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Pennsylvania - March, 2018

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• Litigation Funder Seeks Appellate Fees After 3rd Circ. Win
• Ex-Pa. AG's Immunity Defense Can't End Retaliation Claims
• AIG Unit Ordered To Pay $6.6M In Wildfire Defense Costs
• College Hoops Coach Firing Trend Raises Contract Concerns
• Pa. Trading Firm Can't Ditch FERC's $42M Manipulation Case
• Norman Mailer Bio Didn't Defame Actress, 3rd Circ. Says
• Goodwin Liu Talks Academia, Constitutional Law, Oxtail Stew
• TM Fight Coverage Denial Not So Sweet, Creamery Says
• Kickstarter T-Shirt Scammer Held In Contempt In Pennsylvania
• Buckeye's Pa. Pipeline Reversal Plan Falls Short, ALJ Says
• Owens Corning Class Wants Another Go At Cert. In 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Jury Awards $20M Over Surgery Patient's Drug Death
• Single Factor Income Apportionment: Inconsistent Standard
• BigLaw Doesn't Have A Diversity Problem
• Pa. High Court Ruling Erodes Medical Peer Review Protection
• Pa. Man Gets 18 Months For Bribing Philadelphia DA
• Reenactment Correctly Denied In Injury Suit, Pa. Court Says
• Pa. Nursing Home Can't Arbitrate Patient's Injury Suit
• The Importance Of Attorney Etiquette In The Courtroom
• Del. River Fracking Ban An Overreach, Industry Group Says
• Pa. Justices Take Up Appeal In Failed Liver Transplant Suit
• FirstEnergy Urges DOE To Force Coal, Nuke Plant Payments
• Ex-NFLers Say Riddell Can't Rely On CBAs In Concussion Suit
• Pa. Atty Accused Of Pursuing Abusive Loan Repayment Suit
• Ongoing Pollution Can't Trigger DEP Fines, Pa. Justices Say
• Shook Hardy Adds Life Sciences, Food & Bev Pro In Philly
• Firm Tries To Ditch Assault Claims Arising From Divorce Case
• Wells Fargo Sheds Racial Discrimination Class Claims
• Roman J. Israel, Esquire, Meet Donald J. Trump, POTUS
• 3rd Circ. Ups Citgo's Tab In Fight Over $100M Spill Judgment
• Disbarred Pa. Atty Gets NJ Suspension Over Mortgage Service
• Insurer In Rehab Can't Flee Personal Injury Coverage Row
• Philly Jury Clears Ameron In Asbestos Cancer Death
• Hasty Suit Bars Kickback Class Against JPMorgan
• Allied Nevada Investors Can't Block Ch. 11 Plan: 3rd Circ.
• Blank Rome, Cipriani & Werner Cash In On Gerrymandering
• Cigna Sheds ERISA Suit Over Suspended Disability Payments
• 3rd Circ. Revives FCA Suit Over Pittsburgh Grant Funds
• Pa. Atty Urges Judge To OK Suit Over Rival's Testimony
• We Need A Cybersecurity Framework For Law Firms
• Uber Monopoly Claims Fail In Philly, 3rd Circ. Says
• Roots' Leaders Can't Appeal Discovery Order For Tax Returns
• Philly Museum Lied About Artifacts' Authenticity, Suit Says
• Dilworth Must Face Suit Over Frivolous RE Cases, Judge Told
• Equity Partnership Isn't What It Used To Be
• Pa. Justices Limit Reach Of Medical Peer Review Privacy Law
• Pa. Justices OK Noneconomic Damages For Whistleblowers
• Volvo Ducks Suit Over Crash-Protection Ad Claims
• AkzoNobel Inks €10.1B Sale Of Specialty Chemicals Biz
• Justices Approve Individual Appeals In Combined Cases
• Former Metals Recycler VP Can't Escape Noncompete Suit
• NJ Transit Immune From Injury Verdict, 3rd Circ. Told
• EPA Strikes Deal For $1.8M Cleanup Of Pa. Quarries
• Insurer Must Cover Firefighter Hearing Loss Suits: Pa. Panel
• Ex-Coal Co. Prez Says Male Subordinates Made More Money
• What To Expect After The High Court Rules On Sports Betting
• NJ Seeks To Block PennEast From Taking Land For Pipeline
• Philly Club Owner Owes Exotic Dancers $4.59M In Wage Suit
• Sunoco Pipeline Not Under Local Zoning Law, Pa. Panel Says
• Demo Co. Not Owed Debarment Hearing After Error: 3rd Circ.
