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Pennsylvania - February, 2015

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• Volvo Seeks Atty Sanctions In $5M Car Defect Class Action
• Ex-Hospice Exec. Indicted In Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Crown Says Travelers, Ace Should Pay Dump Cleanup Costs
• FTC To Face Grilling By 3rd Circ. Over Data Security Powers
• NFL Players Won't Take A Knee On Revised $765M Settlement
• Pa. Senate Democrats Unveil Liquor Privatization Alternative
• Pa. Gov. Urges Obama To Beef Up Oil Rail Transport Safety
• Public Defender Fired For Contesting Plea Program, Suit Says
• What Amazon Giveaway Means For Sweepstakes Laws
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Intervention Bid In Bad Faith Dispute
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Uber, Isle Of Capri, Kaufman
• Pa. House Again Passes Measure Privatizing Liquor Sales
• 3rd Circ. Keeps Carlyle Investor Battle In Delaware Court
• FedEx Discrimination Suit Shipped from Md. To Pa.
• Marshall Dennehey Can't Dodge Ex-Associate's ADA Claims
• Pa. Bill To Allow Online Gambling Introduced In House
• Philly School District, Union Sued Over Leave Arrangement
• 3rd Circ. Upholds $2.4M Award In Navy Subcontract Row
• Reed Smith Wants Mansion Fire Malpractice Row Arbitrated
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit IDT Suit Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
• Developer Urges Tax Court To OK $7M Facade Donation Claim
• Meat Co. Sues Tyson Over 'Park's Finest' Hot Dogs
• Philly Risperdal Verdict Spells Trouble For J&J
• PennEast's $1B Pipeline Plan Has Big Enviro Costs, FERC Told
• Uber Scoffs At Cabbies' Bid To Bar It From Philadelphia
• Union Boss Tries To Revive Pepper Hamilton Malpractice Suit
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Sanctions In Telecom Exec Bankruptcy
• Medical Marijuana Advocates Again Push For Pa. Bill
• Starbucks Wants Suit Over Inaccessible Parking Lots Roasted
• Data Collection Rule Repeal Will Help NJ Businesses
• Mylan Says $107M Verdict Should Stand In Generic Paxil Fight
• Ex-Employee Knocks Coca-Cola's Bid To Nix Data Breach Row
• 3rd Circ. Says Debt Collector's Ch. 11 Deal Not A Settlement
• Disbarred Atty Tells 3rd Circ. He Didn't Steal Clients' Cash
• Wal-Mart Uses SEC Criticism In 3rd Circ. Gun Sales Appeal
• Ultra Resources Dodges Suit Over 'Adjacent' Fracking Sites
• Full 3rd Circ. Won't Review Deepening Insolvency Ruling
• False Stories Require Damages For Harm, Pa. Justices Told
• Pa. Judge Axes EQT's $1.2M Fracking Spill Fine Challenge
• Philly Atty Says Offit Kurman Slandered Him As 'Mob Lawyer'
• Philly Condo Project Is Violating Easements, Suit Says
• J&J Hit With $2.5M Verdict In 1st Philly Risperdal Trial
• Comcast Ups Stock Buyback To $10B As TWC Merger Looms
• Accused Pa. AG Alleges Grand Jury Judge Has Personal Bias
• Philly Building Engineers Want Share Of $5M Verdict Axed
• Don't Forget About Publicity Rights In Estate Planning
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Christopher Lewis
• US Immigration Policy: Adventures In Fantasyland
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To ADEA Suit Standards
• Insurer's Contract Claim Survives In $11.5M Hotel Flood Suit
• HSH Nordbank Says RE Co. Destroyed Docs In $200M Suit
• Ruling Nixing NJ Power Incentives Should Stand, Utilities Say
• Pa. Horse Trainer Gets 6 Months Jail Time For Doping
• Ex-Pa. Gov. Chief Of Staff Joins Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
• High Court Denies Tax Case Over $2.6B Pa. Skyscraper Debt
• Pa. Justices Nix Recusal Bid In Ford Asbestos Appeal
• Pa. House Committee OKs Bill To Privatize Liquor Sales
• FirstEnergy Again Asks High Court To Eye $250M Rate Fight
• High Court Denies Cert. In Ameriprise Insider Trading Case
• Whistleblower Defends Fees Demand In $1.9M FCA Row
• After Withdrawal, Pa. High Court Likely To Stay Shorthanded
• This Week In Congress: Avoiding A DHS Funding Showdown
• 5th Circ. Judge Cleared In Alleged Racist Remarks Probe
• Hagens Berman Faces Call For Sanctions In Thalidomide Suit
• Fen-Phen Claimants Properly Denied Claims, Third Circ. Says
• Employers See Way To Blunt Impact Of Pa. Asbestos Ruling
• FTC Scores Win In $20M Telemarketing Scam Row
• 3rd Circ. Says AWP Whistleblower Relied On Public Info
• Sandusky Atty Charged With Stealing $535K From Clients
• First Philly Risperdal Mass Tort Case Heads To Jury
• In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
• Pa. High Court Won't Hear Fixodent Evidence Appeal
• Judge Won't Revisit Cut Claims In BofA Foreclosure Fee Suit
• DOJ And 7 Cos. Reach $5.9M Deal In EPA Fire Cleanup
• Fifth Third Strikes $3M Deal In Worker Misclassification Case
• Chevron Unit Hit With $3M Suit Over Pa. Shale Leases
• Pa. Justices Again Break From Pack On Energy Law
• Seneca Accuses Pa. Town Of Unlawfully Blocking Waste Well
• Zurich On Hook For IMS Health's Antitrust Defense
• Pa. Bills Push Utilities To Use Renewables, Conserve Gas
• Who Flips The Switch?
