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Pennsylvania - October, 2012

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• SigmaPharm Looks To Relaunch Skelaxin Antitrust Battle
• Voter ID Ads Changed Per Judge's Order, Pa. Officials Say
• NFL Concussion Suits Don't Hinge On Labor Pacts, Players Say
• Chemical Cos. Deny Responsibility For Benzene Exposure
• Ex-Orthofix Sales Manager Pleads Guilty To Medicare Fraud
• JPMorgan, BNY Suit Over $36M Hospital Bonds Trimmed
• Eckert Seamans Adds M&A Partner From Pietragallo
• NewSpring Says Founders' Fiscal Wrongdoing Led To Removal
• National Penn Says It Owes Cushman No Commission
• Convicted Pa. Pol Lacks Standing In PAC Dispute, Ex-Aide Says
• Capital Woes Push Nova Financial Into Chapter 7 Liquidation
• Highmark Fires Back In UPMC Antitrust Dispute
• Cephalon Faces Class Cert. Bid In Actiq Marketing Row
• Philly Developer Fights To Push Up Property Tax Initiative
• Pa. Phone Network Sues Construction Co. Over 'Spoofing'
• Hurricane Sandy Could Cost Insurers $10B In Claims
• Sandy Darkens Pa. Courts, Delays Voter ID Case
• 2 In Federal Zoloft MDL Want Case Kicked Back To Calif.
• Trends In Fracking Groundwater Contamination Litigation
• CollegeSource's IP, Contract Suit Against Rival Tossed
• Insurer Balks At Defending Sandusky In Sex Abuse Suits
• Ex-Housing Head Blasts Philly Papers' Libel Suit Objection
• Pa. Gov. Signs Job Creation Bill Allowing For Tax Breaks
• Justices Nix 401(K) Fee Appeals By John Hancock, Investors
• P&G Wants Free From Philly Denture Adhesive Suit
• 3rd Circ. Sinks Honeywell's 1st-Filed Claim In Union Row
• Pa. AG Aims To Halt Highmark-West Penn Merger Dispute
• Vornado Gets $186M For 4 East Coast Properties
• NJ's Appeal Over Gift Card Law Passed Over By High Court
• A Different View Of Market-Share Discounts
• Conoco's Complaint Over $500M Pipeline Premature, FERC Says
• ACLU Rebuffed In Bid To Hasten Ruling On Voter ID Campaign
• Novartis Given Reprieve In Elidel FCA Suit
• Senators Urge ITC To Impose Duties On Steel Pipe
• Pa. Regulator Ordered To Stop Reviewing Local Fracking Laws
• AmerisourceBergen, Pharmacy At Draw In $106M Contract Row
• Jones Day Lures Ex-Philly Bar Chancellor From Morgan Lewis
• Obermayer Beats Contribution Claim In Philly Courthouse Row
• Group Urges Pa. High Court To Decertify Wal-Mart Class
• Pa. Officials Admit Fracking Impact Fee Miscalculation
• Pa. Gov. Signs Legislation To Salvage Distressed Properties
• Philly Judge Steps Down After Pa. Superior Court Criticism
• T-Mobile Sues Philly Landlord Over Rooftop Lease
• Sunoco Settles With EPA Over Pa. Hazardous Waste Claims
• Appliance Co. Spied On Customers, Class Suit Says
• Health Experts Admissable In Fixodent Suit, Plaintiff Says
• Philly Sportscaster Denied Disability Pay From Fox
• Pa. Town Asks For Its Cut Of $200M In Fracking Impact Fees
• Buchanan Ingersoll Adds State Lobbyist In Harrisburg
• Reed Smith Snags Ex-Marcus Employment Pro In Pittsburgh
• Amalgamated Life Escapes Employees' ERISA Pension Claims
• UPMC Faces Class Action Over Worker's Spread Of Hep C
• ACLU, Others Want Pa.'s Briefs In Voter ID Outreach Row
• Plan For Proposed $700M Philly Casino Takes Shape
• Ex-Pa. Lawmaker Found Competent For Bribery Trial
