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Pennsylvania - April, 2017

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• Creator Of Fox Hit 'Empire' Dodges Pa. Copyright Suit
• Atty Seeks $2M Damage Challenge After Frivolous Suit Ruling
• Atty Pushes For 2nd Look At Duane Morris Malpractice Claim
• Judge OKs Med Device Injury Claim Under Pa. Tort Law Ruling
• Dancers Hit Philly's Vanity Grand Cabaret With Wage Suit
• Pa. Court Won't Revisit $10.1M Medical Malpractice Verdict
• Health Hires: 8 Firms Add Health, Life Sciences Experts
• J&J Hit With $20M Pelvic Mesh Verdict In Philly
• More NFL Players' Ex-Counsel Seek Concussion Deal Payout
• The Mediator's Proposal As A Tool For Litigants
• A Hollow Win For Ride-Sharing Cos. On Unionizing Drivers
• NJ Says PennEast Pipeline Permit Application 'Incomplete'
• Pa. High Court Leaves Atty Liability Law Open To Challenges
• Attys For Euro NFLers Say Concussion Deal Work Not Minor
• Ocwen Hit With Another Investor Suit After CFPB Action
• Expectations After The Trump Administration's First 100 Days
• Abuse Of Process Claims Rooted In 'Bad Blood,' Pa. Atty Says
• Gas Co., Enviro Group Attack Pa. Frack Water Well Permit
• Defining An Occurrence For Sexual Abuse Cases
• After Rough Patch, Pa. Firms Bullish On Energy
• Pharmacies' Price-Fixing Actions Too Similar, Judge Says
• Widow Ends Wrongful-Death Suit Against NFL, Riddell
• SEPTA Shielded From Philly Anti-Bias Law, Pa. Justices Say
• Steel Co. Looks To Disqualify Attys In Product Defect Suit
• Pennsylvania Sports Betting Bill Gets Committee Approval
• Pa. Justices Won't Ax Abusive Litigation Suits Against Attys
• The 9-Year Winning Streak Of Virginia 'Rocket Docket'
• Penn Mutual Settles Insurance Surplus Fund Suit for $110M
• CORRECTED: Metals Recycler Titan Int'l Says Former Exec Stole Trade Secrets
• Boston Market TM Suit Grills Eatery's Copycat Admission
• Herr Escapes 'No Preservatives Added' Claims For Now
• Ex-Boilermakers Boss Indicted In Alleged $1.5M Fund Theft
• Ex-Pa. Judicial Ethics Panelist Gets 6½ Years In $3M Fraud
• Pa. AG Takes Patient Care Suit To State Supreme Court
• Indicted Philly DA Blasts Predecessor's Removal Suit
• What Act 170 Means For Shareholder Litigation In Pa.
• North River Can't Overturn $58M Damages In Asbestos Fight
• Let's Talk About Half-Hearted Innovation
• Merck Loses Rehearing Bid In 3rd Circ. Fosamax Warning Suit
• Pa. 'Trigger' Ruling Eases Path To Toxic Cleanup Coverage
• Pa. Firm Sued For Bungling $50M In Seyfarth Atty Suits
• Pharmacy Says Aetna Owes $533K For Hemophilia Drugs
• Pa. Appeals Court Won't Upend Drill Rights In Family Drama
• Protecting Communications From PR Privilege Issues
• 10 Tips For Creating Winning Trial Visuals
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Decide Permit Fight Before Pipeline Buried
• Rider Slams Uber's Bid To Dodge Blame For Driver Assault
• Convicted Ex-NBA Player Can't Revive Property Lien Row
• Convicted Ex-Pa. Justice's Appeal Rejected By Federal Court
• PPG Raises AkzoNobel Takeover Bid To $29B
• 3M Looks To Dodge Suit Over Navy Base Water Contamination
• Ketchup Cap Co. Says Heinz Leaked Trade Secrets
• Justices Won't Hear Sentence Appeal In $136M Transpo Fraud
• Duane Morris Lands Corporate Partner From Pepper Hamilton
• Counsel To Counsel: Insights From Law Firm GCs
