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Pennsylvania - August, 2013

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• Late Cozen Atty's Family Drops Same-Sex Benefits Fight
• Developer Wants In On Philly Casino License Challenge
• Enviros Lose Bid To Shut Down $1B Power Line Project
• Pa. Rep. Seeks To Repeal Contested Pro-Fracking Zoning Law
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Post-Judgment Interest Appeal
• DC Capital Delays $397M Tender Offer For Engineering Co.
• Sunoco Wins Pa. PUC Approval For Gas Pipeline Project
• Pa. High Court To Hear Late Philly Councilwoman's Libel Suit
• K&L Gates To Lay Off Dozens Of Staffers
• With NFL Deal, Pressure On Riddell Rises In Concussion MDL
• Comply With Your Air Permit And Be Sued Anyway
• Gas Drillers Likely To Exceed EPA Regs To Skip Pa. Permit
• Couples Can't Intervene In Gay Marriage Fight, Pa. Says
• Enterprise's $7.8M Settlement Approved In FLSA Row
• Pa. Lottery Privatization Bid Extended Through October
• Santander Sues Insurer For BNY Settlement Coverage
• NFL, Ex- Players Settle Concussion Litigation For $765M
• Zoning OK Delayed In $100M Philly Whole Foods Project
• 3rd Circ. Backs Ch. 15 Protections For Bankrupt Aussie Co.
• Blank Rome, Cozen Suit Over Failed Project Kicked To Pa.
• Pa. Court Denies Cert. For IRA Holders In Banking Tiff
• Consol Unveils $1B Pittsburgh Airport Gas Drilling Plans
• Conservation Easement Bars Pa. Shale Fracking, Judge Says
• Pa. High Court Retains Ability To Punish Judges, Group Says
• Bankrupt Insurer Must Face Clawback Suit, Pa. Court Says
• Pa. High Court To Hear Rite Aid Appeal On Pharmacy Records
• Endo Health To Pay $225M For Generics Company
• TCPA Express Consent Can Be Revoked At Any Time
• 3rd Circ. Revives Property Rights Claims In SemCrude Ch. 11
• Shuttering Pa. FirstEnergy Plant Hit With Pollution Suit
• Pa. Regulators Won't Stay Seneca Gas Well Permit Appeal
• 418 Cos. Freed From Sweeping Asbestos MDL In Pa.
• Zipper Cos. To Pay $17.5M To Settle Price-Fixing Suit
• Pa. DEP Gets Initial OK On Oil, Gas Surface Operation Rules
• PPL, Enviros Spar Over $247M Pa. Power Line Project
• 5-Minute Deviation Defeats Workers' Comp Claim
• 3rd Circ.'s Close Look At Exceptions To CAFA Removal
• Novartis Can't Rush Appeal In Elidel FCA Suit, Judge Says
• Harrisburg Offers Financial Plan For Pa. Court Approval
• 3rd Circ. Junks Suit Against Medicare Claim Contractors
• Pa. Bill Aims To Raise $1B For Roads By Leasing To Drillers
• NJ, Pa. Counties Take Fannie, Freddie Tax Fight To 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Judicial Conduct Board Claims Sole Power Over Judges
• Pritzker Organization Inks $1B Deal For Industrial Services Co.
