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Pennsylvania - July, 2018

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• NFL Concussion Settlement Pays Out Over $502M In Claims
• Ex-PSU GC During Sandusky Probe Slams Discipline Effort
• Exelon To Sell Closing Nuclear Reactor In New Jersey
• Merck Says Vaccine Bundles Caused Low Prices, Not Harm
• Osprey Shareholder Sues To Stop $400M Blackstone Deal
• Philly Photog Can't Sue Budweiser Over Neon Skyline Sign
• Uber Dodges Rider's Suit Over Driver Assault, For Now
• Ivy League Stands By Harvard In Admissions Race Bias Suit
• Attorneys General Urge High Court To Let EPA Ban HFCs
• Immigration Judges Condemn EOIR Intervention In Case
• Artist Blasts Pittsburgh, Norfolk Southern Over Mural Loss
• Furniture Company Returns To Ch. 11 With $280M Debt
• States Sue To Block Federal 3D Gun Printing Settlement
• Philly Atty Admits To Stealing From Client's Estate
• For Self-Driving Car Makers, Industry Standards Matter
• Who Can Decide Whether 'Class Arbitration' Is Authorized?
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• $47M Baby Injury Award Slashed By Pa. Judge To $19M
• Convicted Ex-Stockbroker Charged Again In Microcap Scheme
• Green Groups, Pa. Settle Row Over Sunoco Pipeline Permits
• McCarter & English Adds Banking And Finance Atty In Philly
• Pa. Judge Must Face Suit Claiming Retaliation After Affair
• J&J Unit Can't Skip To En Banc Hearing In Pa. Mesh Appeal
• 3rd Circ. Allows Steak 'N Shake ADA Suit But Tosses Class
• CORRECTED: 3rd Circ. Tweaks School Trans Bathroom Ruling
• Holland & Knight Taps Reed Smith Attys For Philly Expansion
• $22M BofA Overdraft Deal Gives Uber 'Free Ride,' Court Told
• J&J Can't Get New Judge For Philly Pelvic Mesh Trial
• 3rd-Party Funder Recovers From Ex-NFLer's Injury Payout
• Tucker Arensberg Nabs Associate For Foreclosure Practice
• Pa. Firm Sued For Targeting Wrong Party In Salon Injury Case
• AGs Sue Labor Dept. Over Association Health Plan Rule
• 3rd Circ. Says Medicaid Can't Cover States' Provider Training
• Ex-NCAA Athlete's Minimum Wage Case Stays Alive
• UberBlack Drivers Fight For Employee Status At 3rd Circ.
• NJ Says Slew Of Railroad Injury Suits Must Wait For 3rd Circ.
• Philly Ex-Atty Helped Run 'Foreclosure Mill,' Pa. AG Says
• States Responding To SALT Cap, Carried Interest Provisions
• The Future Of Authenticating Audio And Video Evidence
• Verizon Says Pa. Firm Bungled Settlement With Injured Worker
• NY Law Dictates Arbitration Of Sandy Damage In NJ: 3rd Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Affirms FERC Win In Religious Order's Pipeline Fight
• Objectors Slam $9.5M Fee Request By NFL Class Counsel
• Pa. Jury Must Decide If Insurer Pays For Roofer's Fatal Fall
• Payday Lending Convict Can't Avoid Prison Pending Appeal
• From Billable Hours To Bedtime Stories: Lawyering With Children
• Philly Real Estate Lender To Pay $3.8M To End SEC Suit
• Pa. Brownfield Cleanup Effort Can't Stop Enviros' Suit
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Late FTCA Suit Over Mail Truck Crash
• PA Cyber School Founder Gets Prison For $8M Tax Scheme
• DOJ Seeks More Info On $11B Wabtec-GE Rail Merger
• Pa. Court Denies Asbestos Case Against Ford, Advance Auto
• Taxing Pot Could Raise $581M For Pennsylvania, Report Says
• FERC Asks DC Circ. To Reject Atlantic Sunrise Rate Challenge
• How Mammoth Student Loans Are Dogging Today's Lawyers
• Law360's Global 20 Doesn't Acknowledge Global Networks
• Bayer Can't Keep 16 Suits Over Essure Injuries In Fed. Court
• Purchasers Try To Finalize $1.3M Drywall Price-Fix Settlement
• Pa. Judge's 'Extortion' Of Constables Broke Rules, Panel Says
• Pa. Eastern District Head To Retire Into Private Practice
• Walmart Workers Scolded For 'Inappropriate' Cert. Redo Bid
• FTC To Seek Revival Of Parts Of AbbVie Suit After $448M Win
• Panel Upholds Whistleblower Exemption For Pa. Court Jobs
• Is The Grass Greener On The Solo Side?
