Pennsylvania Archive » January, 2015

Pennsylvania - January, 2015

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• Class Allegations Nixed In Suit Over Pa. GenOn Power Plant
• Latham's Shake Shack IPO Grabs Spotlight Amid Busy Week
• Pa. Treasurer Admits To Strong-Arming Potential Donors
• Pa. Supreme Court Disbars Philly Atty For Abandoning Clients
• CMS Extends Bans On New Providers In 6 States
• Risperdal Judge Warns J&J Over Introducing FDA Docs
• Nelson Brown Hit With Suit Over NJ Office Lease Breach
• The 1st FCPA Case Of 2015
• FDA Accused Of Helping J&J Cover Up Risperdal Data
• 3rd Circ. Joins Effort To Construe Morrison
• Pa. Treasurer Resigns Amid Possible Fed. Campaign Probe
• FTC's Provigil Pay-For-Delay Suit Passes Actavis Test: Judge
• Tylenol Liver-Damage MDL Bellwether Gets June Trial Date
• J&J Tried To Obscure Risperdal Risks, Ex-FDA Chief Says
• NJ Beach Town Plans Thwarted By Conspiracy, Promoter Says
• Uber Gets 2-Year Pa. License After Compliance Plan OK'd
• Wendy's Settles ADA Wheelchair Access Claims
• Pa. Gov. Revives Gas Leasing Ban In State Parks
• Hershey Dips Into Meat Snacks Industry With Jerky Maker Buy
• Weathering Winter Storm Juno With Roof Collapse Coverage
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Union Pacific Wins Toss Of Insurers' Suit Over Okla. Crash
• 3rd Circ. Shuts Down IDT Suit Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
• Ex-FDA Chief Says J&J Knew Adolescent Risperdal Risks
• Giants Accused Of Playing Forum Games In Memorabilia Suit
• Bar Deems 5 Pa. High Court Hopefuls 'Highly Recommended'
• Hagens Berman Didn't Verify Thalidomide Claim, Court Told
• Pa. Senate Approves Gas Leaseholder Protection Bills
• Pa. Justices To Decide If Gas Rights Were Forfeited In 1935
• Effexor Plaintiffs Want To Drop 40% Of Suits From MDL
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2014 JPML Practice Trends
• J&J, Bristol-Myers Get AWP Claims Nixed In Pa. Court
• EEOC Says MacLean Bolsters Bid To Revive Allstate Suit
• NJ Settles Dispute Over Zoning Law That Blocked Mosque
• Ford Rips Bid To Recuse All Pa. Justices In Asbestos Row
• High Court Fundraising Case Could Hinder Pa. Judicial Reform
• Attack On Pa. Bar Reciprocity Rule Won't Get 2nd Look
• Pa. Bill Would Allow Integration Of Multiple Gas Leases
• New Medical Marijuana Plan Sparked In Pa.
• How To Develop Alongside Endangered Species In Pa.
• Pa. Superior Court Should Change Its Publishing Policy
• Tyco Sues Fire Safety Rival For Stealing Employees, Secrets
• 3rd Circ. OKs Sanctions In Telecom Exec.'s Bankruptcy
• Fired Pa. Open Records Chief, Senate GOP Caucus Sue Gov.
• Downey Financial Gets $370M Refund In FDIC Fight: 3rd Circ.
• J&J Didn't Warn Of Risperdal Breast-Growth Risk, Jury Told
• Wal-Mart Gun Appeal Could Unleash Shareholder Fights
• Convicted 'Kids for Cash' Atty Disbarred In Pa.
• Expert In Zoloft MDL Was Properly Excluded, Judge Says
• Nifty Fifty's CPA Pleads Guilty In $15M Tax Fraud Scheme
• Nelson Brown Drops Fee Fight With Ex-Subrogation Attys
• Ex-Rohm & Haas Worker's Retaliation Trial Begins In Philly
• 2nd Pa. Atty Disbarred Over Role In Annuities Scheme
• Effexor Buyers To Join 3rd Circ. Appeal Against Wyeth, Teva
• J&J's Risperdal Caused Boy's Breast Growth, Philly Jury Told
• DHS Technologies Scoffs At Attys' Fee Request In FCA Row
• Pa. High Court Win Won't Guarantee End To Kane Charges
• Mintz Levin Snatches NY Partner From Troubled Nelson Brown
• Koppers Delays $400M Notes Offering, Citing Volatile Market
• Aaron's Spyware Class Members Can Be ID'd, 3rd Circ. Told
• Pro Athletes Demand $8.5M Ponzi Dispute Award Be Paid Up
• Debt Collector Beats Class Claims In FDCPA, TCPA Suit
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• 3rd Circ. Nixes NJ Cop's Free Speech Retaliation Suit
• Judge OKs Revised $35M Toys R Us Settlement
• New Docs Counter Pa. AG's Claims Of No Leak Violations
• Pa. Justices To Mull Atty Fees In Contractor Payment Rows
• Trade Groups Attack Wal-Mart Shareholder's Gun Sales Vote
• Wolf's DEP Pick Heralds Uptick In Pa. Drilling Enforcement
• Plaintiffs Pick Test Case In Zimmer Knee Implant MDL
• Pa. Oil And Gas Royalty Bills Clear Senate Committee
• Philly Judge Gets 2 Years Following Corruption Plea
• SEC Accuses Ex-Capital One Analysts Of Insider Trading
• Can Consumers Waive Right To Revoke Consent Under TCPA?
