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Pennsylvania - December, 2014

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• Greenwich Gets Counterclaims Pared In Gas Explosion Suit
• Capeco Blast Co-Defendant Takes Coverage Row To Justices
• SIFMA Asks 3rd Circ. To Rethink Venue For Short-Sale Spat
• Radian Inks $810M Sale Of Bond Insurance Biz To AGC
• Goodyear Not Barred From Aggregating Asbestos Claims
• Pa. En Banc Panel Boots $14.5M Asbestos Verdict
• Pa. Fines Drilling Co. $1M For Landslide, Waste Dumping
• Pa. Court Says Conrail Can Keep Suit Over Spill In NJ
• J&J Penalties Help US Atty's Office Pull In $2.3B In FY 2014
• UGI Unit Plans $150M Marcellus Gas Pipeline
• Class Action Challenges New Pa. Medicaid Assignments Plan
• Judge Axes Philly Airport Advertising Rules
• Pa. Hospital Will Pay $650K To Settle Gov't Fraud Claims
• Pa. Damages Law Prevails In UK Helicopter Crash Suit
• 3rd Circ. Told NJ Gay Conversion Ban Thwarts Parental Choice
• Ex-Philly Traffic Court Judge Hit With Ethics Complaint
• Starwood Sells Philly Airport Hotel Complex In $30M Deal
• Pa. Court Upholds Post-Merger Asbestos Liability Cap
• Ford Roof Defect Suit Can't Get Past Pa. En Banc Panel
• Pa. Justices Won't Discipline Ex-Philly Traffic Court Judge
• Pa. Woman Sues Uber Over Altercation With Philly Driver
• Pennsylvania Appeals Court OKs $12M PPL Power Line
• Pepper Hamilton To Fight Discovery Order In Penn State Row
• Trending In 3rd Circ.: Motions To Strike Class Allegations
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Bankruptcy Attys, Trustees Back Baker Botts' Meta-Fee Bid
• NJ Asks High Court to Review Power Plant Subsidies Denial
• Retiring Pa. Chief Justice Pegs Legacy On Fracking Decision
• Reckitt Asks Judge To Again Consider Axing Suboxone Suit
• FERC Approves $607M Leidy Gas Pipeline Project
• Tracking State Data Protection Enforcement In 2014
• Teva, Pliva Ask High Court To Weigh Pa. Reglan Preemption
• Report Clears Remaining Pa. Justices In Porn Email Scandal
• $450M Live! Casino License Faces Pa. High Court Challenge
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Life Term For NJ Atty In Witness Murder Plot
• Kogan Trichon Breached Office Lease Deal, Pa. Judge Says
• Rohm & Haas Settles Ill. Cancer Cluster Toxic Tort In Pa.
• Former Rite Aid VP Cops To $15M Kickback Scheme Lies
• Pa. Court Won't Reconsider Sandusky Probe Privilege Ruling
• Pa. PUC OKs Experimental License For Lyft Outside Philly
• Philly Housing Agency Can't Nix Ex-Labor Atty's Firing Claim
• NJ High Court Concurs With Pa. In Suspending Disgraced Atty
• FERC Seeks $30M In Hedge Fund, Trader Manipulation Fines
• 3rd Circ. Greenlights Sanctions Bid In Veggie Contract Row
• 3rd Circ. Won't Undo Injunction On Euro-Pro Steam Claims
• PennDOT Corruption Investigation Snares 10
• RadioShack Shells Out $700K To Settle OT Class Action
• Kline And Specter Take On Philly's Plaintiff-Friendly Rep
• Pa. High Court Won't Touch AIG Titeflex Coverage Ruling
• Pa. Lawmaker To Float 5% Gas Severance Tax Bill
• Outgoing Pa. Rep. Jim Gerlach Joins Venable in DC
• Ex-Obermayer Client's Fee Breach Ruling Upheld By Pa. Court
• Pa. Court Says Obama Immigration Action Is Unconstitutional
• 3rd Circ. Upholds IRS Win In Fight Over Offshore Cos.
• Cozen Nabs Pa. High Court Reversal On Pol's Forgiven Debt
• Pa. Gives Class Actions Warm Welcome In Wal-Mart Ruling
• Two Pa. State Lawmakers Charged In Bribery Sting
• Insureds Can Assign Bad Faith Claims, Pa. Justices Say
• Insurers Want Adjuster's $12M Hurricane Ike Claims Bounced
• Pa. Supreme Court Affirms $187M Wal-Mart Wage Verdict
• Pa. Liquor Board Passes ADA Buck to Property Owners
• Pa. Coal Co. Asks High Court To Review Jurisdiction Ruling
• Pa. Court Favors Enterprise In Consumer Protection Appeal
• FTC Urges Court Not To Nix AbbVie Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Ex-Philly Traffic Court Official Gets 24 Months In Scandal
• Pa. Rental Firm Sees Appeal Quashed In $20M Coverage Case
• Year In Review: 2014 State And Local Employment Laws
• Bitcoin Mining Hardware Co. Can't Ax Customer Class Action
• Elsevier Loses Bid To Pump Up $1.5M Award In Copyright Trial
• Constitutional Attack On Pa. Bar Reciprocity Rule Rebuffed
• XTO Began Gas Well Site Work Without Permits, Pa. DEP Says
• SEC Asks 3rd Circ. To Uphold Whistleblower Protections
• KKR Joins With United Water For Pa. Infrastructure Project
• Pa. Urges 3rd Circ. To Uphold Fracking Trade Secret Rule
• Pa. High Court To Clarify Noncompete Restrictions
• Pa. Transit Agency Slaps Gilead With Price-Gouging Suit
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive Google Browser Tracking MDL
• Patent Suit Implicating Pitt In Stealing Vaccine Tossed
• 3rd Circ. Questions NLRB Ruling Upending Engineer's Firing
• Residents Of Burned-Out Philly Apartment Win $4.75M Deal
• Haines & Associates Resolves Rent Dispute With Landlord
• Suit Says Philly Firm Billed Trusts To Rep Scammer
• Enviros Get Partial Win In PPG Pollution Row
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Uphold Arbitration In Alcoa Suit
• Corrupt Ex-Pa. State Sen. Jane Orie Disbarred
• Insurer Data Breach Suit Gets 2nd Shot At Cert.
