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Pennsylvania - January, 2017

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• Gorsuch Likely To Restore Scalia-Era High Court Balance
• Gorsuch's Credentials Could Prove Troubling To Opposition
• 3 Gorsuch Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• Pa. Court Rejects Appeal In Unnecessary Surgery Row
• Pa. Court Backs 2nd Med Mal Jury Verdict Clearing Doctor
• Trump Nominates Judge Gorsuch For High Court Seat
• Tony Luke's Founder Gets Win In Dispute With Son
• Salvation Army, Building Owner Blamed In Philly Collapse Trial
• American Airlines Pilots Denied TRO In Seniority Suit
• Young Immigrants May Transfer To Public School: 3rd Circ.
• Hospital Beats Med Mal Claims Over Baby's Brain Damage
• 3rd Circ. Denies Robert Half Workers' Class Arbitration
• Pa. Atty. Disbarred For Mishandling Client Funds
• Indivior Must Face Suboxone Product-Hop Suit, States Say
• Small Pharmacies Seek Redo In Medco Antitrust Row
• Customers Bank Slams $100M Suit Over Racketeering Claims
• Starkist Says Rival's Anthropomorphic Tuna Crossed IP Line
• Pa. Pol's Vote-Buying Charges Headed To Jury
• Pa. Federal Jury Awards Couple $14.5M Over Birth Injury
• American Airlines Pilots Sue Over Seniority Rankings
• Philly Lawyer Settles Suit Over Banquet Food Poisoning
• Love And Law In The Age Of Trump
• 3rd Circ. Upends Email Ruling In $688M Loan Scheme Suit
• FTC Deceived Court On Pay-For-Delay Suit, Watson Says
• Duane Morris Looks To Dodge $625M Malpractice Claim
• The State Of The Litigation Finance Industry In 2017
• 3rd Circ. Upholds $116K Atty Sanction Over Age Bias Suit
• Pa. Court Says Nursing Home Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• IRS Says Betting Co. Founder Must Face $57M Suit In Pa.
• Pa. Judge Steps Aside From LabMD, Tiversa Data Leak Row
• ABA Urges High Court To Review 3rd Circ.'s Asylum Denial
• Merck Pill Production Move Didn't Violate CBA, Judge Says
• Chairman's Hasty Exit Threatens To Cripple FERC
• Pa. Court's Tax Law Reprieve May Fuel Political Maneuvering
• Pa. Court Won't Revive Asbestos Suit Barred By Bankruptcy
• Ex-Harrisburg Mayor Gets Probation Over Stolen Artifacts
• 11th Circ. Ruling May Affect Criminal Securities Fraud Cases
• Tackle's Widow Hits NFL, Riddell With Wrongful Death Suit
• $200M Loan Fraudster Wants 3 Years' Probation
• Engineer Involved In Philly Crash Sues Amtrak Over Injuries
• Feds Back Religious Hospitals In High Court ERISA Case
• GOP To Push ACA Repeal, Tax Reform This Year
• Hangley Aronchick Elects Insurance Group Leader Firm Chair
• NFL Concussion Class Calls $20M Fee Bid Premature
• Pittsburgh Board Of Ed. Can Be Held Liable In Asbestos Case
• 6 Ways To Get More From A Limited Budget For Trial Graphics
• Lannett, Mylan Fixed Thyroid Drug Price, Suit Says
• Uber Lands First Permanent Ride Hailing License In Pa.
