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Pennsylvania - October, 2014

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• PSU's Sandusky Inquiry Docs Privileged, Pa. Court Rules
• Pa. High Court Updates Judicial Campaign Contribution Rules
• Pa. Gov.'s $95M Park Drilling Plan Faces 2nd Enviro Suit
• Pa. Justices Affirm Philly Judge's Punishment For Lying
• Pa. High Court Gives Hotelier's SEPTA Damage Suit 2nd Life
• Comcast Castoff Plans Listing Tied To Time Warner Cable Deal
• Salmon Ricchezza Can't Keep UPS Suit In Federal Court
• Claims Can Waive Mental Health Docs Privacy: Pa. High Court
• Ex-Anapol Schwartz Atty Wants Sanctions In Gay Bias Fight
• Title Ruling Can't Alter Gas Lease, Pa. Justices Told
• Highmark Plan Doesn't Violate UPMC Deal, Pa. Court Finds
• Judge Won't Block Sale Of Pa. Nissan Dealership
• Lyft Looks To Dodge $7M Fine For Operating In Pa.
• TerraForm Pays $250M For 39 Capital Dynamics Solar Assets
• Pa. Rep Launches Probe Into Fracking Waste Disposal
• Another Judge Nixes Stan Lee Media's Spider-Man Claims
• Important O&G Regulatory Developments Come To Pa.
• Law360 Names Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms Of 2014
• Teva Tells 3rd Circ. Other Rulings Back Lamictal Dismissal
• Ex-Patent Rights Holders Want $20M Skin Drug Suit Revived
• Union's CBA Law Noncompliance Voids Wage Hike: Pa. Court
• Federal Judge, Wife Want Sperm Bank Row Heard In Philly
• Pa. Superior Court Urged To Nix $15M In Topamax Verdicts
• Charter Offers $1.5B Debt For Acquisition Of TWC Customers
• GLPI Sues Pa. Casino Owner Over Info In $465M Deal
• EQT Can't Get Fight Over $4.5M Pa. Fracking Fine Stayed
• Gov't Contractor Indicted For Alleged $116M Drug Return Plot
• Judge Blocks NJ Sports Betting — What's Next?
• Comcast Agrees To $50M Settlement In Philly Antitrust Row
• Pa. Agency To Weigh Bid For Enviro Protection Docs
• Consol Challenges Pa. Coal Discharge Enforcement Action
• More IP Claims Over Usher's 'Bad Girl' Get Nixed
• The Legal Professions' Curious Under-Use Of 2nd Opinions
• Ex-Pa. Justice Drops Appeal Bid Before High Court
• Pa. Court Won't Reconsider NLRB Subpoenas In UPMC Suit
• 14 'Hot Fuel' MDL Deals Get Green Light, While 4 Put On Ice
• Philly City Council Won't OK $1.9B Gas Utility Sale
• Failed Class In Aaron's Spying Suit Asks 3rd Circ. For Cert.
• GE, Crane, Others Can't Duck Ex-Navy Worker's Asbestos Suit
• Brandywine, CalSTRS Unit Team Up On $148.1M Philly Tower
• Lyft Slams Pa. Panel's License Rejection Ruling
• CDC Issues Ebola Monitoring Guidelines Amid Quarantines
• FERC Advances 125-Mile Gas Pipeline Project In NY, Pa.