• Judging A Book: Hardiman Reviews 'Without Precedent'
• Pa. Court Won't Rethink Axing Bar On Risperdal Punitives
• Jailed Atty Can't Reverse Contempt Order Over Missing $1M
• State AGs Say Consumers Better Off Without Data Breach Bill
• Pa. Appeals Court Axes Local Conditions On Gas Facility
• Uncapped Nature Of NFL Concussion Deal Causing Hiccups
• Holliday Fenoglio Helms $159.2M Recapitalization Portfolio
• Pa. Nursing Home Faces Lawsuit Over Fatal Fire
• Ex-Prof Urges 3rd Circ. To Undo Settlement Over Syllabus
• Top Tax Changes For Law Firms: What Lawyers Need To Know
• Impeachments Threaten Pa. Justices' Autonomy, Attys Say
• Pennsylvania Withdraws Objection To Refinery Bankruptcy
• Jury Awards $47M Over Baby's Disfigurement
• Pa. Justices To Weigh Broadness Of Business Privilege Tax
• Pa. Panel Won't Hear Atty's DQ Bid In Feud With Ex-Firm
• Fees Unfounded In Firefighters' Siren Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• Enviros Fight Consol's Expanded Coal Mining Under Pa. Park
• Aetna Fights Settlement Admin's Bid To Exit HIV Privacy Row
• Intel Chips Are Vulnerable To Hackers, Pa. City Says
• Companies Should Avoid The BigLaw Bonus Structure
• Pa. Atty Says Illness Negates $2.3M Frivolous Suit Verdict
• Pa., W. Va. Regulators Sign Off On $2.8B Casino Merger
• A Potentially Promising Future For Pa. Medical Marijuana
• Prof To Pay Feds $132K To End Grant Fraud Allegations
• Pa. Battery Co. Targeted By DOL For Alleged Wage Violations
• Philly Atty Suspended Over Botched Med Mal Case
• Locks Law Asks To Guide NFL Head Injury Claims Process
• Globus Recruits Violating Noncompete Deals, DePuy Says
• Chief Innovation Officer — The New Star On Legal Teams
• How State AGs Can Fight Student Loan Crisis The Right Way
• Investors Say Banks Seek To Limit Stakes Shortly Before Trial
• Aide To Pa. Congressman Accused Of 2nd Campaign Scheme
• Dechert Settles Discrimination Suit From Ex-Payroll Staffers
• 3rd Circ. Rule Creates 'Perverse Incentives,' Justices Told
• Betting On Change: States Plan For Sports Gambling Decision
• Pa. Rep. Introduces Bills To Boot Justices Over House Maps
• Pa. Atty Reinstated To Bar After 8-Year Tax Fraud Suspension
• Pa. Judge Gets Education Program To Resolve Ethics Charges
• EXCLUSIVE: Behind The Downfall Of Latham's Chairman
• National Lawyers Need National Licensing For National Courts
• How Regulatory Power Is Moving To The States
• FMC Escapes Employees' ERISA Suit Over Retirement Plans
• 3M Says Philly-Area Contamination Suit Should Stay On Hold
• Honeywell Blasts $22M Suit Over Closed-Circuit Tech Support
• Employee Fired By Snack Giant Because Of Age, Jury Says
• UnitedHealth Unit Can't Trim FCA Suit Over Inpatient Billing
• US Trustee Objects To PES Ch. 11 Plan Over Creditor Rights
• Philly Cardiologist Settles Federal Stent Fraud Allegations
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Owens Corning Shingles Class Denial
• Western Pa. Cities Latest To Strike At Opioid Manufacturers
• Philly Litigator Rips Opioid Defense Attys At Conference
• Ex-PharMerica Exec Shakes Trade Secrets Suit
• Businessman Fudged Funds To Nab $30M Loan, DOJ Says
• Hernia Mesh Maker Can't Force Chubb Unit To Cover IP Suit
• Pa. Revenue Agency Asserts $3.8B Tax Claim In PES Ch. 11
• 3rd Circ. Won't Grant New Trial To Car Dealer In Fax Row
• Liberty Property Trust Makes 2 Pennsylvania Sales For $107M
• 2nd Circ. Case Doesn't Clear Kelly In GWB Scandal, Say Feds
• Atty Bloggers Find Niche Tracking Federal Appeals Courts
• Sunoco Faces Class Action Over Pa. Pipeline Work Damage
• A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharma
• First Energy Settles Pa. Coal Contract Claim For $93M
• Changes To Rule 23 Are Coming, Are You Prepared?
