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Pennsylvania - August, 2016

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• Egg Buyers Fail To Crack Expert Testimony In Antitrust MDL
• Lyft Trip Data Not Proprietary, Pennsylvania Court Affirms
• Spurned Partners Want $370M Philly Hotel Spat Revived
• Ex-NFLer Seeks High Court Review Of Concussion Deal
• Pa. Court To Eye Bad-Faith Standard In Cancer Coverage Row
• Pa. Court Urged To Revive Lundy Beldecos Malpractice Claim
• 'Dance Moms' Star's Sentencing Delayed Over 3rd Circ. Case
• Reconciling The Practice With The Business Of Law
• 3rd Circ. Finds No Union Violations On The Waterfront
• Facebook Records Admissible In Child Porn Case: 3rd Circ.
• Bruce Beemer Confirmed As New Pa. AG
• Dilworth Adds White Collar Pro, Ex-Fed. Prosecutor In Philly
• Philly Cab Cos. Sue City Over Uber, Lyft 'Favoritism'
• Toxic Tort Suit Not Barred By $5B Tronox Deal, 2nd Circ. Told
• FERC OKs $210M Dominion Gas Expansion Project
• Builder Can Be Liable To Secondary Buyer, Pa. Court Says
• Challenging No-Injury Class Actions In State Court
• A Special Master's Role In Hospital Merger Cases
• REBUTTAL: Establishing Standards And Norms In Mediation
• Benecard 3rd Circ. Win Is Latest Setback For Hack Victims
• Insurer Fights Delay In Stevens & Lee Coverage Suit
• Kraft-Heinz Accuses Distributor of $1M Fraud Scheme
• 3rd Circ. Says Court Can't Hear Immigrant Families' Petitions
• Residents Face Uphill Fight In Pa. Navy Contamination Suits
• NJ Gas Co. Urges Approval Of PennEast Pipeline Project
• Mondelez Ends Pursuit Of $22.8B Hershey Buyout
• Class Attys' Fee Bid Halved In Oil Co. Benefits Suit
• Funding Litigation And Treatment: Leveling The Playing Field?
• Atty's Insurer Only Liable For $500K In Malpractice Suit
• US Steel Gets $5.5M Verdict Chopped In Disability Suit
• Lexington Pushes For Win In Pitt Construction Coverage Row
• Third-Party Payors Say GSK Skews Avandia Claims
• Health Hires: K&L Gates, Pharma Trade Org, Tucker Ellis
• Ex-Pa. Judge Hit With Ethics Charges For Mismanaging Court
• Group Wants Out Of 'Irrational' ACA Birth Control Mandate
• Globus Investor Suit Lacked 'Factual Allegations,' Judge Says
• Defining Attorney-Client Relationships In The Electronic Age
• Pa. Fracking Hopeful Says Court Should Weigh Well Block
• Pa. Drug Investigators Fight Release Of Porn Email Report
• Alleged Sandusky Victim Can't Pursue Private Criminal Case
• Pa. Judge Urged To Preserve Coverage For Building Collapse
• Feds Urge 3rd Circ. To Deny Rehearing Bid In Menendez Case
• NLRB Rules It Has Jurisdiction Over NY, PA Charter Schools
• 3rd Circ. Shuts Down Class Action Over Benecard Data Breach
• Philly Controller Faces Slander Suit Over 'Slush Fund' Claim
• Judicial Ethics Case Could Help Rehab Pa. Bench's Reputation
• Potato Chip Maker To Pay $2M To Settle Drivers' OT Suit
• FTC Wins Access To AndroGel Docs In AbbVie Antitrust Suit
• Insurer Calls Bid To Toss Trade-Secrets Suit A Contradiction
• 4 Reasons Law Firm Business Development Initiatives Fail
• What Happens When A State Runs Out Of Money?