• Pittsburgh Pair To Plead Guilty To Steroid Distribution
• UPMC Claims Highmark Funded 'Sham Lawsuit'
• QVC Wins $2M For Space Heaters That Caused Fires
• Pa. Office Depot Managers Bring Class Action Over OT Pay
• Pa. Utility Regulators Set Gas And Electric Marketing Rules
• Pa. Enviros Warn Dems Of Potential State-Park Fracking
• Philly Judge Scolded For Not Noting Atty Wife's Link To Case
• Hersha REIT To Pay $74M For Hilton-Flagged NYC Hotel
• PIN Pads Hacked In 63 Barnes & Noble Stores, Co. Says
• Pa. Judicial Board Claims Judge Veiled Contempt Charge
• Pa. Lawyer Targets Wilkes-Barre Newspaper In Defamation Suit
• West Penn Blasts UPMC Antitrust Claims In Hospital Feud
• Wyeth Says 3rd Circ. Appeal Stays Philly Fen-Phen Trial
• Pharmacists Push Pa. Gov. To Sign Pharmacy Choice Bill
• Pa. Court To Eye State's Oversight Of Local Fracking Rules
• Enviros Ask Pa. Gov. To End Delays On Fracking Water Notices
• Pa. Court Revives Asbestos Claims Against Honeywell, Others
• AIG Pays $300M In Denied Insurance Death Benefits
• Whistleblower Suit Against EDMC Should Proceed, Judge Says
• Penn State Wants Ex-Asst. Coach's Civil Suit Stayed
• State, Federal Enforcement Efforts Target Corruption In Pa.
• Cabot Ducks Landowners' Suit Over Unpaid Gas Lease Bonus
• Colliers Sank Property Value By $1.75M, Owner Claims
• New DuPont Herbicide MDL Deal Allows Individual Claims
• Mushroom Co. Can't Beat Sanctions In Price-Fixing MDL
• Liability Claims In Pa. Prevacid Suit Pared, Punitives Allowed
• Legal Industry Trends: Lawyer Salaries And Job Growth
• Pa. Township Says Fracking Law Not Impeding Gas Development
• Pa. Lawmakers OK Banking Bills In Wake Of Dodd-Frank
• Contractor's $136M DOT Fraud Conviction Is Sound, DOJ Says
• ACLU, Others Ask Court To Stop Pa.'s Voter ID Media Blitz
• 3rd Circ. Again Tells Pa. Courts To Apply New Tort Treatise
• Auto Insurers Not On Hook For Uninsured Commuters: Pa. Court
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Rethink 1st Amendment In Pa. Election Row
• Philly Developer Charged In $13M Bank Fraud Scheme
• Pa. Township To Lose Impact Fees For Violating Fracking Law
• Sandusky Appeals Child Molestation Conviction
• Shareholders Sue Fidelity Execs Over $71M Sale
• Pa. High Court's Gas Rights Ruling Could Alter Land Deals
• Pa. AG Candidate's Enviro Goals May Meet Partisan Roadblocks
• Pa. Judge To Rethink Delay In Wyeth Fen-Phen Trial
• Drill, Pa., Drill — On School Land
• Pa. Polling Law Doesn't Flout 1st Amendment, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Judge Won't Hear Philly Stock Exchange Fine Dispute
• Catholic Health Systems Eye Nationwide Network With Merger
• Pa. Passes Bill To Create Mine Reclamation Fund
• Law Firm Ducks Class Cert. In Suit Over Capital One Collections
• West Penn Says Highmark Breached Terms Of $475M Merger
• Ex-Owner Has No Mining Rights For Pa. 9/11 Site, Judge Says
• Pa. Lawmaker Floats Plan For Drilling Safety Panel
• Pa. Supreme Court Takes On Foreclosure Notice Case
• 3rd Circ. Backs Card Check Organizing At Rite Aid Stores
• US Steel Challenges Permit Requirements For Pa. Facility
• Pa. Senate OKs Use Of Mining Wastewater For Fracking
• Highmark Partners With Pa. Hospital In $65M Investment Deal
• Pa. Court Upholds $2.3M Toll Bros. Award In Fraud Case
