04, 2024
A former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers employee who admitted to shopping with union funds while serving as a "gofer" for convicted ex-business manager John Dougherty was sentenced to three years of probation on Monday in Pennsylvania federal court.
February 29, 2024
Former Philadelphia union leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty on Thursday successfully petitioned to delay his upcoming extortion trial to give his defense attorneys more time to prepare on the heels of his embezzlement conviction last year.
February 22, 2024
Three co-defendants of former Philadelphia union leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty have been sentenced for their participation in an embezzlement scheme spearheaded by the former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager.
January 29, 2024
Former Philadelphia union leader John Dougherty asked a federal judge Monday to undo his conviction on nine counts of embezzlement, arguing that a contractor's testimony failed to prove Dougherty knew the contractor was billing the union for work on union officials' personal properties.
January 19, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has declared that former Philadelphia union leader and convicted felon John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty waived attorney-client privilege in assailing his former Ballard Spahr LLP attorneys' trial performance by making conflict of interest claims against them.
January 16, 2024
Prosecutors asked a Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday to declare that convicted embezzler and ex-Philadelphia union leader John Dougherty waived his attorney-client privilege by "attacking" his former Ballard Spahr LLP counsel's representation.
December 21, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court's stunning decision opening the floodgates for companies to be sued in states where they are simply registered to do business was among the buzzworthy jurisprudence originating from Pennsylvania matters in 2023, a year that also found the Keystone State's own courts shaping law in the white collar, punitive damages, contractor liability and election spheres.
December 12, 2023
Twice-convicted former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty faced an uphill battle in his embezzlement and bribery trials, and former prosecutors and white collar experts say that his winless record in federal court isn't great for his chances to come out on top in his looming extortion trial next year.
December 07, 2023
Former Philadelphia union leader John Dougherty on Thursday was convicted of charges that he and others bilked the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, dealing another blow to Dougherty, who has already been convicted of bribery in the sprawling prosecution.