• Galerman Fee Award Reversed In Dispute With Ex-Atty
• Ex-L'Oreal Atty Says Whistleblowing Rules Same For Lawyers
• Ex-Pa. Charter School CEO Pleads Guilty To Tax Conspiracy
• Pa. Top Court Will Mull Bid To Recuse Entire County Bench
• Pa. Student Loan Agency Must Face FLSA Suit, Judge Rules
• Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa Sued Over Concert Railing Collapse
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear NY Housing Authority Asbestos Claims
• Star Witness In Fattah Corruption Case Gets Probation
• 3rd Circ. Backs Bigger Damages For Infringement Of Rare Pics
• Conflicting Courts On Neutral Canons
• US Navy Hit With First Suit Over Pa. Base Contamination
• Order Keeping Building Collapse Case In Philly Challenged
• No Sanctions For Atty's 'Fanciful, Farfetched' FCRA Claims
• Cinven Shells Out $1.4B For PE-Backed BioClinica
• Philly's Restriction On Airport Ads Tossed By 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Regulators Slap CNX With Pipeline Construction Fines
• Wendy's Seeks To Exit Data Breach Aftermath Suit
• Cohen Seglias Faces DQ Bid In Pa. Contractor RICO Suit
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Activists' Bid To Join Fracking Fight
• Pa. State Rep. Calls For Suit Over Navy Base Contamination
• Pa. Regulator, Carriers Defend FCC Network Transition Rules
• From BigLaw To Your Own Firm: 4 Tips For Legal Startups
• BofA Collection Firm Unjustly Enriched By Suits: Consumer
• 3rd Circ. Says Cooper Tire Merger Suit Rightly Tossed
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of FINRA Arbitration Suit
• Siemens Wants Ex-Worker To Return 'Misappropriated' Docs
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Pa. Atty's Suit Over E-Filing Program
• NJ Town Fired Atty For No Reason, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Goodman Beats Class Cert. In $803M AC Defect Suit
• US Seeks Trial In Sex Bias Suit Over Pa. State Police Tests
• 3 Companies Reboot IPO Pipeline With $255M In New Filings
• 4 Communications Fundamentals For High-Stakes Litigation
• Uber Scores Toss Of $1.5M Suit By Philly Taxi Co.
• No Quick Win For Tyson, Hillshire In IP Suit At 3rd Circ.
• Sports Betting In Hands Of Congress After Court Fight Fails
• MLB Clears 2 Amid Controversy Over Doping Report
• Ratner & Prestia Ducks Malpractice Claim Over Telecom Case
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Gibson, Mayer Brown
• Builders Can't Appeal Dismissal In Drywall Antitrust MDL
• CORRECTED: Chipotle Didn't Violate Labor Law By Asking Worker To Delete Tweets: NLRB
• Ex-Prosecutors To Push Libel Suits At Kane, Philly Paper
• J&J Fights $500K Risperdal Verdict At Pa. Appeals Court
• Pa. Court Urged To OK Punitives In Workplace Shooting Suit
• NY Daily News Asks 3rd Circ. To Affirm Libel Suit Dismissal
• 5 States With Gas Royalty Fights Worth Watching
• Risk Management Tips For Attys Serving As Local Counsel
• Health Plan Leader Gets Reprieve In $4.7M ERISA Row
• 3rd Circ. Says Pa. Can Hear 3 Sailors' Asbestos Suits
• Union Boss' Libel Suit Revival Bid Nixed By Pa. High Court
• Stevens & Lee Seeks Pause In Malpractice Policy Suit
• Lamb McErlane Beats Bid To Revive Pa. Malpractice Suit
• Pa. Gov. Taps IG For AG Post After Kane Conviction
• NJ Hospital's Antitrust Suit Flatlines At 3rd Circ.
• Flintkote Owes For Property Contamination, 3rd Circ. Told
• Bar Code 'Benign' In Debt Collection Class Action, Court Says
• Menendez Urges 3rd Circ. To Reconsider Corruption Charges
• Eli Lilly Subsidiary Gets $3.9M In Fees Under Octane Ruling
• Pa. Clinic, Docs Ink FCA Settlement Over False Billings
• Gas Producer Agrees To $1M Pa. Air Quality Fine
• Ex-Sandusky Atty Gets Up To 18 Years For Client Fund Theft
• Dusek Doesn't Bar Merck Investors' Claims, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Real Estate Rumors: Gemdale, Stellar, Oak Tree Capital
• BB&T Dodges Pa. Atty's Suit Over Line Of Credit
• Ex-Pa. Judge Barred From Future Office For Fixing DUI Case
• Beware The 'Standard' Mediation Confidentiality Agreement
• Pipeline Co. Backs FERC OK Of $607M Expansion Project
• Penn State Loses Stay Bid In Ex-Coach's Whistleblower Suit
• Hot Dog Co. Fights Tyson, Hillshire Bid To End IP Suit Appeal
• Marijuana Status Quo Maintained: What's Next?
• The Shifting Junction Of Trade Secret Law And Noncompetes
• Tronox Deal Bars Toxic Tort Suit, Kerr-McGee Tells 2nd Circ.
• Suboxone Maker Says Docs Are Withheld In Product-Hop MDL
• Insurer, Shipping Co. Duel Over NJ Justices' Policy Ruling
• Ambit Energy Tells 3rd Circ. It Had Freedom To Hike Rates
• Kane's Unfair Prosecution Claims Have Slim Chance On Appeal
• Widener Law Fraud Suit Cert. Denial Stands, Says 3rd Circ.