• Pa. Judge's Sexts Violated Ethics Rules, Panel Finds
• The Least-Stressed Attorneys In A Stressed-Out Profession
• Law360's Satisfaction Survey: By The Numbers
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Former Teva Atty To Philly Office
• Ex-Temple Employee Gets $850K In Age Bias Suit
• Ice Co. Beats Firing Suit After Worker Botched Case Transfer
• AGs From 9 States Urge FDA To Ban Menthol In Tobacco
• Amish Woman May Have Religious Right To Privy, Court Says
• School District Can't Keep Bus Discipline Vid Under Wraps
• Litigation Funder Seeks Bond For Ex-NFLer's $500K Advance
• NJ Contractor, Developer Hit With $3.8M Payment Suit
• Philly Atty, Firm Must Pay Client $656K For Malpractice
• Ex-Archer Atty To Grow Clark Hill's Real Estate Practice
• 16 AGs Sue EPA Over 'Super-Polluting' Truck Rule Rollback
• Hernia Mesh Maker Takes IP Suit Coverage Row To 3rd Circ.
• Hernandez Team Seeks To Return CTE Case To State Court
• Party Line Splits Senators On Kavanaugh Records Requests
• Philly Should Do More To Fight Harassment, Controller Says
• Citizens Bank Didn't Discourage OT Reports, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Debt Collector Blames Computer Error In Credit Class Action
• Ruling OK'ing Philly Soda Tax Tees Up Legislative Fight
• Pepper Hamilton Lures Ex-Flaster Greenberg Tax Atty In Philly
• Inside The Interlocked Bid Wars Of Comcast, Disney And Fox
• AbbVie Judge Rejects Interest Hike On AndroGel Penalty
• Comcast Drops Competing Fox Bid To Focus On Sky Deal
• Chris Dodd Talks Dodd-Frank, Nuremberg Trial, Hollywood
• Hospital's Suit Over Doc's 'Tasteless' Video Promo Revived
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Toxic Cleanup Coverage Row Yet
• Pa. Panel Urged To Revive Atty's Sanction Abuse Suit
• Pa. Justices Won't Extend UPMC, Highmark Medicare Deal
• 3rd Circ. Sends False Claims Case Back Over 'Fee On Fees'
• NFL Can't Get Probe For Concussion Settlement, For Now
• Pa. Supreme Court Upholds Philadelphia's Soda Tax
• Insurer Needn't Defend Bar In Fatal Stabbing Suit
• Survival Claim Over Patients' Bedsores Revived
• A Chat With Gibson Dunn Diversity Chief Salim-Williams
• What Kavanaugh's Writing Tells Us About His Personality
• Cities In Distress
• 'Imaginative' Attys Get $63M Fees In Drywall Price-Fix MDL
• Pa. Shooting Case Will Test Bounds Of 'Accident' Coverage
• M&T, HCB $3.7B Deal Wasn't Vetted Properly, 3rd Circ. Told
• Pa. Ex-Atty Asks 3rd Circ. To Reinstate Him As Trust Controller
• Pa. PUC Sues Nonprofit Over Unspent Development Funds
• Suit Over Child's Treatment At Philly Hospital Nixed, For Now
• Sunoco Pans Contractor's $55M Claim For Axed Pipeline Deal
• Abortion Clinic Buffer Allows Free Speech, 3rd. Circ. Told
• 3 Pros, 3 Cons Of Litigation Finance
• How Attorney Discipline Is Evolving In The #MeToo Era
• Montgomery McCracken Wants Malpractice Row In Fed. Court
• Cities In Distress: Municipal Recovery Lessons From Pa.