• 3rd Circ. Overturns $30M Verdict For Ford Truck Dealers
• Reality TV Star Kate Gosselin Accuses Ex-Hubby Of Hacking
• Loan Defaults Aren't Subject To Pa. Venue Rules, Court Says
• Pa. High Court Widens Judicial Review In Open Records Rows
• 3rd Circ. Reverses Immunity Finding In Deadly Fire Suit
• Marvell Can't Get New Trial In $1B Carnegie Mellon IP Fight
• 3rd Circ. Ruling Gives Courts Broad Air Permit Powers
• Highmark Offers To Nix Ads If UPMC Negotiates New Deal
• Pa. Charter School Chief Accused Of Siphoning Funds
• Pa. Court To Weigh Jurisdiction In Gay Marriage License Row
• A Key Reminder When Putting A Del. Company Up For Sale
• Pa. Judge OKs Highmark's $1.2B In Profits, Exec Bonuses
• The Fate Of Anti-Assignment Clauses After Bankruptcy
• The Insurance Lawyer Who Is Funnier Than You
• ResCap Bankruptcy Judge Delays Mortgage Settlement Ruling
• Consumers Can Retract Autodial Permission, 3rd Circ. Says
• Gaming Board Blasts Suit Over 2nd Philly Casino License
• Seneca, NFG Midstream Attack Pa. Gas Facility Designation
• Pa. Towns Push For Prevailing Wage Reform Bills
• Philly Sports Bar Chain Scores Win In 'Crab Fries' IP Row
• Pa. Supreme Court Bans Appellate Staff From Practicing Law
• Panda Power Grabs Gas-Fired Plant Near Marcellus Formation
• Babcock Signals Big Change In Pa. Duty-To-Defend Law
• Brandywine Seeks OK For 28-Story Philly Apartment Tower
• Pa. DEP Slaps MarkWest Gas Plant With Smoke Violation
• 3rd Circ. Frees Pa. Coal Plant Operators From CAA Suit
• 3rd Circ. Takes Ascertainability More Seriously
• Stinson To Be Resentenced Over $17M Ponzi Scheme
• UGI To Pay $1M Penalty Over Gas Leak Cover-Up
• Law Firms' Intervention Bid Nixed In GSK Class Action
• Convicted Pa. Sen. Wants Ex-Campaign Treasurer Sanctioned
• Will FEC Complaint Dismissal Bring More Donor Secrecy?
• Fracking Gag Orders For Kids Go Too Far
• Enviros Want Construction Halted On $1B Power Line
• Whole Foods, Apartment Tower Clear Philly Planning Board
• 3rd Circ. Says CAA Doesn't Preempt State Pollution Claims
• Firm In Sperm Bank Row With Judge's Wife Wants Suit Moved
• Only Pa. High Court Can Stop Gay Marriage Licenses: Clerk
• Comcast Subscribers Push For New Class In Antitrust Case
• CERCLA Contribution Possible Under State Claims: 3rd Circ.
• 2nd Complaint Filed Over Philly Building Collapse
• Pa. Justices Revive Dispute Over Malpractice Insurance Fund
• 3rd Circ. Revives FLSA Claim In SEPTA Drivers' OT Suit
• Hanover Ducks Coverage For Urban Outfitters IP Suit
• Firm Partner's Death Should've Forced Liquidation: Pa. Court
• PSU Expects To Settle With 25 Alleged Sandusky Victims
• 3rd Circ. Revives Device Co. Recoupment Suit Against Aetna
• Philly Building Collapse Suits Stayed Amid Criminal Probe
• Convention Center Labor Row Was Properly Arbitrated: Judge
• Pa. AG Takes Up Harrisburg Incinerator Investigation
• Pa. Court Says Harleysville Must Pay $3.6M In Loan Tiff
• Ex-Pa. Speaker's Appeal Of Corruption Conviction Falls Flat
• Fired Exec Tells High Court He's An Employee Under Title VII
• 3rd Circ. Boots Pa. Gas Lease Row To State Court Under CAFA
• Pa. Judge Extends Preliminary Injunction On Voter ID Law
• Motorola Fitness Watch Ads Deceptive, Suit Says
• Pa. Supreme Court Will Hear Philly Senior Housing Appeal
• Philly Again Beats Developer's Due Process Claims
• Pa. Clinic Can't Toss Suit Over 'Ten Commandments' Badge
• Pa. High Court Asked To Nix Rehearing Of Fracking Law Case
• Pa.'s New 'Oil And Gas Lease Act' Is Here. More To Come?
