JURIST

APRIL 20, 2021

The US Supreme Court dismissed Bognet v. 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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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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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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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

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The US Supreme Court granted review Monday in cases ranging from reproductive healthcare funding to the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 and also rejected a challenge to the 2020 election. The court granted review of three cases that it consolidated: American Medical Association v. The court also granted review in Wooden v.

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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

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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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 22, 2024

But a Middle District of Pennsylvania court recently established one key limit on states’ authority to block new transmission lines through the siting process. PJM Interconnection is one such RTO, which oversees a region encompassing thirteen states, including Pennsylvania, along with the District of Columbia. Defrank The U.S.

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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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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday added two new cases to the merits docket for the 2022-23 term. A state trial court turned him down, prompting Reed to file a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas law governing post-conviction DNA testing. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

Share The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Department of Justice has broad, but not unfettered, authority to dismiss whistleblower lawsuits filed under the False Claims Act’s qui tam provision even when the government initially elected to allow the whistleblower to proceed with the action.

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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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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.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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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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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Supreme Court handed down its decision in Great Lakes Insurance SE v. In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the Court concluded that the answer to this question was no. LLC (Raiders) is a company organized under the laws of Pennsylvania. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Share The Supreme Court will kick off its 2023-24 term on the traditional first Monday in October. The court’s October argument session will feature six arguments over five days, on topics ranging from federal sentencing laws to voting rights. A three-judge panel of the U.S.

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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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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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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Much attention has been devoted recently to the increased calls for emergency relief from the Supreme Court in fast-paced ligation on the shadow docket. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

For the readers who decided to continue past my opening paragraph, Great Lakes Insurance falls within the admiralty power of the federal courts, which authorizes the federal judiciary to articulate a federal common law for maritime contracts. So exactly why would that question ever matter?

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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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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction.

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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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LawSites

MARCH 22, 2023

In 2020, ALM , publisher of legal news sites including Law.com, The American Lawyer and New York Law Journal, launched Law.com Radar , a service that delivers custom-tailored news drawn from court dockets, with a unique twist — its news summaries are generated algorithmically, then quickly reviewed by human editors.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 31, 2021

The district court in Oregon in 2016 seemed to favor such a right, but a divided Ninth Circuit concluded in 2020 that the plaintiffs lacked standing. The plaintiffs are now back in the district court seeking much more modest relief.). Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash. Now we have an important new decision from Montana.

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Law 360

MAY 23, 2023

The government and drug buyers fired back in separate filings in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday against Teva's bid to use material from a criminal investigation into alleged generic drug price-fixing to defend itself in parallel civil multidistrict litigation over similar allegations, arguing it would undermine prosecutions and create a procedural (..)

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Share The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in a challenge to a Pennsylvania law that allows any company doing business in the state to be sued there – even if the corporation is not headquartered there and the conduct at the center of the lawsuit occurred somewhere else. of Philadelphia v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Here, for example, a foreign insurance company insured a yacht owned by a Pennsylvania company. The question in the case is whether a coverage dispute should be resolved under New York law (which would accept the insurer’s denial of coverage) or Pennsylvania law (which probably would not). Fireman’s Insurance Co. ,

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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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Patently O

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This Week, the Senate confirmed John Murphy to become a Federal District Court Judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He he clerked for Judge Kimberly Moore and has been litigating patents at Baker Hostetler (Philly) since 2007. (He He was originally with Woodcock Washburn and that firmed merged with Baker in 2014).

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Supreme Court on Friday rebuffed Texas’ request to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in four states – Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – that provided key electoral votes to President-elect Joe Biden. As a result, the court rejected Texas’ lawsuit without considering the merits of the state’s case.

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Law 360

AUGUST 17, 2021

A recent Pennsylvania federal court decision compelling Rutter's Inc.

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Mondaq

JULY 28, 2021

The Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently held that three insurance companies are not obligated to defend or indemnify Tristar Products Inc. in a proposed class action lawsuit, finding that the underlying litigation.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. Louis, a Missouri court was faced with a claim from Carly Munoz who in 2019 sent to Six Flags’ Fright Fest with her cousin. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Again, the court agreed.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Share Sandra Day O’Connor, a self-described “Arizona cowgirl” who made history as the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, died on Friday in Phoenix, Arizona. The cause was complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease, and a respiratory illness, the Supreme Court announced. She was 93.

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