Pennsylvania

  • March 03, 2025

    Trio Of Ex-US Attys Join McGuireWoods In Pa., Atlanta And NC

    Three former U.S. attorneys are heading to private practice as they join McGuireWoods LLP's white collar and government investigations practice in the firm's Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Atlanta offices.

  • February 28, 2025

    5 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In March

    The Ninth Circuit will mull Express Scripts and OptumRx's bid to force a public nuisance suit brought by the state of California into federal court, and the Second Circuit will hear from pensioners who say that IBM's use of outdated mortality tables shrank their benefits payouts. Here, Law360 looks at these and other appellate arguments happening in March that should be on benefits lawyers' radar.

  • February 28, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Gov't Lease Limbo, AI Upset, Profiteering

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into federal lease upheaval, the impact of AI efficiency on data centers and price-gouging in the aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires.

  • February 28, 2025

    NJ Out-Of-State Wine Sale Limits Are Justified, 3rd. Circ. Says

    The Third Circuit on Friday upheld a New Jersey law barring out-of-state sellers to directly ship wine to in-state consumers, saying that to grant a New York retailer's challenge would "shake the foundations" of New Jersey's three-tiered system for regulating alcohol.

  • February 28, 2025

    Pa. Health System Can't Compel Arbitration In Meta Pixel Suit

    A terms of service link on a Pennsylvania health system's website was not sufficient to bind a patient to arbitration in his suit over the alleged disclosure of his personal information to Meta Platforms, a federal judge has ruled.

  • February 28, 2025

    Beyond Meat Fries Investors' Fast-Food Production Woes Suit

    A Los Angeles federal judge has tossed, for good, a reworked investor class action accusing Beyond Meat of concealing major problems with its efforts to scale production on plant-based meat substitutes for fast-food chains like McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut.

  • February 28, 2025

    Litigant Funding Co. Has No Claim To NFL Concussion Deal

    A special master overseeing the NFL's concussion settlement fund told a Pennsylvania federal court in a filing made public Friday that a company that funds litigants' healthcare expenses was correctly denied money from the fund because the rights assigned to it by former players' doctors counted as "prohibited assignments," not the liens the company claimed they were.

  • February 28, 2025

    FERC Says PJM Watchdog Can't Fight Meeting Roadblock

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday told the D.C. Circuit that PJM Interconnection's electricity market watchdog isn't harmed by being prevented from attending certain meetings held by the regional grid operator and urged the appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the decision.

  • February 28, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Skadden

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Blackstone acquires Safe Harbor Marinas, National Grid sells its green subsidiary in the U.S. to Brookfield, Apollo Global Management buys Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc., and Teleflex splits into two publicly traded companies.

  • February 28, 2025

    GOP Rep. Reintroduces The JUDGES Act

    The chair of the House Judiciary Committee's courts panel has reintroduced a bill to create 66 new and temporary federal judgeships, which former President Joe Biden vetoed at the end of last year.

  • February 27, 2025

    Norfolk Southern Escapes Investors' Derailment Fraud Suit

    A New York federal judge on Thursday dumped a proposed securities fraud class action alleging Norfolk Southern misled investors by falsely touting its commitments to safety while embarking on risky cost-cutting operational and staffing changes that ultimately led to 2023's fiery derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

  • February 27, 2025

    CVS Freed From Hospital's Suit Over Drug Pricing Program

    A Pennsylvania hospital's antitrust lawsuit claiming CVS forced healthcare providers participating in a federal discount drug program to go through the pharmacy chain's administrator has been tossed, with a federal judge ruling the hospital fell short in its allegations of anticompetitive behavior.

  • February 27, 2025

    Trump Admin Asks 1st Circ. To Let It Enforce Birthright Ban

    President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday asked the First Circuit to let it begin enforcing its executive order restricting birthright citizenship while it appeals a Massachusetts federal judge's preliminary injunction.

  • February 27, 2025

    Lenders Can't Claim Ex-Mylan VP's $4M Insider Trade Penalty

    Lenders who said they were owed money by a former Mylan vice president can't call dibs on any of the $4.3 million he was ordered to forfeit as part of his guilty plea to insider trading since they hadn't shown that they had a better claim to the money than the defendant or the government, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled.

  • February 27, 2025

    Medical Device Co. Inks €760M Deal, Unveils Separation Plans

    Medical device company Teleflex, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Thursday announced that it will split into two separate, publicly traded entities, and that it will acquire Biotronik SE & Co.'s vascular intervention business for €760 million ($791.95 million).

  • February 27, 2025

    CFPB Drops Suits Against Capital One, Rocket Homes, More

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday permanently dropped several lawsuits, including ones against Capital One, a Rocket Mortgage affiliate, a major student loan servicer and the finance arm of a Berkshire Hathaway-owned mobile home builder.

  • February 26, 2025

    NLRB Asks 3rd Circ. To Save Post-Gazette Union's Power

    The National Labor Relations Board told the Third Circuit Wednesday that an injunction is needed to save what is left of the union representing newsroom employees at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, though members of the panel questioned if the NewsGuild's alleged loss of bargaining power was due to the publisher's actions or a two-year-long strike.

