Eckert Seamans

1. Philly Papers Pleads For Chance To Probe Recordings

Friday, Mar 05, 2010

Bankrupt Philadelphia Newspapers LLC has renewed its efforts to win permission to hire a law firm to investigate unauthorized recordings of confidential prepetition meetings between the company and senior secured lenders, arguing that it could complete the probe before confirmation if all the parties cooperate.

2. Drug Cos. Raise NY Law Query After AWP Loss

Tuesday, Feb 09, 2010

A group of drug company defendants is fighting back after a recent loss in a battle with New York City and 42 New York counties over allegedly inflated average wholesale drug prices, requesting clarification on the New York law at issue in the litigation.

3. NY Claims Stand In AWP Drug MDL

Thursday, Jan 28, 2010

A federal judge has killed a bid to throw out claims by New York City and 42 New York counties in multidistrict litigation alleging major pharmaceutical companies jacked up the average wholesale price of their drugs sold through the state's Medicaid drug benefit program.

4. Feesers Failed To Show Competitive Injury: 3rd Circ.

Thursday, Jan 07, 2010

Feesers Inc. and food services giant Sodexo Inc. were not competing purchasers under federal law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Thursday, reversing a win for the regional food distributor in an antitrust case targeting Sodexo and egg and potato wholesaler Michael Foods Inc.

5. Bank Co-Op's $100M MBS Suit Sent Back To State Court

Monday, Dec 21, 2009

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh’s suit against Moody’s Investors Service Inc., The McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc. and JPMorgan Securities Inc. regarding their allegedly overly rosy investment outlook for a $100 million mortgage-backed security will proceed in state court, a federal judge ruled Monday.

6. Kia Motors Prevails In Franchise Dispute

Monday, Dec 21, 2009

An aggrieved would-be franchisee of Kia Motors America Inc. has lost his breach of contract claims against the automaker, which he had accused of backing out of an oral agreement to make him an authorized dealership.

7. Law360 Ranks Largest Employment Practices

Friday, Dec 04, 2009

Littler Mendelson PC, Jackson Lewis LLP and Ogletree Deakins PC topped the Law360 Employment 100 this year, boasting the largest employment practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers.

8. Law360 Ranks Largest Energy Practices

Friday, Dec 04, 2009

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Bryan Cave LLP and DLA Piper topped the Law360 Energy 100 this year, boasting the largest energy practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers.

9. Law360 Ranks Largest Product Liability Practices

Friday, Dec 04, 2009

Shook Hardy LLP, Nelson Mullins LLP and Dinsmore Shohl LLP topped the Law360 Product Liability 100 this year, boasting the largest product liability practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers.

10. Interference By Samsung Was Not A Violation: Judge

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009

A judge has tossed accusations of tortious interference with a business relationship from Assembly Technology Inc., saying the company failed to show that defendant Samsung Techwin Co. Ltd. did not have the right to commit the allegedly interfering acts.

11. Q&A With Eckert Seamans' Gregory Weingart

Monday, Nov 16, 2009

As a result of financing challenges, there will be a heavy amount of refinancing activity over the next 12 to 18 months, says Gregory A. Weingart, chairman of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC's corporate practice group.

12. 8th Circ. Upholds Tossing Of Baycol Expert Testimony

Friday, Nov 13, 2009

Marking another win for Bayer AG in the product liability multidistrict litigation over cholesterol drug Baycol, a federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld the exclusion of expert testimony and dismissed the claims of two plaintiffs.

13. Philly Inquirer Owner Wins Appeal To Block Credit Bids

Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009

The bankrupt Philadelphia Newspapers LLC has prevailed in an appeal seeking to bar its secured lenders from making credit bids on its assets — based on credit they already have extended to the Philadelphia Inquirer publisher — at the auction sale scheduled for next Monday.

14. Eckert Seamans Adds 2 From Dechert

Thursday, Nov 05, 2009

Two product liability attorneys formerly of Dechert LLP have joined the Philadelphia office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC.

15. Sanctions Denied In Pittsburgh Hospital Pay Policy Suit

Thursday, Nov 05, 2009

A federal judge has declined to grant sanctions in a collective action over pay policies at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, finding that while the plaintiffs' counsel “pushed the envelope” by sending unsupervised notices to potential opt-ins, they did not actually violate any court orders.

16. With Banks Circling, Philly Papers Seeks Cash Bidding

Monday, Nov 02, 2009

A bankruptcy judge has approved Philadelphia Newspapers LLC's disclosure statement, but the news chain — which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and the Philly.com Web site — still faces a crucial appeal over whether bank creditors can bid for its assets based on credit they've already extended.

17. Eckert Seamans Announces New Hires, Va. Office

Thursday, Oct 29, 2009

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC has announced the hiring of utilities and telecommunications attorneys Charles Zdebski, Matthew Kirsner, Raymond Kowalski and Eric Schwalb from Troutman Sanders LLP, as well as the creation of a new office in Richmond, Va.

18. Q&A With Eckert Seamans' Robert Graci

Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009

As a profession, we frequently are guided in our actions by appearances, including the appearance of fairness. Allowing oral argument to those who want it, regardless of the views of some judges who may think that it is unnecessary, enhances that appearance, says Robert A. Graci, chair of the appellate practice at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC.

19. Suits Over Deceptive Food Marketing Likely To Increase

Friday, Oct 16, 2009

Increased enforcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, coupled with recent rulings that may pierce holes in food companies’ preemption defenses, is likely to lead to an uptick in the number of consumer lawsuits filed over deceptive health and nutrition claims on foods and beverages.

20. Philadelphia Newspapers Appeals Asset Sale Denial

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009

Philadelphia Newspapers LLC has appealed a bankruptcy judge's denial of a proposed sale of substantially all the Philadelphia Inquirer publisher's assets to a consortium of local interests based on numerous objections from the U.S. trustee, the creditors committee and other lenders.