April 12, 2023
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday rejected former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 manager John Dougherty's argument that an alleged conflict of interest with his former counsel from Ballard Spahr LLP in the first of two related corruption trials should cancel his upcoming second trial.
February 24, 2023
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 asked a Pennsylvania federal judge Friday to quash a subpoena for 13 years' worth of emails sought by the Philadelphia union's former leader John Dougherty, saying he was engaging in a "classic fishing expedition" for documents to use in the embezzlement prosecution against him.
January 09, 2023
The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the embezzlement prosecution of former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 's business manager John Dougherty decided on Monday to postpone the trial — originally set for the end of this month — to late April, so that the union leader's new lawyers can get caught up in the case.
December 20, 2022
The political director of an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local in Philadelphia on Monday pled guilty to wire fraud charges related to a sprawling embezzlement and corruption scheme allegedly orchestrated by the union's longtime business manager and a city councilman.
October 31, 2022
A federal judge on Monday told former Philadelphia union leader and political powerhouse John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty that he will appoint counsel to represent Dougherty to get his embezzlement trial moving, as the former head of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 hasn't found an attorney since his previous counsel withdrew in September.
November 15, 2021
A federal jury found influential Philadelphia labor leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty and City Councilmember Bobby Henon guilty Monday on charges related to Dougherty's use of a union salary to buy Henon's support and influence on the City Council.
September 02, 2020
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday shot down efforts from a politically influential labor leader and a Philadelphia city councilman to dodge criminal charges over an alleged yearslong bribery scheme in advance of trial.
March 17, 2020
A Pennsylvania state must reconsider a Philadelphia union boss's bid to stay a civil assault suit against him pending a criminal corruption case, a state appellate panel said Monday, saying the lower court had failed to properly assess a six-factor balancing test.
July 08, 2019
Allowing a Philadelphia city councilman to face bribery charges over the salary he received from a local labor union following his election would cast a pall over any public official who maintains outside employment while in office, a federal judge was warned Monday during a hearing.
April 24, 2019
Prosecutors pushed back Tuesday against a powerful Philadelphia union leader's argument that a bribery case against him is unwarranted, saying that putting a city council member on the union payroll in exchange for exerting government influence in the union's favor amounts to a bribe.