• Finances Limit Owner's Liability For Plugging Wells: Pa. Court
• Pa. Atty Gets 33-Month Prison Term For Defrauding Client
• Pa. Appellate Panel Won't Upend AEP Tax Payment Order
• Workers Win 'Tolling' Ruling In Del. 3rd Circuit Query
• Pa. Officials Follow Trump In Not Releasing Tax Returns
• Asylum Seekers In 5 States Challenge Trump's Parole Policies
• Pa. Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Child's Flu Death Suit
• Grocers Can't Condition Info On Union Waivers: NLRB Judge
• Reed Smith Settles Pa. Malpractice Case Over Fire Coverage
• Personal Jurisdiction In 3rd Circ. After 'Shuker'
• ​​​​​​​Senate Panel OKs 10th Circ., Fla., Del. Court Picks
• Pa. Bridge Contractor Charged With Deadly OSHA Violation
• Release Bars $3.2M Bike Race Accident Verdict, Philly Says
• NJ Nursing Home Must Reinstate Workers, Recognize Union
• GWB Figure Tells 3rd Circ. Revenge Plot Wasn't A Crime
• 3rd Circ. Junks Bank Fraudster's 10-Year Prison Sentence
• Ex-Philly Parking Head Immune In Uber Regulations Suit
• Morgan Lewis Liable In $30M Conflict Suit, Ex-Client Says
• Feds Can't Duck Philly's Suit Over Sanctuary City Funds
• Duane Morris Beats Bid To Revive Malpractice Suit In Pa.
• Missed Deadline Leads To Toss Of Man's Sex Bias Suit
• Prudential Can't Pause ERISA Suit Over Payouts, Judge Rules
• Pa. Atty In Sex Toy Theft Case Gives Up Law License
• Penn State Frat Board Sued For Alcohol-Related Death
• Lawyering A La Carte: Unbundled Dispute Resolution Services
• EPA Lets Bankrupt Pa. Refiner Slide On Biofuel Payments
• Gillette Must Arbitrate Razor Patent Row, 3rd Circ. Told
• Medical Monitoring Co. Ends FCA Case For $550K
• Pa. Justices Urged To Ax Philly Soda Tax
• High Court May Clarify Decades-Old Procedural Takings Issue
• Doling Out 'Fair Shares' Of Asbestos Liability
• Pa. Fee Claim Ruling Could Spur Deal-Making Between Firms
• Philly Club Owner Aims To Trim Exotic Dancers' Wage Suit
• Enviros Denied Early Win In Pa. Facility Permit Challenge
• R&B Singer Jill Scott Sued Over Greeting Card Deal
• EPA Must List Areas Not Meeting Smog Standards By April
• Blank Rome Announces Leadership Transition
• You're Perfect, Now Change: Perfectionism Hurts Lawyers
• Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction
• Why The 'Blue Slip' Battles Are Becoming White Hot
• Senior Judges Fill The Void Left By Rampant Vacancies
• How Far Right Can The President Pull The Courts?