• Travelers' 3rd Circ. Win Curbs Insurers' Asbestos Exposure
• Enviros Appeal Toss Of FERC Pro-Energy Pipeline Bias Claims
• Chemical Co. Shorted Engineers On OT, Class Action Says
• Meyer Darragh Urges Pa. Justices To Reinstate Fee Claim
• Damage Payouts Must Cover Contractor Fees, Pa. Judge Says
• Insurer Can't Escape Coverage For Pa. Toxic Site Cleanup
• Pa. Mesh Cases Won't Be Stayed For Jurisdiction Appeals
• Ex-NFL Players' Law Firm Asks For Cut Of Concussion Deal
• Securities Broker GTS Agrees To Injunction In $13M Suit
• Travelers' Asbestos Exclusion Is Enforceable, 3rd Circ. Says
• The 'State' Of The Gig Economy Under Trump
• Obermayer Settles Ex-Associate's Bonus Suit
• Gray Matters: The Attorney-Client Team
• Mohegan Head Says Casino Theft Not Reason For CEO's Exit
• Changes To Pa. Tort Law Not Coming Fast Enough, Attys Say
• Justice Alito Still Says No To Video Cameras At High Court
• Chicago, NYC, LA File Brief In 4th Circ. Against Travel Ban
• NFL Concussion Attys Say Deal Advanced Class Action Law
• A Circuit Split At Intersection Of Title VII And Title IX
• Counsel To Counsel: Mama Said There'll Be Days Like This
• Why Roe V. Wade Will Not Be Overturned
• Litigation Finance, Big Data And The Limits Of AI
• Pa. Judge Awards $41.6M Over Baby Brain Injury
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Tronox Tort Plaintiffs' No-Suit Order Appeal
• Pa. Court Says Move To At-Will Work Doesn't End Covenants
• Philly Taxis Take Uber Antitrust Spat To 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Justices To Mull Hospital's Duties In Hepatitis Spread
• Aramark FACTA Suit Can't Survive Under Spokeo, Judge Says
• Duane Morris Ducks Malpractice Suit Over Telecom Deal Row
• Sped-Up Pa. Pipeline Challenge Not Needed, Army Corps Says
• AkzoNobel To Create New Biz In Lieu Of $24.5B PPG Takeover
• Honda Can't Topple $55M Seat Belt Defect Verdict In Pa.
• 3rd Circ. Endorses New Test In Owner-Distributor Disputes
• A State-By-State Solution For Immigration Reform
• Counsel To Counsel: A Law Firm GC's Data Protection Duties
• 'Right To Try' Unapproved Drug Measure Passes Pa. House
• Travelers Owes For Damaged Syrup Shipment, 3rd Circ. Says
• Pa. Superior Court Candidates Stand Behind Judicial Elections
• Barrack Rodos Defends Move To Ax Illegal Fee-Sharing Deal
• Pre-Legalization Same-Sex Marriage Valid, Pa. Court Says
• Enviros Push 3rd Circ. To Speed Up Pa. Pipeline Appeal
• Insurer Ducks Liability For Fatal Philly Building Collapse
• Counsel To Counsel: Evaluating Positional Conflicts
• Ex-NFL Player Agrees To Stop Plugging Concussion Biz
• Cozen, Blank Rome, Cushman Try To Shed Philly Project Suit
• Pa. Judge Axes Latest Risperdal Breast-Growth Case Mid-Trial
• Counsel To Counsel: 5 Challenges For A Law Firm GC
• Justices Won't Hear Appeal Of $76M Rare Coin Seizure
• Asbestos Claimants Fight Pittsburgh Corning Ch. 11 Rethink
• Justices Won't Hear 3rd Circ. Asylum Appeal
• PPG CEO Says New AkzoNobel Plan Is 'More Risky' Than Deal
• Fed. Gov't Must Cough Up $4M For Med Mal Deal, Judge Says
• 3rd Circ. Backs 12-Year Sentence In Oil Investment Scheme
• Philly Atty, Ex-Broker, AML Pro, CEO Charged With $2M Fraud
• 3rd. Circ. Backs Dow Unit In Ex-Worker's Retaliation Suit
• Pre-Takeoff Injury Keeps Southwest Suit Grounded In Pa.