• Fattah, Co-Conspirators Ask Court To Toss Guilty Verdicts
• Kane Resignation Could Clear Air At Troubled Pa. AG's Office
• Wyndham Seeks To Nix Suit Alleging Hidden Fees
• 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Law Libraries
• Tucker Arensberg Adds Ex-Buchanan Ingersoll Tax Atty
• Pa. AG Convicted On Perjury Charges Over Grand Jury Leak
• Resealing Cosby Depo Docs Would Be Futile, 3rd Circ. Finds
• Hackers May Have Card Info From HEI Hotels In 10 States
• Gas Driller Royalty Row Handed To Pa. State Court
• 3rd Circ. Denies Added Damages In Solar Contract Dispute
• Seneca Frack Waste Deal Fails To Protect Town, Court Told
• Pa. AG Was Waging War, Prosecutors Tell Jury As Trial Wraps
• Ex-Coaches Say Penn State Wants To Rewrite Defamation Rule
• Kiln Maker, Travelers Say Ind. Firm Flubbed Asbestos Work
• Law Students Should Explore BigLaw Pro Bono Options
• $200M Ponzi Schemer Can't Shake Guilty Plea At 3rd. Circ.
• Pa. Title Atty Who Embezzled From Firm Disbarred
• Drugmakers Hit With Suit Over Nerve-Damaging Antibiotic
• Pa. Med Center Accuses Biz Partner Of Trying To Destroy It
• 3rd. Circ. Defines Investment Adviser For 1st Time
• Judge Tacks $6M In Delay Damages To $70M Risperdal Award
• Trade-Secrets Suit Trumps Contract Claims, Insurer Says
• 3rd. Circ. Won't Rethink Porn Industry Rule En Banc
• Severed Riddell Complaints Struck From NFL Concussion MDL
• Pa. AG Opts Not To Testify As Her Defense Rests
• Abbott Must Hand Over Old Depositions In Whistleblower Suit
• Johnson Controls Fights Benefits Row Revival At 3rd Circ.
• List Of Universities Sued Over Retirement Plan Fees Grows
• Political Adviser Says Pa. AG Ordered Grand Jury Leak
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Affirm Disbarred Atty's ERISA Conviction
• FTC Wins AndroGel Info From AbbVie In Antitrust Suit
• Hagens Berman Clients May Be Allowed To Drop GSK Claims
• Respond Power Pays $5.2M To Settle Pa. Price Spike Suits
• Most DACA Enrollees Reapplying For Deportation Relief
• 11th Amendment Doesn't Shield PennDOT, Workers Say
• Pa. Regulator OKs $1M Settlement Over Fatal Gas Explosion
• Exec Asks 3rd Circ. To Renew Spector Gadon Malpractice Suit
• NJ Sports Betting Ruling Leaves Fight To Other States
• Ballard Spahr Atty. Accuses Pa. AG Of Framing Him For Leak
• NJ, Pa. Homeowners Object To PennEast Gas Pipeline Process
• Pa. Families Defend $4M Cabot Fracking Verdict
• Ex-Football Player Arrested Over $8M Ponzi Scheme
• Pa. GOP Sens. Say Judicial Retirement Ballot Not Misleading
• 3rd Circ. Pauses Trading Case Over SEC, Trader Objections
• 3rd Circ. Stay Over Bridgegate Names Too Broad, Media Says
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty Wants Pete Rose's Defamation Suit Axed
• Amtrak Settles With Philly Train Derailment Victims
• FERC Defends Approval Of $607M Gas Pipeline Expansion
• Contractor's Shoddy Work Doesn't Trigger Coverage: Judge
• Witness Lies Led To Pa. AG's Leak Charges, Jury Hears
• 3rd Circ. Backs NLRB Bargaining Unit Test For FedEx Drivers
• Writing Arbitration Clauses To Get The Arbitration You Want
• Pa. Judicial Retirement Ballot Challengers Ask For Rewording
• 3rd Circ. Ends Ex-Bus Driver's Sexual Harassment Suit
• GE Transportation Cleared In Sex Discrimination Suit
• SEC Says Securities Brokers Charged $13M In Hidden Fees
• NJ Sports Betting Law Shot Down By 3rd Circ.