• LabMD Says Tiversa Misled FTC With Data Breach Claims
• LLC Damage Claims Barred From Rohm & Haas Title VII Trial
• Grand Jury Recommends Charges Against Pa. AG
• Fox Rothschild Nabs Flaster Greenberg RE Veteran For Philly
• Penn State's Bad Faith Claim Survives In Sandusky Row
• Ford Fights Asbestos Row As Mechanic Seeks Justice Recusal
• Philly Xarelto Suits Combined Into Mass Tort Program
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Conviction for $55M Stock Fraudster
• BNY Mellon Sued Over Foreclosure On Army Reservist's Home
• Actos Was Pa. Man's Biggest Bladder Cancer Risk, Expert Says
• Wrestlers Smack WWE With Suit Over Brain Injuries
• 6 Ways Technology Hobbles Attorney Efforts To Recruit Clients
• Spark Eyes $108M IPO As Slew Of Life Science Cos. Set Terms
• Philly Ironworkers Boss Found Guilty In 'Shadow Gang' Case
• Pa. Bill Would OK Probing Judges During Criminal Inquiries
• Suboxone Buyers Urge Court Against Reckitt's Recon Bid
• Biz Owners Say Pepper Hamilton Counsel Hurting Their Shares
• 3rd Circ. Won't Reconsider Remand Of Short-Sale Suit
• Pa. High Court Accepts Convicted Ex-Justice's Resignation
• Penn State, NCAA Settle Row Over Sandusky Consent Decree
• Philly Union Boss Awaits Verdict In 'Shadow Gang' Case
• Board Wants To Boot Pa. Judge For Unlicensed Shoe Store
• Pa. Paying $49M For Giving Ineligible Immigrants Medicaid
• Scandal-Plagued Pa. High Court Gears Up For Wide-Open Race
• NJ Gov Asks 3rd Circ. To Endorse New Sports Betting Laws
• Fracking Bans May Trigger Civil Authority Coverage After All
• Effexor Buyers To Take Antitrust Suit To 3rd Circ.
• Wal-Mart Takes Aim At Shareholder Bid To Limit Gun Sales
• REBUTTAL: Pa. Coverage Law Hasn't Traveled Back To '80s
• Bad Faith Suits Poised To Rise After Pa. Assignment Ruling
• 3rd Circ. Revives Ex-Pa. Public Defender's Retaliation Suit
• Pa. Sen. Wants Drillers To Disclose Landowner Liability
• Expert Links Actos To Bladder Cancer In Philly Trial
• McGuireWoods Nabs Pa. M&A Pro From Buchanan Ingersoll
• NJ Racing Group Tells 3rd Circ. Leagues Hypocrites On Betting
• Bank Of America Hit With RICO Reinsurance Kickback Suit
• Marshall Dennehey Nabs Post & Schell Atty For Appeals Role
• Latham & Watkins Settles Trade Secret, Contract Claims
• Pa. Gov.-Elect Taps Former Agency Brass For Enviro Posts
• Nelson Brown Losing 4 More NY Partners
• Ex-Penn State Head Can't Duck Charges In Sandusky Cover-Up
• Cabot Oil Dodges Bulk Of Pa. Drilling Pollution Suit
• Pa. High Court To Review Foreclosure-Related Atty Fees
• Defunct Co. Can't Claim Atty-Client Privilege, Pa. Court Says
• A Shift In Discoverability Of Litigation Hold Notices?
• Ex-Philly Judge Gets 20 Months In Ticket-Fixing Scheme
• Actos Caused Consumer's Bladder Cancer, Philly Jury Hears
• EEOC Asks 3rd Circ. To Save Allstate Retaliation Suit
• Drivers Challenge Trucking Co.'s Ch. 11 Deal In 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Faces Second Class Action Over Medicaid Changes
• NCAA's Federal Fight Over $60M Penn State Fine Shut Down
• PSU Slams Insurer's Bid To Ax Sandusky Coverage Claim
• Thomas Thomas & Hafer Wants Expert's Defamation Suit Axed
• State Farm Hid Evidence From Own Attys, Doctor Says
• Eisai Pushes 3rd Circ. To Revive Sanofi Antitrust Suit
• NJ Muslims Tell 3rd Circ. NYPD Spying Rooted In Bias
• Crowell & Moring Partner Tapped To Head Pa. Insurance Dept.