• Chem Co. Liable For Pa. Site's Prior Pollution, 3rd Circ. Told
• AbbVie Protests FTC Interest Hike In AndroGel Case
• Firm Off The Hook In Pa. Couple's Malpractice Suit
• Pa. Justices Will Hear GNC's Appeal In Overtime Case
• Pa. Can Recoup Tax Benefits After Restaurant's Sale
• Online Pharmaceuticals – But Not Much Online Liability
• Akin Gump Adds Drinker Biddle Litigation Team In Philly, SF
• Cleary, Fried Frank Steer Allied Universal's $1B USSA Buy
• Modern Communication Brings E-Discovery Challenges
• Pa. Judicial Atty's Gender Pay Discrimination Suit Tossed
• Pa. Court Rules Workers Can't Sue Fla.-Based CSX In Philly
• Cities In Distress: Michigan's Emergency Mgr. Law And Flint
• Navient Says Borrower Docs Dispute Is Between CFPB, DOE
• Estee Lauder, EEOC Strike $1M Deal To End Leave Policy Suit
• Mortgage Lender Settles Stock Inflation Row For $2.95M
• Tucker Law Looks To Escape Ex-Client's Malpractice Suit
• It's Not All About The Benjamins, Baby (Lawyer)
• Temple Univ. Faces Probe Over Ratings Inflation Claims
• Ortho's $19.5M Deal Ending Antitrust MDL Gets Initial OK
• Failure-To-Warn Suit Against St. Jude Not Preempted
• Asbestos Transparency Laws Can Stop Double Recovery
• Pa. Board Seeks Censure For Ex-PSU GC In Sandusky Probe
• UK Takeover Regulator Lifts Sky's Bid Floor For Disney
• Pa. Atty In Pay-To-Play Scheme Gets License Suspended
• Perkins Coie Atty Tapped For 9th Circ. In New Round Of Noms
• Cities In Distress: Are There True Alternatives To Ch. 9?
• Judging A Book: Hood Reviews 'Lawyering From The Inside Out'
• Navient Won't Produce Docs Without DOE Say-So, CFPB Says
• The Biggest Pa. Appellate Rulings Of 2018: Midyear Report
• Babst Calland Adds 3 Attys To Emerging Tech Practice
• 3rd Circ. Revives Wrongful Death Suit Against Ship Owners
• Get Ready For Digital Health Product Liability Cases
• Buckeye Can't Reverse Oil Pipeline Flow, Pa. Agency Rules
• 21st Century Fox Wins Key Approval In Britain For Sky Deal
• Cities In Distress: A Tale Of 3 California Bankruptcies
• Jury Confusion Prompts New UPenn Med Mal Trial, Court Says
• Kavanaugh Splurged On Baseball Tix, Reports Say
• FisherBroyles Adds Litigators in Florida, Philadelphia
• 4 Kavanaugh Arguments You Gotta Hear
• Widow's Plane Crash Suit Not Preempted, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Pipelines Come Out On Top With Nixing Of FERC Bias Claim
• 3rd Circ. Backs Atty's Conviction Over Fake Insurance Sales
• Kennedy's Legacy Remains Alive In Kavanaugh's Nomination
• 3rd Circ. Says TSA Screeners Immune To Flyer Abuse Claims
• Senate Panel Gearing Up For Kavanaugh Vetting Fight
• Phony Atty Gets 12 Years Following Fraud Conviction
• What Civil Rights Rulings Could Look Like Under Kavanaugh
• Rite Aid Booted, Walgreens Stuck In Suit Over Failed Merger
• Morgan Lewis Snags Former US Atty For Louisiana
• Investor, Ex-NFL Player Owe $8M In SEC's Ponzi Suit
• Ex-Penn State Prez Seeks Recusal Of Judge Critical Of School
• Pa. County Sued For Bid To Redo Office With Clean Air Funds
• 9th Circ. Pick Treads Fine Line On Environmental Stance
• 3 Top E-Discovery Case Law Lessons Of 2018 (So Far)
• Pa. Justices To Hear Coverage Dispute Over Shooting
• Cities In Distress: What Chicago's Bankruptcy May Look Like
• Comcast Again Tops Fox's Sky Bid With $34B Offer
• 'Not A Complicated Case': Kavanaugh's Straightforward Style
• Dems Need Unified Front To Combat Trump's High Court Pick
• Pa. Justices Urged To Take Up Fracking Trespass Case
• 5 Tips For Kavanaugh As Confirmation Gets Underway
• Pa. Owed Atty Fees For Halting Hospital Merger, 3rd Circ. Told
• DOJ Must Give Harvard FOIA Docs On For-Profit College
• Biomet Says It Needs Confidential Docs in Trade Secrets Row
• Highmark Nixed Health Plan To Drop Hemophiliacs, Suit Says
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive AXA Investors' Action Over Fees
• With Kavanaugh's Nomination, Chevron's Future Looking Grim
• Google Privacy Deal Is 'Clear Abuse,' High Court Told
• Ex-Pa. AG Seeks Quick Win In Porn Email Retaliation Suit