• Budget's Billing Practices Were Misleading, Consumer Says
• Student Aid Wrongly Put Into Fee-Based Accounts, Suit Says
• Drug Co. Hires Ex-SDNY Brass To Fight $181M Forfeiture
• Baxter Hit With DOJ Subpoena Over Saline Shortages
• Judge Denies Quick Wins In Lannett CEO's Tax Penalty Suit
• Lawyers In Flow: Get Out Of Your Head And Into Your Case
• Fee Disputes Cause Hiccup In NFL Concussion Settlement
• Pa. E-Cig Shop Urges Court To Preserve Suit Over State Tax
• Ex-Ballard Spahr Atty, Rendell Aide Gets Probation For Fraud
• Pa. Court Affirms 7-Eleven's Franchise Fee Tax Dispute Win
• NFL Concussion Deal Opt-Out Suits Can Move Forward
• 3rd Circ. Will Decide Lipitor, Effexor Pay-For-Delay Suits
• Pfizer Can't Shake Off-Label Marketing FCA Suit
• 3rd Circ. Revives Ex-Vanguard Atty's Dodd-Frank Claim
• McDonald's Pittsburgh Store Buy Wasn't Legal, Judge Says
• Pa. Atty Slams UPMC Suit As Bid to Steamroll His Practice
• Investors File Suit To Block $127.7M Pa. Bank Merger
• Pa. Appeals Court Allows Negligence Defense In Injury Row
• Pa. PUC To Appeal Ruling Limiting Gas Well Fees
• 3rd Circ. Says Insurers Off The Hook In Shoddy Work Suit
• AkzoNobel Slams Elliott's Bid To Ax Exec Amid PPG's Pursuit
• Prosecutors Can't Push Back Philly DA's Trial
• A Law Firm Ranking Model By 'Fake News & Distorted Reports'
• Podhurst, Locks Law Defend NFL Concussion Class Fees
• Consumers Say Kirkland's Receipts Violated FACTA
• Guilty Drug Return Co. Should Forfeit $181M, Feds Say
• Pa. Hospital Ducks Some Claims In Respiratory Failure Row
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Ex-Capital One Analyst's Insider Verdict
• Ex-Pa. Atty Charged With Stealing Nearly $150K From Clients
• Pa. Changes Sales Tax Rules For Tech Support, Refunds
• NLRB Largely Clears Duquesne Adjuncts For Unionization
• J&J, Bayer Seek 3rd-Party Funding Info In Pa. Xarelto Cases
• Philly Printer To Pay $305K To Resolve Wage Violations
• Ex-Pa. Lawmaker Likely To Be Resentenced In Corruption Row
• Reed Smith Opens Miami Office With Astigarraga Davis Group
• Philadelphia Man Sentenced To 7 Years For $8M Tax Fraud
• Metals Refiner Fights Salvager's Bid To Slash $16M Verdict
• Pay Inquiry Bans To Get Crucial First Test In Philly
• Actavis, Taro, Teva Fixed Skin Steroid Price, Suit Says
• Monroe Energy Slapped With Fine Over Pa. Air Emissions
• Sodexo Faces FCRA Dispute Over Consumer Reports
• 3rd Circ. Won't Halt Pennsylvania Pipeline Construction
• Atty Slams Rival's Perjury Claim In Frivolous Suit Row
• Gynecologist Says $625K Verdict Excessive In Infertility Row
• Justice Gorsuch's Trade Secret-Protecting Track Record
• JPML Sends Generic Drug Price-Fixing Suits To Pennsylvania
• HFF Closes $52.4M Sale Of Philly Shopping Center
• Justices Urged To Review 3rd Circ. OT Offsetting Decision
• Pa. E-Cig Tax Battle Belongs In State Court, Vape Shop Says
• Philly Atty Says Adversaries Overstepped On Sanctions Bid
• Union Slams Cert. Bid In American Airlines Pilot Seniority Suit
• Crowdfunding For Legal Cases: 5 Trends Reshaping Justice
• Pa. Atty Charged For Taking Client Payments After Disbarment
• FERC Gives Final Enviro Statement To $1B PennEast Pipeline
• Dick's Burst Ball Coverage Suit Belongs In China, Insurer Says
• No Finder's Fee In Pa. Tower Buy, NY Appeals Court Says
• Shaky Medical Expert Testimony Dooms Botched Surgery Suit
• Omega Founder Asks 3rd Circ. To Hear 'Untested' Insider Case
• 3rd Circ. Axes Ruling Re-Awarding Bridge Painting Contract
• Mylan, Sandoz, Taro Accused Of Fixing OCD Drug Price
• Merck Wants 3rd Circ. Rethink On Fosamax Warning Claims
• Pa. Judge Sends '100% Natural' Quaker Oats Suit To Ill.