• Dr. Reddy's Escapes FCA Suit Over Drug Packaging
• 5th Pa. Casino License Auction Attracts No Bidders
• Insured's Ignorance Of Grace Period's End No Excuse: Judge
• 15 Months In, Philly Still Plagued With Soda Tax Uncertainties
• PNC Says Bank Law OKs Criminal Check For Job Applicants
• Ex-Credit Union Worker Pleads In Pa. Judge's Bribery Case
• 2 Pa. Doctors Arrested For Excessive Opioid Prescriptions
• Investment Adviser Convicted In $1.1M Pa. Fraud Trial
• A Potential Shift On Education Debt Discharge Standards
• 3rd Circ. Gets It Partly Right On Component Preemption
• Atty. In Pa. Pay-To-Play Schemes Faces License Suspension
• Aria Hit With $5.7M Verdict Over Patient's Jump From Window
• PBGC Paid Out $5.6B In Main Pension Program Last Year
• Pittsburgh's City Solicitor To Return To Private Practice
• Sinkholes Prompt Pa. To Halt Sunoco Pipeline Operations
• New Route For Privacy Suits Revives Aaron's Spying Case
• House Passes Coal-Fired Power Plants Exemption Bill
• Poarch Creek Tribe Pays Sands $1.3B For Pa. Casino
• Will High Court Provide Clarity On 'Clear Evidence'?
• Bayer, J&J Look To Bar Amended Master Xarelto Complaint
• CSX Wins Verdict In Rail Worker's Philly Toxic Tort Case
• Dems Urge Electioneering Probe Of Interior Secretary
• Dem AGs Knock DOL's 'Association Health Plans' Rule
• NASA Supplier Wins $3.1M In Suit Against Turncoat Salesman
• UPMC, Medicor Ink $21M Deal To End Kickback Claims
• Cert. 'Reluctantly' OK'd In Suit Claiming Misdated Debts
• 3rd Circ. Gives 'Hybrid' Med Devices New Liability Shield
• EPA Can't Dodge Del. Pollution Deadline, 3rd Circ. Told
• Philly Bar Groups Defend Justices In Redistricting Fight
• Pa. Justices OK Fee Claim In Suit Over Departed Atty
• Asbestos Suits Not Barred By Ch. 11 Plan, 3rd Circ. Told
• Pa. Justices Query Process For 3rd-Party Insurance Claims
• Amazon Will Begin Collecting Pa. Sales Tax April 1
• FisherBroyles Lands Ex-Dilworth Paxson Employment Lawyer
• Dilworth Paxson Calls Suit Over RE Litigation Groundless
• State And Local Tax Scoreboard: 2017 In Review
• Pa. Enviros Push EPA To Act On Allegheny County Air Permits
• Philly-Area Residents Want Contamination Suit Unpaused
• Pa. DEP Fines Lab $600K For Falsifying Water Test Results
• Pa. Utility Asks High Court To Review $199M Deduction Claim
• Atty Gets 2nd Crack At Suit Accusing Pa. Judge Of Slander
• Waiver Dooms Pa. Town's Bid To Shield Docs In Contract Fight
• Pa. AG Wants $13.5M From Uber In Data Breach Suit
• J&J Asks 3rd Circ. To End Suit Over Talc-Based Baby Powder
• NFL, Class Attys Hash Out Concussion Deal's Pros And Cons
• Blank Rome Settles Claims Ex-Partner Misled Project Investor
• Trump Taps Senate Staffer, Pa. Transit Atty For STB
• NLRB Orders Duquesne To Bargain With Adjunct Profs Union
• Ex Pa. Atty Who Stole $223K Denied Reinstatement To Bar
• Pa. DEP OKs Permits For Birdsboro Natural Gas Power Plant
• Pa. Gov. Hires Ex-Acting SG For Gerrymandering Fight
• Tucker Law Faces Pa. Malpractice Suit Over Car Crash Case
• VoIP Services May Fall Beyond TCPA's Scope
• Childproof Cannabis Packages Won't Impress Jeff Sessions
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Part Of 'Hybrid' Medical Device Suit
• Jury Convicts Pa. Mayor, Atty In Law Firm Bribery Case
• Pa. DEP Chief Defends Hike In Gas Well Permit Fees
• Pa. Court Cuts Surgeon Loose From Med Mal Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Thomson Reuters, Fiat, Hermes
• Make An Informed Choice About Arbitration
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Restore Malicious Prosecution Suit
• Beneficiaries Slam Prudential Bid To Stay ERISA Suit
• Ex-Pa. AG Staff Escape Most Of Age Discrimination Suit
• Protecting Privilege In Litigation Financing Negotiations