• Littler Mendelson Sanctioned For 'Vexatious' Fee Motions
• Atty Sanctions Bid Denied In 'Kids For Cash' Suit
• Pa. Justice Ensnared In Email Porn Scandal Retires
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Commerce Bank CEO's New Trial Bid
• Philly Building Collapse Defendants Can't Stay Depositions
• Ex-Anapol Schwartz Atty Says Jury Must Hear Gay Bias Row
• Pa. Justices Take Up Medicaid Subcontractor Pay Release Suit
• Virgin Islands Suits Cut From Asbestos MDL Over Jurisdiction
• Big Tobacco Urges Pa. Court To Cut State's Settlement Share
• A Possible Game-Changer For 'Silent' Arbitration Clauses
• Dodd-Frank Spares TD Ameritrade Worker Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• Multistate Class Actions Face Tough Test At 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Attys Face Tough Records Oversight In Proposed Rules
• Pa. Officials Ask High Court To Keep $60M NCAA Suit Rolling
• Ex-Philly Traffic Court Judge Charged With Accepting Bribe
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive Farmworkers' DOL Wage Challenge
• Ex-Kline & Specter Atty Freed From Returning Referral Fees
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Virgin Islands Telecom Case
• Pa. Appeals Court Tosses Asbestos Claims Against CBS, GE
• Clarion, MRP Unit Scoop Up Pa. Industrial Project
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Roberta D. Liebenberg
• Ex-Pa. County Commissioner Can't Lift Stay In Corruption Suit
• Atty Pulls Forgery Claims In Young Law Malpractice Tiff
• 'Kids For Cash' Attorneys Escape Asset Freeze
• Suspended Judge, Wife Drop Libel Suit Against Philly Papers
• Mylan Signals $5.3B Abbott Inversion On Track After Tweaks
• New Jurisdictional Issues When Moving To Quash A Subpoena
• Freeh Asks 3rd Circ. To Ensure Right To Move Penn State Suit
• Pfizer Fights 'Do-Over' Of Plaintiff Experts In Zoloft MDL
• Alcoa Execs Promise Compliance Reform To Settle Bribe Row
• Highmark Loses Bid To Ax Pa.'s Challenge To Medicare Plan
• Pa. Porn Scandal Ups Pressure For Judicial Merit Selection
• Stay Sought On Depositions In Philly Building Collapse Suit
• Avandia User's Warranty Violation Suit Flops In 3rd Circ.
• Staples Probes Potential Credit Card Data Breach
• Pa. High Court Suspends McCaffery For Role In Porn Scandal
• Firsthand Knowledge Needed To Clear FCA Bar, 3rd Circ. Rules
• Thermacore To Pay $965K To Resolve FCA Allegations
• Pa. Appeals Court Upholds Damages In Drilling Trespass Case
• Pa. $800M Tobacco Settlement Used Properly, Audit Finds
• NCAA Says Pa. Court Overstepped In Penn State Fine Fight
• Takeda Urges Pa. Judge To Strike $2M Actos Cancer Verdict
• DOJ Change On Waiver-Of-Appeal Policies Isn't Enough
• Pa. Financial Regulator Wants In On Wilmington Trust Suit
• Pa. Court To Decide Class Arbitrability In Gas Lease Row
• Lannett Seeks Sanctions After Price-Fixing Suit Dropped
• Cronin's Defamation Suit Against Bergmann & Good Tossed
• Jones Day Reps PE-Backed H-D Advanced In Add-On Deal
• Pa. AG Drops Charges Against Ex-Pol In Bid-Rigging Case
• Mushroom Collective Gets OK For 3rd Circ. Antitrust Appeal
• Halberstadt Settles Client's Suit Over Paperwork Error
• 3rd Circ. Revives Genaera Investor Suit Over Asset Sales
• McCaffery Links 2nd Pa. Justice To Porn Email Scandal
• Pa. Gov. Ordered To Hand Over Public Drilling Plan Details
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs' Bar: Robert S. Kitchenoff
• Pa. Judge Boots Bochetto & Lentz Referral Fee Suit
• Ex-Pa. Pol Snared In Computergate Probe Resigns From Bar
• Pa. Senate Leader Won't Rule Out Future Cuts To Bench
• Ex-Siemens Patent Atty Indicted Over $2.5M Kickbacks Fraud
• GSK Dodges Claims Over Thalidomide Birth Defects
• Wyndham Attracts Outside Support In FTC Data Security Row
• McCaffery Apologizes For Porn Emails, Slams Chief Justice
• Pa. Law Shields Heidelberg From Worker Asbestos Suit
• Convicted Pa. Atty's Disbarment OK'd After Client Fund Theft
• Pa.'s Stricter Gas Driller Reporting Bill Heads To Gov.