• Law Schools Must Take A Stand Against Mandatory Arbitration
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-Reed Smith Team For Philly Launch
• New Bill Addresses Systemic Risk In Cannabis Banking
• How Kavanaugh's Conservative Cred, DC Ties Won The Day
• Senate Battle Lines Drawn With Kavanaugh As Trump's Pick
• 5 Kavanaugh Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh For Supreme Court
• Penn State Prof Aims To Pinpoint State Broadband Gaps
• 3rd Circ. Nixes NJ County Employee's Age, Race Bias Suit
• Pa. Fracking Water Hauler To Pay Missing OT In DOL Deal
• Saul Ewing Adds Two Real Estate Attys In Philly
• 3rd Circ. Backs Return Of NJ ADT Class Suit To State Court
• Teamsters Says Distributor Owes $8M To Pension Fund
• 3rd Circ. Backs NJ's Nonmonetary Bail Reform
• Pa. Accountant Gets A Year In $8M School Fund Pilfering Plot
• Churchill Downs Drops $51M Casino Deal After FTC Request
• Schlumberger Oilfield Workers Reach Deal In OT Suit
• State AGs Take Aim At Fast Food Noncompete Clauses
• Labor Dept. Accuses Pa. Frac-Water Firm Of Withholding OT
• TCPA Rulings Give Cos. Liability Shield, But No Knockout
• What You Need To Know For The Supreme Court Nomination
• Payday Lending Pioneer Gets 14 Years In Federal Prison
• Ex-Wawa Worker Says $25M Settlement In Benefits Suit Unfair
• Accountant Who Aided School CEO In Fraud Must Pay IRS
• Class Action Accusing Cigna Of Collusion May Move To Philly
• Fake Atty 'Affront' To Court, Should Get 20 Years, Feds Say
• Myths And Facts About Using TAR Across Borders
• 3rd Circ. Says Sex Offender Can't Sponsor Immigrant Wife
• States, DC Seek Full 9th Circ. Redo Of Uber Union Law Fight
• Vaccine Mandates And Lessons On Legal Compliance
• Pittsburgh Pushes Court To Keep Amazon HQ2 Bid Secret
• Biz Row Veil-Piercing Ignored Pa. Law, 3rd Circ. Says
• Pa. Justices To Mull Risperdal Breast-Growth Time Limit
• NJ Lures Teva From Pa. With $40M Tax Incentive Package
• Rapper Rick Ross Can't Toss Venue's Canceled Concert Suit
• Philly Children's Hospital Settles Feds' Gender Bias Action
• High Court Nomination Watch: 3rd Circ.'s Thomas Hardiman
• Chopper Training Co. Sues Lockheed Unit Over Fatal Crash
• Pa. Enviro Amendment Can't Expand Brownfield Review
• Trump Trans Military Ban Like Segregation, 9th Circ. Told
• Hersheypark Sued By Man Accused Of Snapping Girls' Pix
• Real Estate Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2018
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2018
• How Smaller Firms Can Go Global Without Going Bankrupt
• Global Law Firms Bulk Up In Europe As Brexit Approaches
• Ex-Duane Morris Exec Sues Insurer Over Disability Denial
• 3rd Circ. Revives Challenge To Del. River Basin Fracking Ban
• 3rd Circ. Says Jury Must Weigh Sexual Misconduct Defense
• What The AbbVie Decision Says About Sham Patent Cases
• Colo. Energy Co., Owner To Pay $14.4M To End Fraud Claims
• Judge Considers Bad Faith In Census Citizenship Query Row
• Cable Installers Say Comcast Contractor Shorted Their Pay
• Pa. Judge Exits Med Mal Case After Relative Treated By Doc
• Pa. Looks To Raise Permit Fee Cost For Fracking Wells
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• High Court Nomination Watch: 7th Circ.'s Amy Coney Barrett
• Narrow Rulings Reveal Wide Gulfs Between Justices
• 4 High Court Lineups That Might Surprise You
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• FERC Order On State Clean Energy Subsidies Roils Markets
• Trump Plows Ahead With Supreme Court Selection Process
• Mental Health Questions Clear Pa. Rehab Center In Death Suit
• BofA Wants Firm's Fraudulent Fund Transfer Claims Tossed
• Pa. Court Axes 2nd Challenge To Medical Marijuana Licenses
• SEPTA Is Stiffing Doctors Treating Wreck Victims, Suit Says
• No Quick Win For Ex-Morgan Lewis Client In $30M Suit
• A Trump Supreme Court Nominee Can Be Defeated
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• The Most Talkative Justices Of The Term
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers