Pennsylvania

  • January 09, 2025

    Kraft Heinz Set For March Trial Over Food Factory Overhaul

    Kraft Heinz Foods Co. and the Ohio contractor that accused it of failing to pay $7.6 million for the work and materials that went into overhauling a factory the company has near the Sandusky River are scheduled for a March 25 bench trial, according to a Wednesday order.

  • January 08, 2025

    Edward Jones Fined $17M Over Customer Transition Fees

    Edward Jones has agreed to pay $17 million to end an investigation into alleged supervisory failures that may have led it to overcharge customers who transitioned from its brokerage division to its advisory division, state regulators announced Wednesday.

  • January 08, 2025

    Rivers Casino Hit With Pa. Suit Over Data Breach

    The owner of Rivers Casino in Philadelphia has been accused of not doing enough to safeguard customers' personal information, which was exposed during a data breach incident last year, according to a new class action filed Wednesday in federal court.

  • January 08, 2025

    Post-Gazette Contract Offers Were Bogus, Union Atty Testifies

    Offers the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's publisher made to production employees' unions would have taken workers backwards or left them worse off than if they had no contracts at all, an attorney for the union testified Wednesday as part of the National Labor Relations Board's bid to force the parties back to bargaining.

  • January 08, 2025

    Welch's Asks 3rd Circ. To Nix Alleged Harasser Rehire Order

    Welch's is asking the Third Circuit to undo a September order from a Pennsylvania judge requiring it to rehire a worker fired for allegedly sexually harassing a co-worker, saying the labor arbitrator who issued the decision failed to make a clear finding of fact both initially and on remand.

  • January 08, 2025

    Judge Laments Atty's $32K Sanctions Saga In Tasty Bias Case

    A Pennsylvania judge expressed disappointment Wednesday about the need for a $32,000 sanction against an attorney accused of flouting deadlines in his client's employment discrimination claims against Tasty Baking Co., noting that "it didn't have to be this way."

  • January 08, 2025

    MLBPA Unit Drops NIL Suit Against Pirates, Store Chain

    A unit of the Major League Baseball Players Association has dropped a Pennsylvania federal lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh Pirates and a local convenience store chain of exploiting the names, images and likenesses of team players in marketing materials.

  • January 08, 2025

    Mortgage Cos. Fined $20M Over Cybersecurity Breach

    Bayview Asset Management LLC and three affiliates on Wednesday agreed to pay a $20 million fine and improve their cybersecurity programs to settle allegations from 53 state financial regulators that the mortgage companies had deficient cybersecurity practices and didn't fully cooperate with regulators after a 2021 data breach.

  • January 07, 2025

    DOJ Watchdog Criticizes Trump Officials For COVID Leaks

    The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General has found that senior Justice Department officials under the first Trump administration improperly leaked information about investigations into COVID-19 deaths in states run by Democrats shortly before the 2020 presidential election, according to a report posted Tuesday.

  • January 07, 2025

    US Postal Service Faces 3rd Circ. Fight Over Philly Injury

    A woman who slipped and fell inside a Philadelphia post office more than six years ago told the Third Circuit that a federal judge erred in dismissing her lawsuit as untimely, arguing in a brief Monday that the court ignored factual disputes over the postal service's delays and missteps in issuing an administrative denial of her claim.

  • January 07, 2025

    Law Firm Sought To Collect Expired Debts, 3rd Circ. Told

    A New Jersey woman has urged the Third Circuit to revive her proposed class action against Garden State law firm Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP over its debt collection practices, arguing a lower court was too loose with its standard for the timeliness of the two lawsuits involved.

  • January 07, 2025

    McGuireWoods Grows In Pittsburgh With Employment Atty

    An attorney specializing in employment litigation matters and advising companies on compliance strategies has moved her practice to McGuireWoods' Pittsburgh office after nearly six years with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.

  • January 07, 2025

    Robot Toy Co. Slams Pa. AG's Unpaid Refund Claims

    A company that makes robotic toys argued that most of the Pennsylvania attorney general's claims that it didn't deliver on preordered robots or refunds were outdated or false, and asked a state court to dismiss the suit against it and its former CEO.

  • January 07, 2025

    Troutman Pepper Locke Leaders Define A Successful Merger

    What makes for a successful law firm merger? It's more than headcount and profits, according to two leaders of the newly minted Troutman Pepper Locke LLP law firm, which was formed Jan. 2 by the combination of major U.S.-based law firms Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord.

  • January 06, 2025

    'Golden Rule' Claim Doesn't Fly In $7M Med Mal Verdict Appeal

    A Pennsylvania appeals court affirmed a $7 million verdict in a suit accusing healthcare providers of failing to diagnose a man's rectal cancer, rejecting Monday the notion that the plaintiffs' counsel improperly invoked the "Golden Rule" by asking the jury to address a systemic failure.

  • January 06, 2025

    Pa. Licensing Law For Vape-Makers Flawed, Panel Finds

    Part of Pennsylvania's law regulating licenses for e-cigarette manufacturers is unconstitutional because it gives legislative power to the state's Department of Revenue, an appellate court has ruled in an issue of first impression.

  • January 06, 2025

    No Fox Philly License Hearing Means 'Dereliction,' FCC Told

    With just two weeks left before President-elect Donald Trump takes office and Republicans gain control of the Federal Communications Commission, a group of anti-Fox News advocates are calling out the commission for failing to hold any hearings on Fox's Philadelphia affiliate's license renewal.

  • January 06, 2025

    Pa. Paper Fights NLRB's 'Rare' Injunction Bid At 3rd Circ.

    The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette challenged the National Labor Relations Board's "rare" injunction motion to make it bargain with a union and rescind unilateral changes to healthcare benefits, telling the Third Circuit that the newspaper lawfully asserted an impasse in talks.

  • January 06, 2025

    Pa. Lawmaker's 'Defamatory' Memo Is Deemed Immune

    Legislative immunity protects a Pennsylvania state senator from an energy executive's claims that he was defamed with a memo about legislation to close a legal loophole associated with his name, according to a ruling from a state appellate court.

  • January 06, 2025

    Pa. Panel Permits Stacked UIM Benefits Within Same Policy

    A woman severely injured in a motorcycle accident is entitled to underinsured motorist coverage under the same policy that directly covered the motorcycle, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled, finding that because she held a separate policy providing underinsured benefits, stacking was permitted under the former policy.

  • January 06, 2025

    Convicted Atty Who 'Lost Everything' Fights To Keep License

    A Philadelphia-based personal injury attorney who was convicted for not paying income tax on more than $8 million in revenue he earned and for failing to pay almost $60,000 in payroll taxes argued Monday he should not permanently lose his ability to practice law in New Jersey.

  • January 06, 2025

    Pa. Coal Co. Hits Ch. 11 With Up To $50M In Debt, Sale Plans

    Corsa Coal Corp., which operates coal mines in Pennsylvania and Maryland, filed for bankruptcy Monday saying it planned to sell itself in Chapter 11 after it wasn't able to secure a U.S. Department of Agriculture-backed loan fast enough to refinance some $16.3 million of debt.

  • January 06, 2025

    Disney Buy Ends Fubo Sports Streaming Suit

    Disney and Fubo announced a deal Monday morning to combine the streaming startup with Disney's Hulu + Live TV business, in an agreement that ends Fubo's lawsuit that had so far successfully challenged a three-way live sports streaming joint venture between Disney's ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.

  • January 06, 2025

    Nippon, US Steel Hit Back With Suits After Biden Blocks Deal

    Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. and U.S. Steel Corp. have filed two lawsuits following President Joe Biden's Friday decision to block their planned $14.9 billion merger, claiming Monday that the deal was blocked for "purely political reasons." 

  • January 03, 2025

    3rd Circ. Won't Hit Brakes On NY Congestion Toll Launch

    New York City's highly litigated congestion pricing toll program began Sunday morning after the Third Circuit denied an emergency motion for an injunction to delay it while an appeal by the state of New Jersey unfolds.