  • February 26, 2025

    Pittsburgh Official Fights Bid To Revive Israel Divestment Vote

    A proposed ballot measure in Pittsburgh seeking to ban the city from doing business with Israel in the wake of the recent Gaza hostilities is facing multiple challenges, including one from the city controller who said passing the initiative would significantly disrupt the city's operations.

  • February 26, 2025

    38 AGs Push For Crackdown On Organized Retail Crime

    A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from 38 states and territories is urging Congress to take legislative action against organized retail crime, warning in a new letter that the problem has reached unprecedented levels and is straining state enforcement resources.

  • February 26, 2025

    Dinsmore & Shohl Adds Sports Ace In Pittsburgh

    A veteran sports and entertainment industry attorney has returned to Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in Pennsylvania after expanding his practice to multiple states and the West Coast.

  • February 26, 2025

    Dollar Tree Reaches Deal To Exit Manager's FMLA Suit

    Dollar Tree struck a deal to resolve a former manager's lawsuit accusing the company of interfering with her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act when she asked to take time off to care for her disabled son, a filing in Pennsylvania federal court said.

  • February 25, 2025

    Aircraft Parts Maker Hit With Class Claims Over Explosion

    Philadelphia-area aerospace parts manufacturer SPS Technologies LLC has been hit with a class action over an explosion that resulted in a dayslong blaze at its Abington, Pennsylvania, facility that caused school and business closures as well as evacuations.

  • February 25, 2025

    Payments Weren't Admission Philly Cop Got COVID At Work

    A Philadelphia police officer's "excused time," or E-Time, payments when he contracted COVID-19 were not a substitute for workers' compensation or an acknowledgment that he caught the disease on the job, so a state appellate court said Tuesday that he could not reinstate those payments under the workers' comp law.

  • February 25, 2025

    Attys Seek $1.7M Fees For Union 401(k) Plan Case Settlement

    Lawyers for two elevator company employees who settled a proposed class action against their union's retirement plan for $5 million asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to approve about $1.7 million in attorney fees, saying it represents the standard one-third fee dispensed in these cases.

  • February 25, 2025

    Fired Worker Couldn't Justify COVID Vax Refusal, 3rd Circ. Says

    A software engineer who refused to comply with his company's COVID-19 vaccine policy couldn't claim he had a "sincere religious objection" while shielding his medical records from disclosure and vacillating on his reasons, a Third Circuit panel ruled Tuesday.

Expert Analysis

  • 4 Employment Law Areas Set To Change Under Trump

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    President Donald Trump's second term is expected to bring significant changes to the U.S. employment law landscape, including the potential for updated worker classification regulations, and challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion that are already taking shape, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year

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    Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.

  • Key Trends In PFAS Regulation And Litigation For 2025

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    The critical policy milestones for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances expected in 2025 will not only shape the trajectory of PFAS regulation, but also set key precedents for environmental accountability, potentially reshaping the corporate approach to these "forever chemicals" for decades to come, say attorneys at MG+M.

  • Series

    Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

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    Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.

  • Predicting Where State AGs Will Direct Their Attention In 2025

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    In 2025, we expect state attorneys general will navigate a new presidential administration while continuing to further regulate and police financial services, artificial intelligence, junk fees and antitrust, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • FTC Privacy Enforcement Takeaways From 2024

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    In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission distinguished three prominent trends in its privacy-related enforcement actions: geolocation data protections, data minimization practices, and artificial intelligence use and marketing, say Cobun Zweifel-Keegan at IAPP and James Smith at Dechert.

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • Issues To Watch In 2025's ERISA Litigation Landscape

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    Whether 2024’s uptick in new Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases will continue this year will likely depend on federal courts’ resolution of several issues, including those related to excessive fees, defined contribution plan forfeitures, and pleading standards for ERISA-prohibited transaction claims, say attorneys at Groom Law.

  • 5 Notable Information Security Events In 2024

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    B. Stephanie Siegmann at Hinckley Allen discusses 2024's largest and most destructive data breaches seen yet, ranging from ransomware disrupting U.S. healthcare systems on a massive scale, to tensions increasing between the U.S. and China over cyberespionage and the control of U.S. data.

  • Series

    Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Looking Back At 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation

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    State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children's internet safety, and other overall consumer protection claims, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • Nippon, US Steel Face Long Odds On Merger Challenge

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    Following the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' review of Japan's Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel, the companies face a formidable uphill battle in challenging the president's exercise of authority to block the deal on national security grounds, say attorneys at Kirkland.

  • Opinion

    No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.

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    A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.

  • Top 10 Noncompete Developments Of 2024

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    Following an eventful year in noncompete law at both state and federal levels, employers can no longer rely on a court's willingness to blue-pencil overbroad agreements and are proceeding at their own peril if they do not thoughtfully review and carefully enforce such agreements, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

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