• Union Says Kellogg Didn't Honor Deal In Pa. Plant Closure
• Pa. House OKs Bill Establishing Foreign Subpoena Procedure
• Drillers Face Harder Times If Pa. Pro-Fracking Law Falls
• AARP Assails Pa. Electric Co.'s Spot-Market Power Buys
• Capital One Uses False Contracts To Collect Debt, Suit Says
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Right-To-Know Row Over E-Records
• Citing Budget, Philly Asks Judge To Toss Firefighters' Award
• Pa. Delegation Says EPA Rule Threatens Coal-Refuse Plants
• Specter's Footprint On Supreme Court Felt By Both Parties
• Plaintiff's Emails To Ex-Atty Ruled Privileged In Malpractice Suit
• Soldier's Parents Take KBR Electrocution Case To 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Judge Won't Force Discovery In Ex-Fumo Atty Libel Row
• West Penn Rips Antitrust Suit In Wake Of Nixed Highmark Deal
• Pa. Poll Access Rule Tramples Press's Freedom, 3rd Circ. Told
• Fracking Fees Net $204M For Pa.
• KDH, Curtis End IP, Contract Suit Over Navy Sonar System
• Spectra's $500M Pipeline Plan Rips Off Shippers, Conoco Says
• Clean Air Act Blocks Damage Claims In Pa. Power Plant Suit
• Highmark, West Penn Look To Rekindle Merger Talks
• Rep.'s Cozen Debt Is Campaign Expense, Pa. Judge Affirms
• 'Faulty' Jail Construction Warrants No Coverage, Insurer Says
• Consulting Firm Sues UPenn RE Expert Over Billing Practices
• Dechert, Others Can't Weigh In On K&L Gates Malpractice Case
• Israeli RE Investor Picks Up Stake In $66M Philly Office Tower
• Music Rights Group Hit With Another Antitrust Suit
• Pa. High Court To Hear Asbestos Expert Evidence Challenge
• Cable Maker Knocks Alcoa's 'Delay' Of $18M Explosion Case
• Nationwide To Pay $7.2M To Settle Death Benefits Case
• Pa. Judiciary Denied Win In Suit Over Atty's RE Project Roles
• Nationwide Enters $26M Settlement Over Harleysville Merger
• OneBeacon Atty Emails To Ex-ACE Workers Privileged: Judge
• PNC Hits Insurer With Suit Over Subprime Loan Claims
• Wyeth Loses Bid For Stay In Philly Fen-Phen Trial
• Chesapeake Settles Fracking Row With Pa. Landowners
• Bellwether Trial To Weigh Porn Co.'s P2P Copyright Suits
• Firefighters Hit Philly Firm With $1M Legal Malpractice Suit
• Pa. Bank Sues CNA Unit Over Coverage Denial For CEO Probe
• GenOn Settles Conemaugh Plant Infractions With Pa.
• Erie Indemnity Must Face $300M Fee Suit In Pa. State Court
• Cushman Says Bank Plotted To Shirk Real Estate Commissions
• 1st All-Gas Power Plant In Pa. Wins DEP Approval
• Pa. Wants More Details On PPL's $705M Infrastructure Plan
• Toshiba To Spend $1.6B For Shaw's 20% Stake In Westinghouse
• LinkedIn Row Shows Employers Need Social Media Policies
• Hospital Loses Bid To Keep OT Class Action In Federal Court
• Pa. Home Care Workers Sue Over Unpaid, Reduced Wages
• Pa. Paper Fails In Bid To Alter Election Reporting Rules
• FirstEnergy Rate Hike Appeal Won't Get High Court Review
• Chevron Unit Must Face $100M Claims In Marcellus Dispute
• Jerry Sandusky Given 30 To 60 Years In Child Sex Scandal
• Dilworth Taps Ex-Saul Ewing Atty To Lead Health Care Practice
• Alcoa Settles Alba's $1B Racketeering Suit For $85M
• Pa. Hospital, Tenant Settle To Get $110M Expansion On Track
• Union Picket Of Telecom Project Broke NLRA: 3rd Circ.
