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February 06, 2025
Nippon Says US Steel Deal Aligns With Trump Goals
Nippon Steel said Thursday that its proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel is in line with President Donald Trump's goals, as the Japanese steelmaker dropped hints of its strategy to get the new administration to approve the deal.
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February 06, 2025
Hamilton Lane Clinches Inaugural Venture Fund At $615M
Private equity shop Hamilton Lane, led by DLA Piper, on Thursday announced that it closed its inaugural Venture Access Fund with $615.3 million in tow.
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February 06, 2025
Mobility Scooter Co. Gets Nod For $2.1M Deal In ESOP Fight
A Pennsylvania federal judge gave initial approval to a $2.1 million deal Thursday that would resolve a class action claiming a mobility scooter company invested funds from its employee stock ownership plan into dismally performing Treasury bills and cash equivalents.
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February 05, 2025
Injectable Drug Device Maker West Pharma Secures Ban At ITC
The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued an order banning three companies from importing devices used to move injectable drugs into an IV bag that infringe a West Pharmaceutical patent.
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February 05, 2025
Penn Hospital Says $200M Judgment Imperils Local Care
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania implored the Pennsylvania Superior Court on Wednesday to upend a purportedly historic $200 million medical malpractice judgment, arguing that the jury's award in the birth injury case was greater than the economic output of some nations and could seriously impact the hospital's operations.
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February 05, 2025
Philly Archdiocese Freed From Abuse Suit In New Jersey
New Jersey's highest court has held the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is not subject to Garden State courts in a lawsuit claiming a former priest sexually abused a teenager at the former priest's Jersey Shore house decades ago, ruling there was no evidence the ex-priest was assigned to take the teen on a trip to New Jersey or that the archdiocese was even aware of the trip.
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February 05, 2025
Feds Must Face Air Marshal Union's Harassment Claims
Three government agencies must face claims they engaged in union-busting tactics when dealing with federal air marshals in Philadelphia, with a Pennsylvania federal judge preserving most of a union's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Air Marshal Service.
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February 05, 2025
Pa. Dept.'s Switch On Abortion Funding Leaves Court Unsure
A Pennsylvania appellate court struggled Wednesday with how to handle a challenge to the state's ban on using Medicaid funding for abortions, after the state's health regulator switched sides to agree with the suing providers and the commonwealth's justices stopped Republican lawmakers from defending the ban.
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February 05, 2025
Cleveland-Cliffs Wants 'Un-American' US Steel Suit Tossed
Cleveland-Cliffs and its CEO have asked a Pennsylvania judge to toss a lawsuit filed against them by Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel, calling the suit "un-American" while claiming that the plaintiffs' "sputtering disapproval" of the defendants' statements doesn't hold up in court.
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February 05, 2025
Maryland Judge Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship.
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February 04, 2025
McKesson, Others Beat Indirect Drug Reseller Price-Fix Suit
A Pennsylvania federal judge permanently tossed antitrust claims from indirect generic-drug resellers who alleged distributors like McKesson Corp. and AmerisourceBergen colluded with manufacturers to fix prices of many medications, writing Monday the plaintiffs fail to show the existence of such an agreement between drugmakers and distributors.
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February 04, 2025
Ex-Philly Union Head's Nephew Avoids Jail In Extortion Case
The nephew of a now-imprisoned former leader of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 received a nonincarceratory sentence in Philadelphia federal court Tuesday after admitting that he tried to violently extort a casino contractor out of undeserved pay.
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February 04, 2025
Mellon Heir's Estate Defends $29M Tax Refund Request
A Pittsburgh billionaire made a "bona fide" deal to indemnify the trustees for his Mellon family millions as he drained a family trust account, so a $200 million settlement to partly replenish the fund for his heirs should be deductible and produce a $29 million refund of his Pennsylvania estate taxes, the estate's lawyer told a state appellate court Tuesday.
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February 04, 2025
Blank Rome Adds Reed Smith Trio In Philly, Chicago
Three Reed Smith LLP attorneys jumped to Blank Rome LLP to bolster the firm's life sciences industry team as well as the business litigation group across two states, the firm announced Tuesday.
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February 04, 2025
Philly Firm Seeks $1.5M Fee, Denies 'Explosive' Malpractice
Philadelphia firm Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC told a Philadelphia County jury on Tuesday that it was owed $1.5 million by metal fabricator M. Cohen & Sons Inc. for legal work, urging the jurors to reject allegations that the firm had a conflict of interest resulting in what the fabricator's lawyer called "explosive" consequences.