• Lax Data Practices Aren't 'Unfair,' Wyndham Tells 3rd Circ.
• Disgraced Atty Can't Ax Firm's Assault On Arbitration Award
• DOL Recovers $4.5M In Wages For Pa., W.Va. Gas Workers
• Ex-SemGroup CEO Asks 3rd Circ. To Nix Investor Fraud Suit
• Drunken Drivers Can't Bring BAC Tester Claims, 3rd Circ. Says
• Porn Industry Asks 3rd Circ. To Kill Record-Keeping Regs
• Stan Lee Media Blasts Disney Fee Bid In Spider-Man Row
• 3rd Circ. Skips A Second Round In Drink Price Class Action
• Insurer Disavows Contractor Behind Fatal Philly Collapse
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Revival Of Genaera Investor Suit
• NCAA Can't Get Ruling on PSU 'Duress' In Sanctions Fight
• No Sanctions For Anapol Schwartz In Gay Bias Suit
• Pa. Town's Biased Regs Shut Out New Mosque, Suit Says
• Philly Firm Says It Was Defamed In Malpractice Complaint
• Recusal Bid Derided As Do-Over Ploy In Lease Royalty Fight
• Rice Energy's MLP Fine-Tunes $500M IPO Plans
• TD Ameritrade Worker Suit Subject To Arbitration: 3rd Circ.
• High Court Asked To Overturn Tax Debt For Failed Skyscraper
• Military Contractor Owes $389M For Food, Water Overcharges
• 3rd Circ. Deep-Sixes DOL Wage Guidance In H-2B Battle
• Ex-NJ Deputy Mayor Wants High Court To Overturn Conviction
• Foes Of NJ 'Conversion Therapy' Ban Seek High Court Review
• Ex-Pa. Judge Pulls Out Of Plea Deal Under Pension Threat
• DHS Technologies To Pay $1.9M To Settle FCA Claims
• Senate Confirms Judges To Fed. Claims, Ky. And Pa. Benches
• Hagens Berman May Face Sanctions In Pa. Thalidomide Cases
• Philly Building Collapse Plaintiffs Resist Judge's Recusal
• Rep. Marino Tapped To Become New House Antitrust Chair
• Nursing Home Co. Hit With FLSA Suit Over Uniform Policy
• Tips For Managing E-Discovery In State Courts
• Death Of PGW Sale Won't Stop Philly Energy Hub, Experts Say
• Reckitt Can't Escape Antitrust Case Over 'Product-Hopping'
• Ex-Traffic Judge Gets 2 Years In Philly Ticket Scandal
• Sirius To Pay $3.8M To Settle 44-State False-Ad Suit
• Justices Asked To Weigh Robert Half Class Arbitration Fight
• Johnson Controls Retirees Nail Class Cert. In Benefits Row
• CFTC Punishes Alleged Forex Fraud Operator
• Pa. Courts Get Updated Reporting, Transcription Standards
• May State And Local Gov'ts Control Low-Flying Drones?
• A New Era Of Simplified M&A In Pennsylvania
• Payroll Firm Trustee Wants IRS To Return Payments
• Winthrop Sells Philly Building For $85M Amid Liquidation
• Ex-Traffic Judge Gets 18 Months For Ticket-Fixing Scheme
• Senate Confirms Cozen Atty, 2 Others To Pa., Ky. Bench
• Pa. High Court Won't Hear Asbestos Suits Transfer Appeal
• NJ Lawmakers Ask FERC To Sink PennEast Pipeline
• NFL Players, Families Look To Sack $800M Concussion Deal
• NLRB Slaps Philly Hospital With Union Suppression Complaint
• Pa. Officials Call PSU 'Duress' A Nonissue In NCAA Fight
• Machine Co. CEO Gets Probation In Iran Smuggling Case
• Pa. PUC Can Bar Release Of PPL Inquiry Docs, Court Says
• And Now A Word From The Panel: End Of An Era
• FERC Greenlights $683M Gas Pipeline Project In Pa., NY
• Southwestern Pays $300M For Pa. Marcellus Gas Assets
• Cabot Fined For Pa. Storage Tank Explosion, Spill
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Cahill Gordon Asbestos Doc Case
• Medicaid Subcontractor Rates Not IP, Pa. Justices Told
• Pa. Enviros Challenge County's XTO Drilling Permit
• NFL Concussion Plaintiffs Improper As Class Reps: Group
• NJ Senator Floats Bill To Halt $1B PennEast Pipeline
• Aetna Accuses Highmark Of Improperly Axing Contracts
• White And Williams Lost Evidence From Philly Fire, Suit Says
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• Quakers' Insurer Sues Pa. Ironworkers Union Over Vandalism
• Ford, Automakers Ask JPML To Move Air Bag Suits To Pa.
• Transit Agency Can't Use Falsity As Defense For Rejecting Ads
• Philly Mayor Warms To Paid Sick Leave
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• Reed Smith Can't End Auto Dealer's $25M Malpractice Suit
• EEOC, Maxim Settle Suit Over Refusal To Hire Man With HIV