• Pa. Senate OKs Bill For Legislative Approval Of CO2 Plan
• Chesapeake Reaps $5.4B In Marcellus, Utica Asset Sale
• Nelson Brown Can't Get Injunction In Fee Fight, Ex-Attys Say
• Pa. OKs $139M Settlement In Medical Malpractice Fund Case
• The Truth About Patent Damage Awards
• Objectors Put NFL Concussion Deal's CTE Deadline In Doubt
• NJ Developer Takes ShopRite Monopoly Claims To 3rd Circ.
• DC Circ. Tosses Ethics Complaint Against 5th Circ. Judge
• Pa. Court Can't Dodge Age Discrimination Claims
• 3rd Circ. Backs Dismissal Of BofA Pay-To-Play Class Action
• Pa. Judge Says Shoddy Work Can't Trigger Accident Coverage
• Pa. Chief Justice Confirms McCaffery's Role In Porn Scandal
• Aetna Faces Neuromonitoring Insurance MDL In Pa.
• PE-Backed Energy Co. Pays $500M To Up Marcellus Acreage
• Equipment Renter Pushes For Coverage In $20M Injury Case
• 9th Circ. Critical In Growing Class Ascertainability Fight
• 'Kids For Cash' Atty Turns Tables On Sanctions Bid
• Mall Can't Halt 'Hate' Group's Rallies, Pa. Court Says
• Nissan Nixed Dealership Sale To Drive Up Prices, Suit Says
• Highmark, Keystone Health Sue Pa. Gov't For Blocking HMO
• Insurer One Step Closer To Ducking Ammonia Cleanup Costs
• Squire Patton Accused Of Guiding Alliance Founder's Scheme
• CertainTeed Must Produce Antitrust Docs In Drywall MDL
• Fallout From Act 13 Ruling Overblown, Pa. Energy Boss Says
• Pepper Hamilton Seeks Sandusky Doc Stay As PSU Appeals
• Vinson & Elkins Guides Targa In $7.7B Atlas Energy Buy
• When Fraud, Spoliation Are Added To Asbestos Claims
• Pa. Board To Investigate Justice's Purported Porn Emails
• Off-Label Claims In Cephalon FCA Suits Trimmed By Judge
• Pa. High Court To Mull Jury's Role In Interpreting Farm Law
• Highmark Medicare Plan Violates UPMC Deal, Pa. AG Says
• Nursing Homes Ink $38M FCA Deal Over 'Worthless Services'
• Insurer Can Limit Firm's Fraud Defense Coverage: 3rd Circ.
• Lyft Slapped With Potential $7M Fine By Pa. PUC Enforcers
• OPINION: Don't Mess With... Arizona?
• Tug-Of-War: Attorney-Client Privilege Vs. Deposition
• Escaping Taxes In Bankruptcy Through S Corporations
• Strine Rips Judicial Pursuit Of Equity At Expense Of Rules
• Merrill Lynch's Film Fraud Suit Revived By 3rd Circ.
• Babcock Case May Give Policyholders More Settlement Control
• 3rd Circ. Sends Paxil Birth Defect Suit Back To Pa.