• Philly Lawyer's $1M Sanction On Hold By Appeals Court
• Citgo Shakes Insurance Claims In MTBE MDL
• FTC Defends Disgorgement Bid In Cephalon Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Sports Leagues Urge 3rd Circ. To Uphold Bar On NJ Gambling
• Pa. AG's Lawyer Calls Own Reported Leak 'Inadvertent'
• Chesapeake Hit With RICO Suit Over $5B Antitrust Scheme
• Pa. Supreme Court OKs Electronic Voting Machines
• Pelvic Mesh Plaintiffs Say Cases Can Be Heard In Philly
• Pa. Senate Passes Bill To Determine Charities' Tax Status
• Emails In Sandusky Whistleblower Case Privileged, PSU Says
• Pa. High Court Won't Let Cabot Extend Disputed Gas Lease
• 'Exact Contours' Is Key To NJ Sports Betting Appeal
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Simon Santiago
• Feds Urge Justices To Reject Coal Co.'s Jurisdiction Challenge
• Kohl's Sued Over 'Deceptive' Store Credit Card Program
• Ex-Oglebay Norton Unit Can't Dodge Asbestos Suit In Pa.
• DNC Gives Philly Firms Golden Networking Opportunity
• Asbestos Suits Against Crane Co. Time-Barred, Judge Says
• Ex-Pa. Treasurer Pleads Guilty To Attempted Extortion Charges
• Pa. Court Affirms Sanction Against White & Williams Atty
• Taj Mahal Union Tells 3rd Circ. CBA Wrongly Axed In Ch. 11
• Allstate Escapes EEOC Retaliation Suit In 3rd Circ.
• Arena GCs See Gambling As Sports Biz's Hot Legal Issue
• FTC Tells 3rd Circ. To Defer To Data Security Order
• Hanover Sues PwC, MoCo Over Botched $23M Grant Oversight
• Law Profs, Others Back Wal-Mart Investor In Gun Sale Fight
• Takeda Hit With $1.3M In Punitive Damages In Pa. Actos Case
• Big Pharma At FCA Crossroads, Philly US Atty Says
• Barrack Rodos Sued For Breaching Deal With Pa. Consultant
• Tire Recycling Giant Liberty Strikes Restructuring Deal
• FirstEnergy Escapes Suit Over Worker's Asbestos Exposure
• GCs On Notice After UniTek Privilege Ruling
• Gas Prices Lengthen Odds On Pa. Gov's Shale Tax Plan
• Philly Sick Leave Bill Could Make Regional Employers Ill
• Excess Insurer Accuses Zurich Unit Of Bad Faith In $36M Case
• Like Uber, Lyft Cleared To Operate In Pa. But Not Philly
• 3rd Circ. Won't Seal FBI Affidavit In Union Boss' Libel Case
• Takeda Hit With $2.3M Verdict In Philly Actos Case
• Ex-BNY Employee Pleads Guilty To $2.4M Embezzlement
• Publishing Agent Exits IP Suit Over Usher's 'Bad Girl'
• Dioceses Can't Stop ACA Contraception Mandate: 3rd Circ.