• Sedgwick Partners To Open Litigation Firm Tanenbaum Keale
• Ambit Pushes 3rd Circ. For Rehearing In Rate-Hike Suit
• Philly Building Collapse Victims Accused Of Seeking Revenge
• Judge Excluded Zoloft MDL Expert Too Soon, 3rd Circ. Told
• Beasley Firm Sued Over Bid To Collect Frivolous Suit Award
• Pa. Court Bars Consol From Mining For Coal In State Park
• NFL Looks To Toss Player's Drug Suspension Suit
• Analyzing The Legality Of Proposed Sanctuary City Measures
• Ex-Cozen Atty Wants Post-Prison Travel Ban Lifted
• Pa. Court Nixes Med Mal Appeal Over Remembered Testimony
• Pharma Refund Co. Can't Nix Evidence Of Money Laundering
• 3 Employment Cases That Could See High Court Action Soon
• Owner, Salvation Army Blamed For Fatal Philly Collapse
• Philly Mayor OKs Law Barring Wage History Inquiries
• Feds Seek 5 Years For $200M Loan Fraudster
• Vote-Buying Charge Slammed As Pa. Politician's Trial Opens
• And Now A Word From The Panel: A Year Of Vanishing MDLs
• NHL Expert Questions Omalu's Football Concussion Findings
• Pa. Firm Gets Malpractice Suit Win Upheld Over Time Bar
• House Dems Want Bipartisanship, Candor From New FCC
• Taxing Marijuana: A Hazy Issue For Municipal Bankruptcy
• Horizon, TWC Disputes Sketch Post-Spokeo Lines For Privacy
• Spokeo User Says 9th Circ. Ruling Gives Him FCRA Standing
• Hospital, Doctors Can't Shake Claims In Negligence Action
• Pa. Nursing Home Sued Over Dropping Of Elderly Patient
• Primary Opponent Wants Philly DA's Law License Suspended
• NOVA Bank Board Chairman Gets 11 Months For TARP Fraud
• Starting Over: Policy Rescission In New York Vs. The UK
• Uber Pushes Pa. Appeals Court To Nix $11.4M Fine
• Ex-Harrisburg Mayor Cops To Receiving Stolen City Artifacts
• Cozen O'Connor Atty Named Associate White House Counsel
• More And More States Are Targeting Payroll Debit Cards
• FCRA Violation Props Up Horizon Breach Row, 3rd Circ. Says
• NFLPA Wants Player's Drug Suspension Suit Moved To NY
• Split Pa. High Court Delays End To Local Casino Tax Shares
• Retailers Back Challenge To Del. Property Audits At 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Court Won't Nix $3M Verdict Over Late Cancer Diagnosis
• Insurer's Baseless Denial Is Bad Faith, Pa. Justices Told
• Blank Rome Adds 2 Energy Partners in Pittsburgh
• Pa. Politician To Face Trial On Vote-Buying Charges
• FirstEnergy Unloads 4 Pa. Plants In Nearly $1B Deal
• Debt Collector AllianceOne Can't Duck Deception Claims
• Lauletta Birnbaum Adds 2 Attys To New Philly Office
• Philly Atty Convicted In Firm Lender Theft Loses NJ License
• Cheese Cos. Get 3 Years' Probation For Adulterated Product
• Politics Put Pa. Methane Reduction Efforts On Thin Ice
• ConAgra Opinion May Repair Ascertainability Circuit Split
• Pa. GOP Sens. Back Landowner In Fracking Ban Suit
• How Litigation Funding Is Bringing Champerty Back To Life
• In The Polarized Era Of Trump, BigLaw Searches For Balance
• The Lawyer Who Will Shape Trump's Presidency
• Most Influential Judges On Trump's Supreme Court Short List
• Rolling Back Regulation In The Age Of Trump
• 4 Ex-NFL Players Rejoin Concussion Settlement Class
• Pa. DEP Won't Change Rules For Drilling Through Coal Mines
• NJ Disbars Atty Convicted Of Pa. Bank Robbery
• Small Pharmacies Lose Class Cert. In Caremark Antitrust Row
• Pa. Justices Bar Unnamed Beneficiary Malpractice Claims
• Attracting And Retaining The Millennial Lawyer
• Devos Wants Evidence Barred In Money Laundering Case
• UPenn Health System Settles Medicare Overbilling Claims
• Western Union Cops To Allowing Fraud, Will Forfeit $586M
• Golden Corral Roped Into Overtime Class Action
• Trump's EPA: Be Careful What You Wish For
• Pa. Hospital Sued Over Sex Assault Of Dementia Patient
• Audi Wins Pause Of Dealer's Sale After Discovery Delays
• Lincoln National Faces Class Suit Over Insurance Cost Hikes
• 3rd Circ. Rules Car Shippers Immune From Antitrust Suit
• CFPB Says Navient Hurt Borrowers Through Sloppy Servicing
• Spokeo Can't Shield TransUnion In FCRA Suit, Judge Says
• Bill To Reduce Corporate Tax Rate Introduced By Pa. Rep.