• Philly Chamber Of Commerce Sues City Over Wage Equity Law
• NLRB Judge Skeptical Of Discipline Over Homophobia Claims
• Pa. Court Vacates $1M Restitution Order For Ex-House Leader
• Drugmakers Face Antitrust Class Action Over Diabetes Drug
• Pa. Regulator OKs $3.5M Settlement With Uber Over Violations
• Kang Haggerty Faces Suit Over Alleged Frivolous Theft Claims
• ABA Needs A New Model Legal Ethics Rule
• What Does Lateral Partner Success Look Like?
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Ex-Atty's ERISA Violations In Firm Plan
• Quaker Chemical Snags Houghton Int'l In $1.4B Tie-Up
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Ex-NBA Player's Ponzi Scheme Sentence
• Over FTC Protest, Lidoderm Pay-For-Delay Suit Stayed
• Gorsuch, Roe And 'Superprecedent'
• Pa. Transit Agency SEPTA Beats Background Check Suit
• Pa. Town's Counterclaims Stripped From Fracking Waste Suit
• CORRECTED: Food Cos. Dispute Trade Secrets Verdict In Fake Jam Suit
• Pa. Hospital Beats Suit Over Notice Of Man's Prostate Cancer
• Are Lateral Recruitment Opportunities Shaping Your Strategy?
• PPG Again Urges AkzoNobel To Consider $24B Tie-Up
• Pa. Justices Bat Down Case Linking Methane To Coal Rights
• Obermayer Seeks End To Remainder Of Atty's Bonus Suit
• Pa. Appeals Court Mulls Whether To Junk Philly Soda Tax
• How Patchwork State Regs Could Benefit Driverless Cars
• Natural Resource Damages: A New Angle In PCB Litigation
• Pa. Nurse Must Face New Trial In Suit Over Patient's Fall
• Pa. Justices Mull Disbarring Ex-Judge For Cocaine Theft
• Lateral Partner Hiring: Time To Look In The Mirror
• Pa. Justices Urged To Tighten Insurer Bad Faith Standards
• Vape Shop's Tax Case Should Be Tossed, Pa. Tells Court
• Pa. Appeals Court Won't Revive Liquisolid Licensing Row
• Pa. AG Office's Antitrust Leader Details Enforcement Record
• Pa. Justices Mull Reach Of Medical Peer Review Privacy Law
• Army Vet Sues For $50M Over Missed Cancer Diagnosis
• Swartz Campbell Denied Quick Win In Suit Against Chartwell
• A Closer Look At The Current State Of Equal Pay
• Ex-Philly DA Sues To Have Indicted Current DA Removed
• BCBS Gets Heart Device Co.'s $66.5M Antitrust Suit Tossed
• New Philly Jury Begins 7th Risperdal Trial
• Magic Johnson Food Co. Wants To Depose Drexel's President
• Coca-Cola Scores Quick Win In Ex-Worker's Data Breach Suit
• Pa. Town's Fracking Waste Ban Is Unconstitutional: Judge
• Pittsburgh Orgs Denied Rethink Of Housing False Claims Suit
• Untold Stories: Trump's Budget Would Silence Legal Services
• Pa. Atty Disbarred For Pushing Conspiracy Claims
• Plaintiffs Bar Perspective: Greenblatt Pierce's Julie Uebler
• Pa. High Court Set To Weigh Insurer Bad Faith Standard