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Pace-O-Matic, Inc. v. Eckert, Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

  1. May 10, 2024

    Eckert Seamans Can Shield Most Docs In Casino Conflict Row

    Gaming-machine maker Pace-O-Matic Inc. cannot access most of the 182 documents competitor Parx Casino hoped to shield amid Pace-O-Matic's breach of contract suit against its former Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC counsel, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled after conducting a Third Circuit-ordered, in-camera review of the files.

  2. June 13, 2023

    Pa. Suit Against Eckert Seamans Sheds Process Claim

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has tossed an abuse of process claim in a gaming machine company's lawsuit accusing Eckert Seamans of working against it by representing one of its competitors, but the firm's luck did not extend to the rest of the claims, which the judge allowed to move forward.

  3. April 04, 2023

    Game Co. Says 3rd Circ. Can't Shield Eckert Seamans Docs

    Pace-O-Matic Inc. claims that the Third Circuit does not have jurisdiction in the gaming machine company's suit accusing a law firm of improperly representing both it and a casino operator, saying the appellate court can't consider a judge's refusal to apply attorney-client privilege to documents.

  4. February 16, 2023

    Casino Wants 3rd Circ. To Shield Eckert Seamans Docs

    A Pennsylvania casino operator asked the Third Circuit on Thursday to reverse a judge's order allowing the disclosure of its communications with its attorneys at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC and Hawke McKeon & Sniscak LLP.

  5. July 21, 2022

    Eckert Seamans Continues Fight Over Docs In Conflict Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday gave Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC a reprieve from producing documents it claims are privileged in a case in which it's accused of working against a gaming company client's interests by also representing a competitor.

  6. April 01, 2022

    Eckert Seamans Gets Fraud Charges Cut From Conflict Suit

    A federal court trimmed fraud claims from a gaming company's lawsuit accusing its former lawyers at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC of hiding a conflict of interest, but it gave the plaintiff an opportunity to revise the suit.

  7. September 27, 2021

    Eckert Can't Dodge Conflict-Of-Interest Suit, Game Maker Says

    A Georgia-based game machine maker has urged a Pennsylvania federal court to deny a partial motion to dismiss its amended complaint against its onetime law firm, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, which it accuses of breaching a fiduciary duty by working both for and against the company in different jurisdictions.

  8. April 26, 2021

    Eckert Seamans Can't 'Pinky Promise' To Duck Casino Conflict

    A Pennsylvania federal judge wouldn't accept a "pinky promise" from Eckert Seamans that it has stopped representing a casino against a former client who manufactures games, so the law firm must face the game maker's motion for a preliminary injunction.

  9. March 25, 2020

    Game Maker Says Eckert Seamans Can't Represent Rival

    A Georgia-based game machine maker has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to block its onetime law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC from representing its rival, arguing the legal attacks the firm has leveled since jumping ship to counsel the rival are "a clear breach of its fiduciary duty."

  10. February 19, 2020

    Eckert Seamans Accused Of Dropping Client Like 'Hot Potato'

    A gaming company is claiming in Pennsylvania federal court that law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC breached its contract and fiduciary duty by dropping the business "like the proverbial 'hot potato'" in favor of a rival with deeper pockets.

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