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Conviction Of Scripps Family Fraudster
• Pa. Utility Regulators To Review PGW Gas Pipeline Safety
• Pa. Court Tightens Notification Requirements For Tax Sales
• K&L Gates Hires Outgoing Pa. Gov. Legislative Adviser
• US Rep. Asks 3rd Circ. To Nix Google Email Warrant
• Pa. Court Denies Access To Judge's Email In Sandusky Probe
• Five Below Kept Mum On Execs' Exit To Bump Stock, Suit Says
• New Pa. High Court Should Rethink Fracking, PUC Chair Says
• 2 Pa. Lawmakers Want AG Fired Amid Grand Jury Rumors
• Pa. Senators Seek To Void Local Paid Sick Leave Laws
• Pa. Rep. Again Aims To Raise Municipal Tort Liability Cap
• Pa. Open Records Czar Heads To Pepper Hamilton
• Post & Schell CEO Steps Down After 14 Years
• REIT Says Shoddy Info Dooms $465M Pa. Casino Deal
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• 4 Noncompete Cases You Might Have Overlooked In 2014
• Pa. Ruling On Parks Drilling Weakens Enviro Amendment
• Plaintiffs Can Introduce New Expert In Zoloft MDL, Judge Says
• Grand Jury Suggests Charges Against Pa. AG For Info Leak
• S&T Bank, Interstate Hotels, CFP Board Add GCs
• Genesis Hit With Suit Over No-Notice Background Checks
• Pa. Gov-Elect Names Ahmad Zaffarese Atty To GC Post
• Zappos Inks Multistate Data Breach Settlement
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono, US And Abroad
• Trade Secrets And 3rd Parties: Litigation Traps To Avoid
• 2015 To See More AG-Led Multistate Enforcement Actions
• Honeywell Wants Alarm Distributor's Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Heinz's Objections To Packaging Suit Don't Cut The Mustard
• Duane Morris Hit With FMLA Suit Over Staffer's Firing
• 3rd Circ. Agrees $50M Suit Against Nestle Doesn't Hold Water
• PNC Can't Lean On Nixed BofA Case To Duck Kickback Suit
• A NY Practitioner's Guide To Interstate Discovery
• 3rd Circ. Urged To OK Limits On Doctors' Use Of Fracking Info
• Pa. Court Axes Enviro Challenge To State Park Gas Leases
• Pa. High Court Severely Limits Multiple Trigger Theory
• Fracking Bans Don't Trigger Civil Authority Coverage
• Ex-Allstate Workers Can't Stop Clock On Claims Over Release
• Owners Of Philly Office Tower Seek Ch. 11 Protection
• Blank Rome Opens Pittsburgh Office With Duane Morris Pack
• Endo TCPA Suit Paused While FCC Mulls Solicited Fax Regs
• Pa. Settles Lawsuit Over Treatment Of Mentally Ill Inmates
• Philly Ironworkers Chief Knew Of 'Nightwork,' Member Says
• Pa. Consultant Accused Of $3.5M Foreign Bribery Plot
• Activist Knocks PREIT Mall Sale Plan, Urges Bigger Move
• Ex-Philly Traffic Court Judge Wants Back Pay, Hearing
• GNC Legal Chief Rejoins McGuireWoods After 7-Year Absence
• 7 Takeaways From Pa. High Court's Tort Revamp
• City, State And Federal Actions On Minimum Wage In 2014
• CVS Slapped With OT Suit By Pa. Pharmacists
• Pa. Judge Faces Misconduct Charges Over Arrests
• Pa. Judge Resists Testifying In 'Kids For Cash' Trial
• Pa. AG Defends Ruling Snubbing Tobacco Settlement Cut
• Ardian Scoops Up $1.8B Portfolio From Pa. Pension Fund
• Morris & Clemm Tried To Force Unearned Fee, Pa. Court Says
• Ex-Philly Traffic Judge Gets 1-Year Probation For Ticket-Fixing
• 3rd Circ. Chief Says Philly Has Transformed On Corruption
• Trial Begins In Pa. Ironworkers Leader 'Shadow Gang' Case
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• Pa. Environmental Enforcement Will Increase Under Wolf
• NFL Concussion Deal's Early OK Not Reviewable: 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Judge Retires Amid Mismanagement, Tampering Claims
• Pa. Court Upholds Win For Liquor Store Manager With PTSD
• Philly Judge Nixes Recusal Bid In Building Collapse Suit
• Pa. Justices Tighten Rules For Attys Investing Client Funds
• Pennsylvania Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2015
• Atty Recently Named Partner At Pa. Firm BMZ May Be a Fake
• Judge Rejects Fraud Appeal by Le-Nature's Convicted Ex-CEO
• Nelson Brown Loses Recently Hired Operations Director
• Pennsylvania Cases To Watch In 2015
• Ex-Highmark Officials Can't Challenge Profits, Court Says
• Pa. Justices Snub Grand Jury Secrecy Appeal In Records Row
• GlaxoSmithKline Atty Suspended For 6 Months For M&A Work
• Enviros Ask FERC To Revisit Pa., NY Gas Pipeline Approval
• Pa. Gov.'s ACA Medicaid Expansion Plan Goes Into Effect
• 2015: Judiciary, Lawyers And Law Schools At The Precipice