September 29, 2023
A Pennsylvania federal judge has denied former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty's counsel's request for more time to prepare for Dougherty's second corruption trial, cementing the ex-union leader's court date for sometime this fall.
September 18, 2023
Pointing to a growing mountain of evidence to sift through in a corruption case spanning several trials, counsel for former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 leader John Dougherty asked a Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday to postpone his trial yet again while he gets up to speed.
September 13, 2023
A former Philadelphia city councilman has appealed his honest services fraud convictions to the Third Circuit, claiming he was engaging in "routine and lawful conduct" when he promoted the interests of a union where he held a side job.
July 31, 2023
Former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty can't get a new trial on public corruption charges or toss the still-pending part of his indictment for alleged embezzlement after a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday that a government informant was not sharing confidential, behind-the-scenes information about Dougherty's defense strategy.
April 28, 2023
The judge overseeing former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty's embezzlement case has agreed to postpone the trial "indefinitely" and hold a hearing to determine whether his new attorney has any conflicts, according to an order filed Friday.
April 27, 2023
Former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty has retained a new lawyer and wants the court to delay his embezzlement trial while it considers admitting the attorney, but his co-defendant says it's an unnecessary waste of time, according to recently filed court papers.
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.