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February 04, 2025
Pa. Fines Allegheny Co. Contractor For Misclassified Workers
An Allegheny County contractor will pay $144,000 to settle claims from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry that it had misclassified nearly 200 workers, the department announced Monday.
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February 04, 2025
Pa. Governor Puts Cannabis Legalization In Budget Proposal
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday announced a plan to legalize recreational cannabis later this year as part of his budget proposal.
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February 04, 2025
3rd Circ. Urged To Nix Tax On $191M In Family Pharma Feud
A pharmaceutical company's $191 million payment settling a family feud over shares of the business did not include imputed interest triggering higher taxes as the U.S. government claims, a trust for family members who received the money told the Third Circuit.
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February 03, 2025
DOJ Creates Multiagency Task Force Targeting Antisemitism
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it is putting together a multi-agency task force to investigate and prosecute antisemitic crimes, including harassment in schools and on college grounds, in response an executive order issued last week by President Donald Trump.
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February 03, 2025
Uber 'Not An Insurer,' Cut Loose From Driver Assault Suit
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday tossed a suit seeking to hold Uber liable for a driver's assault of a passenger at a Philadelphia airport, saying the ride-hailing company is "not an insurer" and "is not automatically liable" when a driver commits an assault.
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February 03, 2025
Attys Hope Ballot Case Clarifies Pennsylvania Constitution Clause
A Pennsylvania Supreme Court case questioning the constitutionality of a rule requiring undated or misdated mail-in ballots to be discarded is likely the last, and best, chance to settle one of the few open issues over voting in Pennsylvania, experts told Law360.
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February 03, 2025
ICE Must Offer Pa. Detainees Virtual Access To NJ Courts
An immigration detention facility in Pennsylvania must allow detainees access to virtual hearings for pending criminal proceedings in New Jersey, since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement assumed responsibility for protecting their constitutional rights, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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February 03, 2025
Philly Settlement Reopens Probe Of Teacher's 2011 Death
The parents of a Philadelphia schoolteacher whose stabbing death 14 years ago was declared a suicide have won their legal battle against the city to have the case reinvestigated as a possible homicide.
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February 03, 2025
Drexel Owes Prof $350K After Equal Pay Jury Win, Judge Says
A Pennsylvania federal judge said Drexel University owes a philosophy professor $350,000 in damages after a jury found she was willfully paid less than male colleagues out of bias, rejecting the university's position that the award should be reduced because it did not deliberately violate equal pay laws.
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February 03, 2025
Blank Rome Adds Ex-Babst Calland Litigator In Pittsburgh
Blank Rome LLP has expanded its Pittsburgh office with the recent addition of a business litigator who moved her practice after three years with Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir PC.
Expert Analysis
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3rd. Circ. Ruling Shows Employers Where To Put ADA Focus
A recent Third Circuit decision in Morgan v. Allison Crane & Rigging, confirming that the Americans with Disabilities Act protects some temporarily impaired employees, reminds employers to pursue compliance through uniform policies that head off discriminatory decisions, not after-the-fact debates over an individual's disability status, says Joseph McGuire at Freeman Mathis.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
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Where Can Privacy Plaintiffs Sue When Injury Is Online?
Website owners need to understand wiretapping laws to understand whether they may be sued for activity tracking in California or Pennsylvania courts, where the statutory damages for violations of half-century-old laws can be substantial — and a recent Third Circuit decision suggests establishing specific jurisdiction is not as easy as 1-2-3, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.
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Opinion
Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.
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How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.
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Series
Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.
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Compliance Pointers For Amended Pa. Data Breach Law
Recent updates to the Pennsylvania Breach of Personal Information Notification Act include a requirement that organizations alert the state's attorney general of certain consumer data breach notifications, and several incident response and cybersecurity considerations will be necessary to ensure compliance, say Matthew Meade and Laura Decker at Eckert Seamans.
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Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.
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Opinion
Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.
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Series
The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.
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Opinion
To Shrink Jury Awards, Address Preventable Medical Errors
While some health industry leaders complain about large malpractice awards — like the recent $45 million verdict in Hernandez v. Temple University Hospital — these payouts are only a symptom of the underlying problem: an epidemic of preventable medical errors, says Eric Weitz at The Weitz Firm.