ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Even as Election Day got underway, additional cases extending polling hours were filed and decided in Georgia and Pennsylvania. Subjects of litigation include election administration, in-person voting, redistricting, voter registration and vote by mail. Democracy Docket does not expect the pace of litigation to slow after Election Day.

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LegalReader

JULY 22, 2021

In their 5-2 split decision, the justices found that Amazon must abide by Pennsylvania's minimum wage laws, which are stricter than their federal counterparts.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 23, 2024

It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Courts in Georgia and Pennsylvania are named as top "judicial hellholes" for their friendliness to tort plaintiffs in a report by the American Tort Reform…

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HowAppealing

APRIL 19, 2021

Supreme Court dismisses the last challenge over Pennsylvania’s 2020 election; The case was the last of a torrent of litigation over the conduct of Pennsylvania’s election, which drew intense scrutiny and several appeals to the nation’s highest court”: Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

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Law 360

MAY 13, 2024

Koninklijke Philips NV filed a third-party complaint in Pennsylvania federal court against SoClean Inc., which sells cleaning products for breathing devices, claiming SoClean and its parent should contribute to Philips' $1 billion settlement because its cleaners allegedly exacerbated the foam breakdown at the heart of the litigation.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2021

Degraffenreid , the final challenge to the 2020 presidential election from Pennsylvania, on Monday. In September the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted extraordinary relief in Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. ” Bognet v.

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Law 360

APRIL 3, 2023

Walgreens Boots Alliance and the Rite Aid investors suing them over the drugstore chains' failed merger should probably be in settlement talks, a Pennsylvania federal judge hinted as he refused to toss or narrow the litigation.

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JURIST

MARCH 3, 2021

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Allegheny County Judge Anthony Mariani, alleging that Mariani violated the public’s First Amendment rights by blocking virtual access to courtroom proceedings.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2023

The US Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit Tuesday ruled against Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia) in a challenge to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Hearing Board’s jurisdiction to hear challenges to Adelphia’s planned natural gas compressor project.

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LegalReader

JUNE 15, 2022

The parents claim that a first-grade teacher educated students on gender dysphoria and other transgender-related issues without detailing the course in the class curriculum or giving families the chance to opt out.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

accused the company and Blank Rome LLP Wednesday in Pennsylvania federal court of pursuing "frivolous" litigation against her, claiming they sought to destroy her livelihood because she joined a plaintiffs' firm that frequently sues aviation manufacturers. A trial attorney who used to defend plane parts manufacturer Avco Corp.

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Law 360

JANUARY 26, 2024

Steel announced Friday that it reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with two Pennsylvania environmental groups and a county health department, ending litigation alleging violations of air pollution standards stemming from a 2018 fire and subsequent pollution control system breakdowns at company plants.

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Law 360

AUGUST 21, 2023

and the class of end payors who accused it of monopolizing the market on Suboxone, an opioid addiction treatment, have agreed to resolve their dispute in a $30 million settlement agreement filed in the Pennsylvania federal court overseeing the multidistrict litigation surrounding the drug. Indivior Inc.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 2, 2021

A Pennsylvania judge who was facing misconduct allegations over outbursts at attorneys and litigants in his courtroom resigned Tuesday. The Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania…

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 6, 2021

There is a tragedy in Pennsylvania which could present difficult questions for such cases after Rhoda Wagner, 60, was killed by three pit bulls. If litigated, the state’s nuanced dog liability laws would come into effect. Pennsylvania has a quirky set of laws. Pennsylvania is not one of those states. Rosenberry v.

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Law 360

JANUARY 23, 2024

have each agreed to shell out a combined $45 million to settle allegations they colluded to fix the prices of many medications, according to a trio of motions filed Tuesday in multidistrict litigation in Pennsylvania federal court. Generic-drug makers Apotex Corp., Heritage Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing sprawling multidistrict litigation against generic-drug makers on Thursday told the U.S.

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Law 360

APRIL 26, 2022

Supreme Court's decision on Monday to take up a case about the reach of a Pennsylvania law could have a "seismic impact" on corporate litigation if the justices rule that a state can exercise jurisdiction over companies registered to do business there, legal experts told Law360.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The lawsuit alleges that a chapter of the Mennonite Church sent "troubled" boys and young adults to Liberty Ridge Farms, where they were abused and forced to perform hard labor.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 7, 2022

A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed almost 1,200 suits in a multidistrict litigation over allegations that Merck's shingles vaccine caused the disease after the plaintiffs were unable to show their outbreaks were not caused by a "wild" strain of the virus.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Election litigation was heating up in battleground states as voters went to the polls Tuesday. Lawsuits have been filed over undated absentee ballots in Pennsylvania,…

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

” Dennis Owens and Madison Montag of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s WHTM ABC 27 have this report. The organization’s new president is a partner in the appellate group at K&L Gates , while the president-elect works as supervisor of the Federal Litigation Unit at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A Pennsylvania Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee is not covered for the antitrust litigation it is facing, part of which has been settled for $2.67 billion, because the litigation was related to previous claims, its excess errors and omissions insurer told a Pennsylvania federal court.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

You’d be surprised at the number of times that people in child custody battles ignore and violate court orders.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

A chapter of the Mennonite Church is being sued over allegations that it subjected residents to forced labor.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A split Pennsylvania appellate panel has found that a trial judge erred in concluding on summary judgment that asbestos plaintiffs couldn't pierce the corporate veil and go after a defunct firm's parent company while one judge wrote in dissent that the litigation should be time-barred.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 20, 2023

In contrast to news in Pennsylvania of the formal appointment of the state’s first female chief justice, with the retirement of Justice Kaye Hearn, South Carolina’s Supreme Court is poised to have an all-male bench of justices for the first time in 35 years. I do think it’s concerning.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The issue before the court is an interpretation of the often-litigated Armed Career Criminal Act. Additionally, the Supreme Court declined to hear a post-election case about the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s interpretation of the state constitution. The petitioners in Republican Party of Pennsylvania v.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 28, 2021

The lawsuit claims that the NRA, Colt, and other entities facilitated a mass shooting that left 11 people dead, including the plaintiffs' parents.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

million to settle litigation claiming they should have paid workers for their time spent in security screenings at a number of warehouses in Pennsylvania, a deal that comes after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court weighed in on the issue. Amazon.com and a staffing company have agreed to pay $7.2

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Law 360

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Less than a week after Juul Labs reached an undisclosed agreement to end multidistrict litigation over its marketing practices, the electronic cigarette company announced Monday that it has agreed to pay Pennsylvania $38.8 million to end the state's claims it targeted young people with its products.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2022

State and local governments with lawsuits against Teva—excluding New York, which is pursuing separate litigation—are all potentially party to the settlement Teva announced Tuesday. The states are led by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Five plaintiffs firms have asked a Pennsylvania federal court to award them $12.5 multidistrict litigation, on behalf of a class of insurance plans suing the drugmaker for violating antitrust laws by jacking up the price of opioid addiction treatment Suboxone.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Justice Department intervenes in a 2019 Rite Aid case, moving the case to Ohio.

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Law 360

MAY 20, 2022

Mylan and other pharmaceutical companies facing allegations of price-fixing for generic drugs told a Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation that the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office has refused to produce key documents.

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