• UPenn Hospital Owes $2M For Baby's Birth Injury, Court Says
• Philly Sandwich Shop Sues To Use 'Cheesesteak' Phrase
• Air Equipment Co. Sues Insurer Over Asbestos Defense Switch
• Land O'Lakes, Sparboe Still On Hook In Egg Price-Fixing MDL
• Universal Health Sells Hospital To Win FTC Nod On Ascend Buy
• Alcatel, Others Can't Duck TruePosition's 4G Collusion Claims
• Utica Shale Has 38 Trillion Cubic Feet Of Gas, US Says
• Saul Ewing Lures Patent, Biotech Atty From Cozen O'Connor
• Pa. Utility Regulation Would Cap Collection For Lost Gas
• Pa. Newspapers Dodge Former Lancaster Official's Libel Suit
• Pa. DEP Finalizes New Oil, Gas Air Quality Source Rules
• Merrill Lynch Ducks Racketeering Claims Over Film Deal
• $5M Settlement Enlists Highmark In UPMC Antitrust Fight
• Sunoco Shareholders Approve $5.3B ETP Merger
• Citizens Bank Says Workers' OT Class Lacks Common Claims
• J&J Resolves 5 Risperdal Off-Label Marketing Cases
• Pa. PUC, Utility Reach Settlement Over Deadly Gas Explosion
• Northrop, Others Duck Product Claims In Asbestos MDL
• Pa. Supremes To Review Usury Law In $2.3M Tax Fee Suit
• Ampco Sues To Keep 'Hostile' Insurer From Asbestos Claims
• Generics Group Urges High Court To Take Pay-For-Delay Case
• Dominion Withholding Pipeline Info From FERC, Enviros Say
• Pa. County Challenges Approval Of Exide Smelter Upgrades
• Anadarko Asks Pa. Regulators To Clarify Fracking Fee Rules
• Judge Won't Enforce 2005 Settlement, Stop Cigna Class Suit
• Daily News Libel Subpoena Improper, Ex-Fumo Atty Says
• Sanofi Dismissal Affirmed In Generic Ambien Liability Suit
• Pa. Enviros Challenge Permit Over Fracking Water Byproduct
• Gas Cos. Ask Pa. Regulators To Limit Rate-Setting Inquiry
• Pfizer, King Can't Shake FCA Suit Over Medicaid Rebates
• Highmark Sues West Penn After Collapse Of $475M Merger
• Energy Plus Hit With Class Action Over Alleged Rate Scheme
• Park Service Gives $1.2B Power Line Final Approval
• FCRA Provision Unconstitutional, Background Check Co. Says
• Judge Allows Pa. Voters To Cast Ballots Without ID
• Cozen, Ex-Wolf Block Partners Spar Over Unserved Suit
• Sandusky Witness Hits Penn State With $4M Suit Over Firing
• Judge Nixes FLSA Preshift Work Class Action Against SEPTA
• Judge Botched $90M Philly Zoning Decision, 3rd Circ. Told
• Pa. High Court Keeps County Judge Off The Bench
• Sprint, Qwest To Spend $8M To End Landowners' Cable Suit
• Pa. High Court Wants $18M Mall Lease Award Re-Evaluated
• Ex-Orthofix Manager Charged In False Medicare Claim Scheme
• Pa., Wis. Defy Health Plan Benefit Benchmark Deadline
• Kraft Paying $1.75M To Settle Sales Workers' OT Suits