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Pennsylvania - April, 2014

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• Iowa, Pa. Have Highest US Corporate Income Tax Rates
• Ex-Pa. Justice Seeks Recusal Of Judges In Corruption Appeal
• Pa. Court Won't Rethink Ruling Over $60M Penn State Fine
• 3rd Circ. Shuts Down Generic Fosamax Appeal
• SEC Targets Co-Founder Of Rothstein Feeder Fund
• Pa. Justices Won't Review Law Firm Liquidation Fight
• Claims Trading — Taking The Good With The Bad
• Pepper Hamilton's Sandusky Docs Off Limits, Penn State Says
• 3rd Circ. Won't Nix Pa. Doctor's Fen-Phen Fraud Convictions
• NLRB Accuses FirstEnergy Of Unfair Tactics In Union Talks
• New Fracking Fluid Disclosures Weaken Trade Secret Claims
• Kirkland Reps Exelon In $6.8B Pepco Holdings Merger
• High Court Nailed It With Actavis, FTC's Ohlhausen Says
• Proposed Pa. Gas Tax Could Raise $775M, State Sen. Says
• A Madness To Plaintiffs' Methods In Citing Science
• Changing Cert. Standards Kill Title Insurance Class
• Pa. Justices Affirm Atty-Expert Privilege In Injury Case
• Seneca Can't Frack On Game Land, Pa. Commission Says
• 3rd Circ. Clarifies Declaratory-Judgment Dismissal Rules
• The Golden State Warrior: Judge S. James Otero
• Pa. Judges Strike Out In Mandatory Retirement Appeal
• Ohlhausen's Tips For Talking To FTC Commissioners
• Actavis Standard Transcends Cash Deals, FTC Tells 3rd Circ.
• Atty Botched EEOC-Approved Discrimination Case, Suit Says
• Chesapeake Faces Challenges Over Pa. Gas Site Permit
• LeClairRyan Adds Montgomery McCracken Employment Pro
• Philadelphia Inquirer Beats Union Boss's Libel Suit
• Pa. Judge Affirms Decision Axing Voter ID Law
• Pa. High Court Favors Parx Casino In Slot Machine Tax Appeal
• Montgomery McCracken Adds Tax Partner In Philly Office
• Energy Cos. Pull The Plug On Bluegrass NGL Pipeline
• Disgraced Ex-Pa. State Senator Resigns From Bar
• Pa. Bar Chief Urges Members To Oppose Legal Service Tax
• Pa. Bar Taps Susquehanna Co. Solo As Next Leader
• GMAC Puts Up $6M To Settle Force-Placed Insurance Suit
• Comcast Inks Deal With Charter To Ease TWC Merger Worries
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Axelrod Firm's Sheryl Axelrod
• Meda Again Shrugs Off $24B Mylan Merger Plan
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Philly Inquirer To Hit Auction Block With $77M Opener
• NFL Scores In Bid To Punt Publicity Rights Suit To Minn.
• Pa. Rep. Aims To Protect Landowners From Pre-Fracking Tests
• 'Kids For Cash' Builder Gets 1-Year Prison Term, Fine
• Avandia User's Consumer Fraud Suit Dies In 3rd Circ.
• Developer Pushes Sheller Condo Suit Into Arbitration
• Pa. Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal Of Asbestos Suit
• Ex-Kerns Pearlstine Name Partner Must Face Rape Charges
• Pa. Justices Accept 3rd Circ. Bad Faith Insurance Question
• Cooperator Helped SEC Unravel EBay Insider Trading 'Web'
• Ex-Pa. State Senator Who Was Charged With Corruption Dies
• Pittsburgh Riverhounds Ch. 11 Case Won't Get Trustee
• Newspaper Guild Won't Bid For Philly Inquirer, Court Told
• NJ Law Doesn't Doom Chicago Title Property Feud: 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Appeals Court Urged To Revive $20M Bulldozer Verdict
• Consol's $1B Plan To Frack At Pittsburgh Airport Advances
• Legal Experts, Civic Groups Support Pa. Anti-SLAPP Bill
• Reed Smith Gets Tax Malpractice Suit Booted Out Of Philly
• NJ, Pa. Lawmakers Team Up On Del. River Authority Reform
• Pa. Machine Co. Charged With Smuggling Goods To Iran
• Law Firms' Wins Affirmed In Pa. Foreclosure Abuse Suits
• Pipe Fittings Co. Fired Marine Vet Over PTSD, Says EEOC
• Janssen Claims Preemption In $4M Topamax Defect Appeal
• 3rd Circ. Upholds NJ Mayor's Corruption Conviction
• Should Gov't Be Held Liable For WWII Industrial Pollution?