• Pa. Appeals Court Upends Cert. Denial In Gas Lease Row
• It's Time To Change The Law Firm Business Model
• LabMD Steps Up Bid For Quick Appeal In Tiversa Fraud Row
• Pa. Court Revives Med Mal Suit Over Patient's Suicide
• Philly DA Hit With Record Ethics Fine Over Income, Gifts
• New Pa. AG Commits To Integrity, Diversity At Swearing In
• Pa. GOP Sen. Floats 5% Natural Gas Tax To Fund Pensions
• Philly OKs Rezoning For $3.5B Schuylkill Yards Project
• Pa. Senators Push Bill To Regulate Daily Fantasy Sports
• Jury Must Decide Concrete's Defectiveness, Pa. Court Rules
• Ex-Nova Bank Board Chairman Asks For No Prison Time
• Ex-House Attys Urge High Court To Review Menendez Ruling
• Justices Want Solicitor General's Take On NJ Sports Betting
• Amended Rule 37(e): 1 Year Later
• Pa. Atty Denied Reargument On $45K Sanction Appeal
• 3rd Circ. To Make Oral Argument Videos Public
• Podhurst Hits Back In Row With NFL Player Estate Over Fees
• Actavis, Sandoz Rigged Anesthetic Cream Prices, Union Says
• Pa. Frack Spill Ruling Could Dent DEP's Negotiating Power
• Health Hires: 7 New Life Sciences, Health Additions
• Avoiding The Hidden Costs Of Bargain-Priced E-Discovery
• Ex-Drinker Biddle Atty Suspended For Overbilling Maxus
• 'Dance Moms' Star, Feds Battle Over Proper Sentencing
• The Return Of Patent Opinion Letters
• What Trump High Court Candidates Say About 1st Amendment
• UPMC Workers Can't Revive Data Breach Suit
• Coca-Cola Says Ex-Workers Can't Get Win In Data Breach Suit
• As Justices Weigh Cert For NJ, Sports Betting Push Surges
• 3rd Circ. Asks NJ Justices To Weigh In For Fired Atty Case
• Porn-Linked Prosecutors Drop Libel Suit Against Philly Paper
• 3rd Circ. Won't Let Fattah Dodge Prison During Appeal
• Penn State Fights Ex-Coach's Bid For $1.7M In Costs
• New Pa. AG Taps Blank Rome Atty, Philly ADA As Deputies
• Helmet Seller Dodges Punitives In Lacrosse Injury Suit
• Pa. Atty Gets 4 Years For Failure To Pay Employment Taxes
• Multistate Hotel Portfolio Scores $92M In Financing
• Saving Lawyers 1 Breath At A Time: Mindfulness In The Law
• Ex-Athlete Slaps Microsoft With IP Suit Over 'Gears Of War'
• Mind Your Metadata: Ethics Rules On Hidden Data
• Heinz's $25M Tainted-Food Policy Void, 3rd Circ. Says
• EQT Production Beats Proposed Penalty In Gas Well Leak Suit
• Age Bias Claims Revived In Pittsburgh Glass Works Suit
• Drug Return Co. Loses Bid To Trim $116M Diversion Case
• BuckleySandler Nets $1.4M For Pa. Judges' Lewd Email Probe
• GE-Owned Coal Plant Operator Homer City Hits Ch. 11
• Understanding How Blockchain Could Impact Legal Industry
• Homeowners Get More Time In PNC Lender Kickback Suit
• Sanofi Can't Ditch Ex-Worker's FCA Claims Over Cancer Drug
• Saldutti Law, Customers Bank Accused Of Sham RICO Suit
• State Attorneys General Play Growing Data Privacy Role
• Pa. Justices Won't Revive Ex-Commissioner's Libel Suit
• Pa. Landowner Wants Gas Royalty Suit Left Intact
• Subdued Race Expected At Top Of Pa. Appellate Ballot
• GE-Owned Plant Operator Heads For Ch. 11 Amid $600M Debt
• After Comcast Letter, Philly Mayor To Delay On Wage Bill
• 3rd Circ. Voids Immigrant's 12-Month Sentence For Re-Entry
• Ex-NJ Pharma Execs Admit To Generic Drug Price-Fixing Plot
• The Firms That Dominated In 2016
• Ex-Gambling Co. Founder Says Pa. Court Can't Hear Tax Row
• 3rd Circ. Revives Rate-Hiking Suit Against Ambit
• Justices Won't Review Universities', Lenders' FCA Immunity
• Atty Suspended After Usher Suit Won't Get High Court Hearing
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Door Closing On 'Unavailability' Insurance Exception: Part 1
• Ex-Pa. Justices Drop Judicial Retirement Age Vote Challenge
• Justices Won't Hear Pa. Dispute Over Voided Gas Rights
• Stradley Ronon Adds Ex-Ocwen Financial Atty In Philly
• Pa. Hospital To Pay Feds $510K Over Worker's Pill Pilfering
• Shipping Co. Had Valid Arbitration Clause, Pa. Court Says
• Justices Won't Hear Google Online Child-Tracking Case
• In Congress: Obamacare, The Cabinet
• Fraudulent Concealment Claim Can't Save Pa. Med Mal Suit
• 3rd Circ. Vacates Fee Award After Unjustified Fourfold Bump
• Another Big Blow To Student-Athletes Eyeing Employee Status
• NJ Atty Disbarred For Paying Child Support With Client Funds
• Pa. Attorney General-Elect Creates Ethics Job Post-Scandal
• 2 Law Firms Ring In The New Year With Associate Raises
• J&J Settles Latest Risperdal Case Before Trial
• CMS Extends Ban On 6 States' Ambulance, Home Health Cos.