Expert Analysis

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Text Message Data

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    Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

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    Swimming Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Years of participation in swimming events, especially in the open water, have proven to be ideal preparation for appellate arguments in court — just as you must put your trust in the ocean when competing in a swim event, you must do the same with the judicial process, says John Kulewicz at Vorys.

  • What 100 Federal Cases Suggest About Changes To Chevron

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    With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to overturn or narrow its 40-year-old doctrine of Chevron deference, a review of 100 recent federal district court decisions confirm that changes to the Chevron framework will have broad ramifications — but the magnitude of the impact will depend on the details of the high court's ruling, say Kali Schellenberg and Jon Cochran at LeVan Stapleton.

  • Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    Mark Johnson and Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler discuss notable insurance class action decisions from the first quarter of the year ranging from salvage vehicle titling to rate discrimination based on premium-setting software.

  • Don't Use The Same Template For Every Client Alert

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    As the old marketing adage goes, consistency is key, but law firm style guides need consistency that contemplates variety when it comes to client alert formats, allowing attorneys to tailor alerts to best fit the audience and subject matter, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

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    Walking With My Dog Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Thanks to my dog Birdie, I've learned that carving out an activity different from the practice of law — like daily outdoor walks that allow you to interact with new people — can contribute to professional success by boosting creativity and mental acuity, as well as expanding your social network, says Sarah Petrie at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Follow The Iron Rule Of Trial Logic

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    Many diligent and eager attorneys include every good fact, point and rule in their trial narratives — spurred by the gnawing fear they’ll be second-guessed for leaving something out — but this approach ignores a fundamental principle of successful trial lawyering, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Court Clerk Error Is No Excuse For A Missed Deadline

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    Two recent Virginia Court of Appeals decisions in which clerical errors led to untimely filings illustrate that court clerks can be wrong about filing deadlines or the date an order was entered, underscoring the importance of doing one's own research on filing requirements, says Juli Porto at Blankingship & Keith.

  • Circuit Split Brews Over Who's A Securities Seller Under Act

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    A Securities Act section that creates private liability for the sale of an unregistered security is rapidly becoming a favored statute for plaintiffs to wield against participants in both the digital asset and traditional securities markets, but the circuit courts have diverged on who may be held liable for these violations, say Jeffrey L. Steinfeld and Daniel Aronsohn at Winston & Strawn.

  • The Art Of Asking: Leveraging Your Contacts For Referrals

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    Though attorneys may hesitate to ask for referral recommendations to generate new business, research shows that people want to help others they know, like and trust, so consider who in your network you should approach and how to make the ask, says Rebecca Hnatowski at Edwards Advisory.

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    Being An Equestrian Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Beyond getting experience thinking on my feet and tackling stressful situations, the skills I've gained from horseback riding have considerable overlap with the skills used to practice law, particularly in terms of team building, continuing education, and making an effort to reset and recharge, says Kerry Irwin at Moore & Van Allen.

  • 4 Ways To Refresh Your Law Firm's Marketing Strategy

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    With many BigLaw firms relying on an increasingly obsolete marketing approach that prioritizes stiff professionalism over authentic connection, adopting a few key communications strategies to better connect with today's clients and prospects can make all the difference, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law.

  • What 3rd Circ. Trust Ruling Means For Securitization Market

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    Mercedes Tunstall and Michael Gambro at Cadwalader break down the Third Circuit's March decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trust, as well as predict next steps in the litigation and the implications of the decision for servicers and the securitization industry as a whole.

  • NC Rulings Show Bankruptcy Isn't Only For Insolvent Debtors

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    Two recent rulings from a North Carolina bankruptcy court show that lack of financial distress is not a requirement for bankruptcy protection, particularly in the Fourth Circuit, but these types of cases can still be dismissed for other reasons, say Stuart Gordon and Alexandria Vath at Rivkin Radler.

  • A Look At Ex Parte Seizures 8 Years Post-DTSA

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    In the eight years since the Defend Trade Secrets Act was enacted, not much has changed for jurisprudence on ex parte seizures, but a few seminal rulings show that there still isn’t a bright line on what qualifies as extraordinary circumstances warranting a seizure, say attorneys at Finnegan.

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