• Penn National Snags Key Nods For Casino-Focused REIT Split
• Pa. Gov. Urges Civility In UPMC, Highmark Advertising War
• Philly Firm Settles With Attorney In Fee-Share Dispute
• UnitedHealth Slams Law Firms' Intervention Bid In GSK Action
• 3rd Circ. DQs Judge In Ex-Philly Official's Firing Suit
• Ex-Kline & Specter Atty Ordered To Pay Back Fees
• Berkshire Hathaway Unit Buys RE Broker Prudential Fox
• Predrilling Efforts Can Extend Fracking Leases, Judge Says
• New Philadelphia Tax Ordinances Will Impact Charities
• Limestone Co. Sues To Block $300M Gas Pipeline On Its Land
• 3rd Circ. Backs $14.7M Award to Ex-Railroad Employees
• Coal Power Giving Way To Gas In Pa. As Enviro Rules Tighten
• The Cost, And Ethics, Of Doing (Legal) Business
• Philly Won't Fight $6M Firefighter Health Care Payment
• Pa. High Court Won't Touch Consumer Law Jury Trial Row
• Airlines' Antitrust Lawyers: 'We're Litigating, Period'
• Caterpillar Forklift Defect Caused Brain Injuries, Suit Says
• Philly Ad Vendor's Contract Suit Against City Stays Alive
• Investors In Dissolved Biotech Co. Sued Too Late, Judge Rules
• Modell's Sporting Goods Hit With ADA Class Action
• Airline Merger Fight Set To Become Slugfest
• UPMC Blasts Highmark's Jurisdiction Claims In Deal Dispute
• 3rd Circ. Defers To DOT On State Hazmat Suit Preemption
• Yellowbook Gets $1M From Advertiser Over Unpaid Fees
• Ex-Diagnostic Ventures Exec Ducks Fraud Claims
• Pa. Superior Court Elects Bender As New President Judge
• Burns White Snags 4 Cohen Seglias Employment, Health Pros
• Pa. Fed. Judge, Doc Wife Sue Firm Over Sperm Bank Dispute
• Blank Rome Snags Derivatives, Class Action Pro In Philly
• Pa. Bill Would Prohibit Sexual Orientation Discrimination
• No Timber Rights Assurance For Pa. Property Buyers
• American-US Airways Merger Hits Antitrust Turbulence
• PNC Loan Bias Suit Doesn't Meet Dukes Standard: 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Rep. Seeks To Repeal New Gas Lease-Pooling Law
• Judge Asked To Rethink Axing Claims In Hep C Class Action
• Philly Restaurant Paid Female Workers Less, EEOC Says
• Arbitration Clause Can't Bar Wrongful Death Suit: Pa. Court
• Pa. Town Sues Neighboring Town Over Permits In Landfill Tiff
• Ex-Philly Housing Atty Gets Greenlight To Sue Over Firing
• Buchanan Ingersoll Snags Ex-Blank Rome Employment Pro
• Pa.'s Series Of Pharma Cases Give RLD Theory Some Legs
• Debunking The Myth Of Hydraulic Fracturing
• Pa. Judges Say Forced Retirement Equals Age Discrimination
• Pa. City, Chemical Co. Can't Dodge River Pollution Suit
• Judges Can Void Some Foreclosed Mortgages, Pa. Court Says
• Pa. Court Says No Pay For Indicted Philly Judge
• Pa. Insurance Dept. Overbilled For Med Mal Fund, Court Says
• Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Accused Of Undercutting Grocer
• Owner Of Collapsed Philly Building Targets Liability Claim
• 3rd Circ. Kills Suit Claiming Firm Hid Ties To Arbitrator
• Municipal Issuers, Check Your Math
• 3rd Circ. Grants $10M Account To Wachovia In Bankruptcy Deal
• Pa. Fracking Wastewater Settlement Cuts Discharge Levels
• Pa. DEP Axes Emission Plan Exemptions For Fracking Wells
• Canadian REIT Acquires $294M Stake In Echo Realty
• 3rd Circ. Won't Review Widow's Black Lung Benefits Award
• New Tort Law Would Harm Plaintiffs, Pa. High Court Told
• Kinder Morgan, MarkWest JV Will Develop Gas Plant, Pipeline
• BJ's Hit With Class Action In Pa. Over Sales Tax On Coupons
• Judge To Review Cephalon Docs In FTC Pay-For-Delay Row
• MarkWest Can't Toss Evidence Ruling Over Pa. Plant Permit
• Navigating The Philadelphia Zoning Process
• Philly Ordered To Pay $6M To Firefighters' Health Care Fund
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win In Death Benefits Suit
• UPMC Continues Fight For Docs On $5M Antitrust Deal
• Pa. Developer Denied New Trial In Defamation Suit
• Pa. McDonald's Wouldn't Pay Wages With Checks, Worker Says
• Pa. Zoo Can't Dodge Punitive Damages Claim In Mauling Death
• Medical Co. Hit With Investor Suit Over $20M Sham Financing
• Lehman Closes $960M Portfolio Sale To Blackstone, Prologis
• Giant Eagle, Grower Settle Mushroom Antitrust Suit
• Pa. Wants All 7 Justices To Rule In Key Fracking Case
• Pa. Firm Wants Atty's Child Abuse Defamation Claim Axed
• Pittsburgh's Suit Over UPMC Tax Status Sent To State Court
• JPML Consolidates Effexor Birth Defect Actions In Pa.
• Litgo Liable For Most Of NJ Site Cleanup, 3rd Circ. Finds
• Rohm & Haas Beats IP Theft Claims In Pa. Appeals Court
• Pa. Judge Banned From Bench Over Ethics Violations
• Wal-Mart Can't Ax Pa. Land Development Row
• UPMC Says Highmark Lured Patients With False Ads
• Pa. DEP Shuts Down Gas Wastewater Facility After Spills
• Pa. Court Revives $3M Malpractice Suit In Auto Insurance Row
• Insurer Says Coverage Void In Philly Building Collapse
• Air Products, Welcome To The New Wild West
• Landowners Lose Class Cert. Bid In Oil, Gas Royalties Suit
• Johnson Controls Sued For Reducing Retiree Benefits
• Ex-AG Worker Tells 3rd Circ. To Revive Pa. Gov't Fraud Suit
• Pa. High Court To Hear S. Philly Shopping Center Challenge
• Philly Says Contractor Can't Evade $115M Fraud Suit
• Pa. Supremes Can't Discipline Judges, Indicted Jurist Says
• Bulldozer Victim's $20M Jury Award Wiped By Philly Judge
• Pa. Landowners Say Range's Fracking Tainted Groundwater
• Morgan Lewis Lands Ex-Coventry Health Care GC In Philly
• Preemption May Yet Doom State-Law Reglan Claims
• Actelion Forks Over $250M For Pa. Drugmaker
• New Pa. Regulation Eases Paper Burden in Utilities Filings
• Nominations, Resignation To Reshuffle Pa. Fed. Judiciary
• 3rd Circ. Strips Class Cert. In Sam's Club Service Plan Suit
• Pa. Mine Operators Must Report Accidents To DEP: Judge
• Philly Firm Accused Of Bungling $100M Suit Against IBM
• Pa.'s Act 52 Tax Changes — Explained
• Starwood Capital Drops $135M On Pittsburgh's Liberty Center
• $18.5M Mall Lease Award Needs Trim, Pa. Appeals Court Says
• 2 Pa. Suits Dropped Over NJ Conrail Derailment
• Challengers Stress Pa. Voter ID Law's Unconstitutionality
• 3rd Circ. Revives Suit Against KBR For Soldier's Death
• Philly Casino Sues Pa. Board To Stop Potential Rival
• Health Advocates Push Pa. House Panel For More Medicaid