• Philly Urges Pa. Justices To Hear Soda Tax Challenge
• The Sky's The Limit For Public-Private Aerial Transit
• Pa. Judge Won't Ax $13.7M Pelvic Mesh Award
• 5 Insights From General Electric's Alex Dimitrief
• PNC To Pay $16M To Settle Loan Officers' Wage Claims
• Pa. GOP Senators Can't Enter Del. River Fracking Suit
• Pa. Town Tells 3rd Circ. Groups Can't Challenge Seneca Deal
• Uber Rider Says Co. To Blame For Severe Beating By Driver
• Ex-CBS Anchor Apologizes As Part Of Hacking Settlement
• Judge Issues Injunction In Philly Gas Lien Dispute
• Greenblatt Pierce Adds Employment Pro In Philly
• Clean Air Council's Building Reg. Suit Nixed By Pa. Court
• Norton Rose Fulbright To Shutter Pittsburgh Office
• Ex-Pa. AG Dodges FMLA Claim In Agent's Retaliation Suit
• Actavis, Mylan, Teva Rigged Cholesterol Drug Price, Suit Says
• 7th Circ. Won't Rethink Penn Athletes-Not-Employees Ruling
• Limitless Mobile Reaches Deal For Larger, $5M DIP Loan
• Amneal Sees Key Suboxone Product-Hopping Claims Advance
• Young Law Inks Deal To Ditch Pa. Trademark Malpractice Suit
• FERC Refuses To Halt $156M Pa. Pipeline Widening Project
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Ex-Students' Malpractice Appeal
• MoneyGram Wants Out Of States' Unclaimed Property Fight
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Over NCAA's Place In Death Suit
• Sanctioned Philly Atty Says Adversary Abused Civil Process
• Ex-Pa. AG Says Trial Judge Improperly Gutted Perjury Defense
• Time To Reopen Some DOJ Antitrust Field Offices
• 2016 Environmental Case Law Highlights: Part 3
• Ex-US Atty To Rejoin Morgan Lewis In Philly
• Hogan Lovells Signs Lease For New Office In Philly
• Ex-AT&T Exec Can't Boost Damages From Discrimination Win
• Insurer's Malpractice Suit Over False Terrorism Claim Axed
• NJ Again Urges High Court To Review Sports Betting Case
• Trader Drops 3rd Circ. Appeal Of SEC Insider Trading Deal
• La. Bound To Flonase Settlement, GSK Tells 3rd Circ.
• FERC Gives Enviro OK To Willliams' $1.9B Pa. Pipeline Project
• Duane Morris Accused Of $625M Botch Job In Telecom Row
• Ex-Pa. Rep. Fattah Pushes To Avoid Jail During Appeal
• FTC Wants Endo's Challenge To Its Litigation Power Nixed
• 2016 Environmental Case Law Highlights: Part 2
• 7 Legal Industry Predictions For 2017
• Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2017
• Can Employers Still Drug Test Where Marijuana Is Legal?
• Pennsylvania Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2017
• Pennsylvania Cases To Watch In 2017