• Squire Patton Boggs Should Face ERISA Claims, Alliance Says
• Pa. Capital Plans Sewer System Upgrades To Settle CWA Suit
• Pa. Payday Lender Pays $10M To Settle Hidden Rates Claims
• Pa. Prosecutor's Office Escapes Age Discrimination Suit
• Jury Urged To Return Verdict Against Takeda In Actos Case
• Steak 'n Shake Parking Spots Are Too Steep, ADA Suit Says
• Big Tobacco Pushes Court To Chop Pa.'s Settlement Share
• Pa.'s New Gov. Unveils Shale Tax Plan To Fund Schools
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• Consol Unit Blasts Gas Royalty Suit In Pa. Appeals Court
• Judge Accepts Guilty Pleas In $29M Rite Aid Scheme
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Church Sues Philly Developer Over Failed Opera House Plans
• Nelson Brown Owes Ex-Attys Their Unpaid Bonuses, Suit Says
• Weil Gotshal Atty Scolded Over Witness In Risperdal Trial
• Keep $13M Bracewell Malpractice Suit In Court, 3rd Circ. Told
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• Pittsburgh Atty Pleads Guilty To Bogus Mortgage Scam
• Market Rumors: Ollie's, New Look, Ant Financial
• Pa. Bar Dings Judge Covey In High Court Recommendations
• Fed. Judge, Wife's Suit Over Sperm Bank Row Can Be Moved
• Feds Support Leagues In Appeal Over NJ Sports Betting Law
• Pa. Judge Blasts State Bar's Judicial Candidate Rating System
• The Case For Professionalizing Pro Bono Services
• Wyndham Asks 3rd Circ. To Disregard FTC Data Security Order
• J&J Not Prejudiced By New Risperdal Expert, Pa. Judge Says
• Pa. Axes Private Medicaid, Backs Traditional Expansion
• Ex-Kerns Pearlstine Partner Suspended After Assault Plea
• Pa. Judge Won't Strike $2M Actos Verdict Against Takeda
• Contracts Are Still King After Pa. Oil Drilling Case
• Top 10 Anti-Corruption Developments So Far This Year
• Pa. Court Revives Ex-CBS Anchor's Email Hacking Suit
• $95M Revel Sale Uncertain After 3rd Circ.'s Partial Stay
• Wal-Mart Investor Pushes For Oversight Of Gun Sales
• Mom Says She Only Learned Of Risperdal Risks Via Atty Ad
• GNC Latest Retailer Hit By Supplement Mislabeling Suit
• Pa. Judge Defends $1M Fine For Atty's Witness Instructions
• 3rd Circ. Says Kosovo Man Can't Get Asylum
• Dilworth Partner Diaz Backs Energy In Philly Mayoral Bid
• High Court Told Circuits Agree Courts Decide Class Arbitration
• 3rd Circ. Denies Disney Rights To Broad 3-D Patent License
• Pa. Justices To Mull Union Leader's Privacy Right In Libel Row
• Fresenius Nurses Wage Suit Axed Over Noncontract Handbook
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Challenging Asbestos Claim Limit
• US Gas Can't Shake Bait-And-Switch Class Action
• Hypothesis-Testing Patents Killed By Alice, Judge Rules
• Pa. AG Kane Urges Justices To Toss Grand Jury Probe
• NLRB Hits Au Bon Pain With Unfair Labor Practices Suit
• Pennsylvania Gov. Nominates Judge, Academic To High Court
• Pa. Congressman's Son Can't Duck Federal Fraud Charges
• Pa. Court Rules Against Cigna In ERISA Coverage Fight
• Philly Union Leader Says Jurors Tainted Racketeering Trial
• Penn. Gaming Control Board Fines 3 Casinos For Misconduct
• Pa. Rep. Wants To Bar Lyft, Uber From Philly Suburbs
• NJ Just Set The Standard For Health Data Protection Laws
• Bipartisan Group Unveils Pa. Shale Drilling Tax Plan
• Reed Smith Accused Of Malpractice In $20M Insurance Deal
• NFL Judge's Hands-On Role Sets Tone For Concussion Fights
• FTC To Get 1st Solo Crack At Cephalon Pay-For-Delay Claims
• Pa. House Panel OKs Bill To Raise Judicial Retirement Age
• J&J Can't Get Mistrial Over Risperdal Expert, Pa. Judge Says
• SEC Sues Pa. Man For Nationwide Merger Insider Trading
• United National Loses Coverage Bid In Cleanup Cost Row
• Pa. Turnpike Commission Files $45M Suit Against Contractor
• Philly Settles $6M Airport Construction Contract Suit
• Pa. Gov. Says He Has Power To Fire Open Records Chief
• Hedge Fund Blasts FERC Manipulation Accusations
• Cravath Guides Mylan's $800M Female Health Care Assets Buy
• 5 Tips For Lasting Law Firm Success
• NJ Atty Owes Stolen Funds In Bankruptcy, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Wolf Run's Coal Shortfall Bars Price-Rehaggling With Utility
• Pa. Treasurer To Plead Guilty To Donor Extortion Charges
• Third Circuit Judge Rendell To Assume Senior Status In July
• Judge Slams Drinker Biddle, Weil's Bid To Bar Risperdal Expert
• NFL Concussion Judge Wants Changes To $765M Settlement
• Takeda Expert Says Actos Didn't Cause Man's Bladder Cancer
• Pa. Employer Liability Exclusion Case May Impact O&G Cos.
• Did Pa.'s High Court Just Open The Class Action Door?
• An Update On USPTO's Patent Pro Bono Initiative
• Pa. Court Clarifies Actavis Rule-Of-Reason Analysis