• What Courts Are Saying About Software Patents Post-Enfish
• Deciphering The Scope Of The Pa. Personnel Files Act
• Enviros Find Silver Lining In 3rd Circ. Pipeline Permit OK
• US Steel Exposed Workers To Asbestos, OSHA Finds
• Ex-Pa. Justice, Lawyers Could Testify In AG's Perjury Trial
• Cephalon To Pay $125M To Settle Provigil Antitrust Litigation
• Firm Sues Ex-Atty For Quitting After Pricey Contempt Defense
• Shippers Ask 3rd Circ. To Uphold Immunity From Antitrust Suit
• SEC, Insider Tell 3rd Circ. Not To Wait For Salman Ruling
• Rosen Law Adds Ex-Placitella Roth Atty, Philly Controller
• Accounting Firm Wants Defunct Tech Co.'s Suit Moved To Ky.
• Pa. Hospital Settles Medicare Overbilling Claims For $325K
• Philly Cheesesteak Fest IP Fight Get Messier With New Claims
• Allstate Says Electrolux Knew About Dryer Fires Before Sales
• Magellan Illegally Restricts Pa. Addicts, Says Clinic
• OPINION: Spokeo's Federalism Problem
• EFH Noteholders Want High Court Review Of $4B Debt Deal
• GSK May See Payor Exit Diabetes Drug Suit On Own Accord
• Herr's Asks For Transfer Of Snack Labeling Action
• Rite Aid Applicants Seek Class Cert. In Background Check Suit
• Pa. Court Won't Revive Firm's Fee Claim In Insurance Row
• Pa. Atty Suspended For Mishandling Client Funds
• Ballard Slams Symphony's Dismissal Bid In $20M Fee Row
• BofA Gets Final Approval Of $27M Settlement After Objections
• Office-Focused REIT Sells Pa. Campus For $143M
• Pa. AG Loses State Supreme Court Bid To Nix Criminal Counts
• 9 Tips For Becoming A Legal Pundit In The Media
• Pa. Law Firm Aided Client In Asset Diversion Scheme: Suit
• DFC Global Investors Win Cert. In Suit Over Loan Standards
• Client Restitution Funds Weather Storm Of Big Payouts
• The Biggest Pa. Appeals Court Decisions So Far In 2016
• Consol Strikes $3M Deal With EPA, Pa. Over Water Pollution
• 3rd Circ. Says Terror Threats Grounds For Deportation
• Law Firm Employees Can Better Defend Against Cyberthreats
• XTO Inks $400K Pa. Deal Over Fracking Spill Charges
• Pa. Election Chief Defends Judicial Retirement Question
• Pa. Justices Urged To Nix AG's Bid To Toss Criminal Charges
• Campus TV Provider Can't Retransmit Signals, Stations Say
• More Than Words At Stake In Pa. Judge Retirement Age Row
• Penn State Appeals Sandusky Sex Abuse Coverage Denial
• ADL, Others Urge 3rd Circ. To Uphold Birth Control Mandate
• Penn National Buys Mobile Slots Maker Rocket For $60M
• 'Netflix Tax' On Digital Downloads Takes Effect In Pa.
• Pa. Justices To Mull Ex-Worker's Right To Personnel File
• Payne Avoids Falling Into A Funk In Pa.
• 5 New Immigration Judges Named For Texas, Ill., Penn., NJ
• NY Housing Authority Urges 3rd Circ. To Rehear Asbestos Row
• UGI Cleared To Take Land From Owners For $178M Pa. Pipeline
• Consol Can't Strike Constitutional Claims In Pa. Permit Row
• SEC Points To Menendez Ruling In House Subpoena Row
• AARP Urges 3rd Circ. To Revive Eye Drop Suit
• Gov't Sues Gambling Co. Founder For $56.5M IPO Tax Bill
• Workers Can't Sue Salvation Army Over Pa. Building Collapse
• Pa. Justices Nix GOP Bid To Enter Judicial Retirement Fight
• Preparing Corporate Witnesses: A Primer
• Shaping Franchisor Statutory Employer Status In Pa.
• Pa. AG Seeks Justices' Intervention Ahead Of Perjury Trial
• FTC Urges Quick Ruling On Lidoderm, Opana Severance Bid
• Mohegan Sun Worker Charged By Feds In Casino Fraud Case
• Ford Steers Clear Of Engine Defect Claims
• Judge Trims Herr's Snack Food Mislabeling Suit
• 3rd Circ. Backs Feds' Trial Win Over $76M Rare Coin Seizure
• Nigerian Who Jumped Bail Loses Visa Petition At 3rd Circ.
• Ex-Pa. Treasurer Pleads Not Guilty In Consulting Fee Case
• BigLaw's (Crowded) Passage To India?