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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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 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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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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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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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

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

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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Specifically, Great Lakes is a foreign insurance company that insured a yacht owned by Raiders, a Pennsylvania company. But, if Pennsylvania public policy justifies rejecting that choice-of-law clause, then Raiders can pursue its claim against Great Lakes under Pennsylvania law. So exactly why would that question ever matter?

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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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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has adopted a different rule, in which the statute of limitations only begins to run when all state-court litigation denying the request for DNA testing, including any appeals, has finished. Reed came to the Supreme Court last fall, asking the justices to review that ruling. He noted that the U.S.

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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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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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LegalReader

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Adorers of the Blood of Christ religious order are challenging a judge's decision to dismiss their lawsuit against the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co LLC.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 31, 2021

However, the constitutions of six states do have provisions with explicit environmental rights – Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. The court therefore allowed the litigation to proceed. If the final plan falls short, some litigants may well invoke this amendment.

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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.

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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 Murphy holds a PhD Chemical Engineering from CalTech in addition to his Harvard Law degree.

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Law 360

AUGUST 22, 2022

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday refused to hand Indivior an early win in sprawling antitrust litigation alleging the drugmaker monopolized the market for the opioid addiction treatment suboxone, ruling that the claims rest on issues of fact that belong before a jury.

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