• 3rd Circ. Frees Flintkote Insurer From Asbestos Arbitration
• Whistleblower Seeks Stark Law Win In Hospital Kickback Suit
• Pa. Insurance Agent To Pay $2M To Settle SEC's Fraud Suit
• Conrad O'Brien Partner Named In Pa. Porn Scandal Resigns
• 'Kids For Cash' Judge Sanctioned By Pa. Court
• Auxilium Scraps Inversion Plan In Favor Of $2.6B Endo Offer
• OPINION: Uphold Reasonable Regs On Judicial Campaigns
• NCAA Says $60M Sandusky Fine Law Is Unconstitutional
• Cozen O'Connor Snags Philly Litigator's Return
• Pa. Judge Keeps Strict Liability In Gas Well Death Suit
• Injunction Axed In Meyer-Chatfield Client Pilfering Suit
• Pa. Gov.'s Bid To Drill On Public Land Illegal, Court Hears
• J&J Pelvic Mesh Plaintiffs Want Cases Kept In Philly
• Wyndham Fires Opening Salvo In FTC Data Security Appeal
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Boot NYPD Muslim Surveillance Case
• Kohl's Stores Aren't Handicap Accessible, Suit Says
• Conspiracy Claim Nixed In Pond Lehocky Suit Against Ex-Atty
• Highmark Plan Breaches Transition Accord, Pa. Officials Say
• Inquirer Can Get Fee Details In Pa. Justice's Libel Suit
• Philly Panel Gives Nod To $230M Center City Development
• Ex-Pa. Justice's Corruption Sentence Stayed Pending Appeal
• Punitives Nixed In $8M Friedman Schuman Malpractice Row
• Pa. DEP Seeks $4.5M Fine Against EQT Over Fracking Spill
• 3rd Circ. Ruling May Shake Up Estate Scope Litigation
• Justices Asked To Lower Bar For Gov't Worker Age Bias Suits
• St. Paul Mercury Can't Duck Bank's Hacking Coverage Suit
• Jurisdiction Bars 118 Philly Pelvic Mesh Suits, J&J Says
• Judge Won't OK NCAA-PSU Deal To End $60M Fine Fight
• Fees Row In NJ Winery Laws Case Rejected By Supreme Court
• Seneca Can Frack Pa. Land From Adjacent Property: Court
• Gov't Contractor Faces WARN Act Suit After Laying Off 1,200
• Split Pa. Rules May Let Conventional Drillers Off The Hook
• $20M Knee Injury Dispute Could Rejigger Pa. Tort Law
• High Court Declines Pa. Judge Retirement Appeal
• A Possible End To Pa. Court Split Over Economic Loss
• Ex-Friedman Schuman Staffer Takes Bias Suit To High Court
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Suit Over Visteon Retiree Benefits
• Judge Says Actavis Not Limited To Cash Deals
• Jury Hits Takeda With $2M In Damages In Philly Actos Case
• Nine Players Sit Out NFL Concussion Settlement
• GE, CBS Laundry Asbestos Suit Shut Down By Appeals Court
• Pepper Hamilton Taps New Chair To Replace Freeh
• EQT Faces Criminal Charges Over Pa. Fracking Discharges
• Sunoco Pipeline Zoning Exemption Bid Recharged By Pa. PUC
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Jim Francis
• Cozen O'Connor Settles With Consultant In Copyright Suit
• Porn Email Claims Could Trigger Discipline For Pa. Justice
• 3rd Circ. Overstepped In Asbestos Suit, Cahill Gordon Says
• 3rd Circ. Clears Way For Use Of Warrantless GPS Tracking
• PMZ Realty Capital Closes $95M Loan For Hotel Portfolio
• Philly Jury Urged To Find Takeda Cancer Warnings Fell Short
• Pa. Supreme Court Affirms Power To Suspend Judges
• Duane Morris Adds Corporate Star To Philly Office
• 3rd Circ. Denies Stay To Therapists In NJ Gay Conversion Row
• Pa. Justices To Mull Opinions As Evidence In Libel Suit
• Firms Say Ex-Client Deserves Sanctions In Row Over $1M Deal
• Pittsburgh Corning Insurers Can't Nix Ch. 11 Asbestos Plan
• Takeda Shared Actos Cancer Data, Ex-FDA Official Testifies
• 3rd Circ. Hears Double Jeopardy Fears In Bribery Retrial
• Judge Again Slashes Antitrust Claims In Philly Firms' Ad Row
• Exec Gets 15 Months In EBay Insider Trading Case
• Court Asked To Sanction 'Kids For Cash' Atty Over Loan Docs