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, Eni, Carlo Tassara
• Amedisys To Pay $150M To Settle DOJ Medicare Billing Suits
• Safeway Urges Pa. Court To Slash $18M Lease Breach Award
• Pa. Rep. Appeals After Corbett Denies Drilling Info Request
• Union Boss Says Video Must Stay Private In Libel Suit
• Union Sues Breentag Over Workers' Chemical Exposure
• US Ducks $3M Indemnity Suit Over Navy Ship Towing Injury
• Budget Gets Suit Over Damage Insurance Charges Trimmed
• NCAA Asks Court To Rethink Seeking PSU Input On $60M Fine
• MERS Can't Kill Pa. Deed Recorders' Class Action
• The Accidental Advocate: Judge John E. Jones III
• Mandatory Pro Bono Is Not The Answer For Practitioners
• State Climate Actions Stumble On Dormant Commerce Clause
• Freeh Urges Pa. Appeals Court To Nix Stay In Libel Suit
• The 3rd Circ. Stance On FLSA Liability For Successor Cos.
• Pa. County Exec Floats $247M Capital Projects Funding Plan
• Bayer Says IRS Has Burden Of Proof In $175M R&D Tax Row
• IMS Health Launches New Coverage Suit Over Antitrust Claims
• Pa. Rep. Offers Booze Law Changes As Privatization Back-Up
• XTO Loses Bid For More Info On Fracking Spill Prosecution
• Pa. Court Urged To End PUC's Local Fracking Law Review
• Corbett Tells Judge Pa. Has Right To Bar Same-Sex Marriage
• Sales Tax Cuts Amazon Purchases By 10%, Study Finds
• Endo Hit With TCPA Junk Fax Suit Over Unsolicited Drug Ads
• Earth Day And The Evolution Of Environmental Law
• Iqbal Dooms Wages Suit Against Lenders, 3rd Circ. Told
• 4 Reasons Comcast-Time Warner Divestments Fall Short
• Only 7 BigLaw Firms Have Women Running The Show
• J&J, Ethicon Fight Against Pa. Pelvic Mesh Remand
• Chesapeake Can't Appeal Drilling Trust Ruling, Court Says
• Philly Mass Tort Filings Saw Steep Dip In 2013, Report Finds
• Parties In Gay Marriage Dispute Want Quick Ruling On Pa. Ban
• Sunoco Pipeline Can't Skirt Local Zoning, Enviros Say
• Concord Nets $240M In Sale Of Marriott, Hilton Portfolio
• The 25 Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• UPMC's Estimate Of Data Breach Victims Skyrockets To 27K
• Mylan Hit With IP Suit Over Generic Cholesterol Drug
• Philly Hotel Brawl Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Pa. Names 1st Chair To Renewed State Tax Appeals Board
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Move GSK Paxil Suit Back To State Court
• JJ Gumberg Gets $165M From Retail Property Refinancing
• Pa. Appeals Court To Rehear Ford Roof Defect Suit
• Pa. High Court Says Unions Can't Push Claims Under Lien Law
• Roadblocks To D&O Coverage For Subpoena Response Costs
• Sprint 4G Users Can't Quit MDL Then Fire Up Calif. Claims
• Motorola Settles Fitness Watch Deceptive Ad Class Action
• McKean Judge To Take Over Pa. Justice's Defamation Case
• Paterno Estate Blasts NCAA's $60M Penn State Penalty
• Pittsburgh Soccer Stadium Stakeholder Seeks Ch. 11 Trustee
• Debevoise Aids Chemtura's $1B Sale Of Agrochem Business
• Judge Rules Tyco SOX Whistleblower Suit May Move Forward
• Guild Lining Up Backers For Possible Inquirer Bid, Court Hears
• TD Bank, Class Get Approval Of $6M Deal Over FLSA Suit
• ALI Principles Of Insurance Should Concern Industry
• Pa. DCNR Outlines Fracking Impact On Public Lands
• Stop And Read Your Slowdown Insurance Policy
• Astellas To Pay $7M To End Mycamine FCA Suit
• Sealing The Deal: Ballard Spahr Steers Philly Gas Works Deal
• Univ. Of Pittsburgh Hospital Can Copy Ex-Mayor's Hard Drive
• Pa. High Court Boots Cigna Appeal Of $140M Coverage Denial
• Philly Inquirer's Minority Owner Matches $77M Minimum Bid
• Beware 'Jewel' Risks In Lateral Partner Hiring
• The Great Persuader: 7th Circ. Chief Judge Diane Wood
• Rohm & Haas Must Face Title VII Retaliation Claim In Pa.
• Pa. Lawmakers Pitch Small Business Tax Overhaul Bills
• Pa. Law On Forced Pooling Of Oil Leases Is Constitutional
• Pa. Oversight Body Weighs In On Proposed Drilling Regs
• Corbett Admin Denies Rep.'s Inquiry On $75M Drilling Plans
• Koppers Puts Up $460M For Osmose's Wood, Rail Units
• Philly Inquirer's Majority Owners Pledge $77M Minimum Bid
• Pa. Contractor Cops To Kickbacks, Assault At Fort Dix
• Pa. Court Backs PUC's Bridge Removal Cost Allocation
• Pepper Hamilton, Union Leader To Mediate Contract Fight
• Reed Smith Doesn't Want Tax Malpractice Suit In Philly
• Sandusky Atty Disbarred In Pa. For Mishandling Funds
• Pa. Court Blocks Disclosure Of Hotel Tax Information
• Flaster/Greenberg Adds RE Pro To Philly Practice
• Pa. Town Not Liable For Shoddy Condo Construction: 3rd Circ.
• Pa. PUC Beats Suit Over Energy Assistance Funds
• Some Sanity Amid Skyrocketing TCPA Litigation
• Penn Mutual Ducks Lawsuit Claiming It Kept Surplus Profits
• Philly Papers Win Recusal Bid In Pa. Justice's Libel Suit
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Hacker's Conviction For AT&T Data Breach
• Pa. Rep. Wants Drillers To Reveal Fracking Fluid Ingredients
• Pa. Businesses Slam School Property Tax Bill
• Fumo Settles Misappropriation Fight With Ex-Staffers
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Duane Morris Corporate Finance Pro
• Ametek Puts Up $364M For Optical Instrument Maker Zygo
• Rising Stars: 2014's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Online Gaming Pros Talk Promise, Peril Of Multistate Pacts
• Pa. Firm Skirts Malpractice Claim Over Failed Fire Suit
• EPA Urges FERC To Expand Impact Statement For Pa. Pipeline
• Va. Defends EPA Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan
• Pa. Receives $120M Cut In Tobacco Settlement Payment
• Ex-Pa. Judge Disbarred For 1 Year For Defrauding Client
• Facebook Content Co. Says News Firm Took IP, Didn't Pay
• Give States Breathing Room On Plant Emissions, Pa. Says
• Pelvic Mesh Plaintiffs Want Suits Back In Pa. State Court
• Trending: State High Court Accord On 'Faulty Workmanship'
• Collection Agency Can't Dodge FDCPA Class Action Claims
• Santander Dismisses $20M Coverage Suit Over Row With BNY
• 2014 Signals The Return Of The Megamerger
• Pa. Justice Slams Recusal Bid In Philly Inquirer Libel Suit
• Freeh's Penn State Libel Appeal Raises New Issues: Judge
• Gas Groups Can't Intervene In Pa. Fracking Law Challenge
• Pa. DEP Aims To Tighten Air Pollution Emission Controls
• Penn State Input Needed In $60M NCAA Fine Dispute: Court
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Challenge To DOL Visa Wage Rule
• Guild Can Intervene In Philly Inquirer Parent's Dissolution Suit
• FirstEnergy Units Ask 3rd Circ. To Restore $250M Rate Suit
• Justice Of The Peace: CIT Chief Judge Donald Pogue
• DOJ Stays Out Of Pa. Gay Marriage Fight
• Enviros Urge EPA, Pa. To Rap EQT For Fracking Pollution
• Ex-Pol's Steak House Discount Fight Is Cooked, Judge Says
• DTE To Pay $1M Over Pittsburgh Coke Plant's Air Pollution
• Paterno Family Demands Pepper Hamilton's Sandusky Docs
• Enviros Lose CWA Challenge To $400M Pittsburgh Project
• JPML Won't Join Diet Pill Suits Against USPlabs, GNC
• FTC Looks To Ax Cephalon Patent Experts In Antitrust Case
• Pa. Senate OKs Bill Tightening Union Harassment Laws
• 3rd Circ. Told GSK Violated Avandia Warranty
• Enviros Blast FERC's Impact Statement For Gas Pipeline
• Pa. Lien Law May Hold Energy Projects To Be 'Improvements'
• Gas Royalty Transparency Bills Clear Pa. Senate
• Norris McLaughlin Launches Economic Development Group
• Philly's Young Law Group Blasts IP Negligence Claims
• Sandusky Atty Must Answer To Evidence Leak Order
• Freeman Mathis Opens 3 Offices With Spector Gadon Team
• Alleged Online Defamer Sanctioned In E-Complaint Tiff
• No Homebuyer Tax Credit For Inherited Home, 3rd Circ. Says
• Ex-Audit Firm Exec Gets 3 Years In $2.9M Fraud Scheme
• EPA Tells 3rd Circ. Water Regs Apply Federalism Principles
• Pa. Fracking Fees Rise To $225M In Last Year, PUC Says
• EPA Approves Pa. Air Quality Plan Over County's Objections
• J&J Inks Settlements In 76 Topamax Birth Defect Suits
• Pa. Justices Snub Asbestos Causation Testimony Appeal
• Cozen O'Connor Aims To Recoup $50M For Bankrupt Casino
• Swedish Drugmaker Meda Spurns $24B Mylan Merger Pitch
• Successor Employers May Inherit FLSA Liability, 3rd Circ. Says
• Pa. DEP Forces Closure Of FirstEnergy Coal Ash Impoundment
• Senate Committee Moves Dechert Partner For 3rd Circ.
• Pa. School District Asks High Court To Preserve Tort Cap
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Over Atty's Dual Role In Injury Row
• Sunoco Pipeline Can't Avoid Local Zoning, Pa. Sens. Say
• Pa. Court Says Chesapeake Can't Appeal Remediation Plan
• Who Is Liable For Asbestos In Replacement Parts?
• Pa. High Court Nixes Sandusky Appeal
• 3rd Circ. OKs Excluding Charity Patients From DSH Payments
• Pa. Retirement System Immune From Telwell Loan Dispute
• Bitcoin Miner Co. Hit With Breach Of Contract Class Action
• Comcast Antitrust Row Plows Ahead Without Chicago Class
• Pa. PUC Says It Can Still Review Local Fracking Laws
• Feds Charge 3 With Smuggling Nuke Technology To Pakistan
• Water Treatment Co. Faces Certified Class In Junk Fax Row
• Pa. AG Says Federal Court Can't Hear Ex-PSU Head's Suit
• Pa. Chief Justice Wants Expanded Civil Pro Bono Service
• The Lion In Winter: Judge Stephen Reinhardt
• GM Recall Delivers Fresh Meat To Consumer Protection Bar
• $15M RE Dispute Award Stomped For Silence On Attys' Fees
• Duke, Westinghouse Spar Over Failed Fla. Nuclear Plant
• Ex-Philly Official Accused Of Using City Job To Boost Beer Biz
• Defunct Philly Casino Project Files For Ch. 11
• Freeh Fights Stay Of Penn State Sex Abuse Libel Suit
• Late Pa. Judge, Ex-State Sen. Sued In Dump Partnership Tiff
• Radiation Settlements Deserve Coverage, Pa. Justices Told