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Pennsylvania - August, 2018

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• 3rd Circ. Frees Ex-Norris McLaughlin Atty For Bribery Appeal
• Insurer Can't Escape Liability In Staples Delivery Crash
• Ex-Glaxo Scientist Cops To IP Theft For Chinese Pharma Co.
• New Pass-Through Deduction Will Pass Over Many Lawyers
• Suit Says Pa. Policyholder's Atty Tried To 'Extort' Insurer
• Columbia Gas Sues Airport Parking Lot For Dig Near Pipeline
• Ex-Wawa Workers Get $25M Deal, $5M Atty Fees In Stock Suit
• Gamblers Will Ask 3rd Circ. To Reverse Casino's $10M Win
• IP Firm Young Basile Adds New Atty To Growing Philly Office
• How Reckless Judicial Impeachments Threaten Rule Of Law
• Judging A Book: Fogel Reviews 'Good Judgment'
• Taxation With Representation: Sidley, Skadden, Norton
• 3 Deals That Perished This Summer & What Killed Them
• Pennsylvania Powerhouse: Pepper Hamilton
• Westinghouse WARN Plaintiffs Split Over Court Jurisdiction
• American Airlines Pilots Can't Revive Seniority Suit
• RJR Must Turn Over List Of Asbestos Litigants, Pa. Court Says
• Aetna Gets Pediatrix's Claims Payment Suit Sent To Pa.
• High Court's FLSA Ruling Blocks Amazon Workers' Claims
• Bayer, Janssen Win Another Xarelto Injury Trial In Philly
• Ex-Pa. Mayor Convicted In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Ex-Supermodel Loses Appeal In Parking Gate Head Bonking
• Talen Unit Faces Lawsuit Threat Over Power Plant Pollution
• Insurer Slams Dallas Hotel For Spilling Secret Settlement Talk
• 10 Ways To Prevent E-Discovery Woes
• Pennsylvania Powerhouse: Morgan Lewis
• Pa. High Court Denies 2 Sunoco Pipeline Zoning Appeals
• Retirees Can't Arbitrate Health Benefits Row, 3rd Circ. Rules
• Leidos, Battelle Land $365M DOE Research Support Contract
• Ex-Pa. Mayor Tells Jury He Didn't Take Bribes For Contracts
• Big Banks Get Agency Bond-Fixing Suit Tossed
• Pennsylvania Powerhouse: Duane Morris
• Browns Player Cops To Insider Trading After Charges
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Copyright Suit Over Fox's 'Empire'
• Judge Pick Whose Work Habits Worried ABA Gets Senate OK
• 3rd Circ. Revives Heart Monitor Co.'s BCBS Antitrust Suit
• Pa. Atty Says Court Ignored Proof Illness Kept Him From Case
• Judge Blocks State Dept. Policy On 3D-Printed Gun Plans
• Pa. Energy Co. To Buy Rex Energy Out Of Ch. 11 For $600M
• Pa. Church Abuse Suit Seeks To Expand Statute Of Limitations
• Wendy's Wants Negligence Claims Axed In Data Breach Suit
• McKesson Workers' Narrowed OT Class Gets Conditional Cert.
• Locks Law Firm Can't Stop NFL Concussion Award Objection
• Pennsylvania Powerhouse: Cozen O'Connor
• NJ Ruling On Same-Sex Couple Could Reignite Old Claims
• 4 Key Components To New Firm Partnership Agreements
• McGraw-Hill Loses DQ Bid Against Attys Repping NJ Photog
• Woman Drops Claims Against MLB In Park Injury Suit
• Cigna, American Specialty Should Face ERISA Suit, Court Told
• GNC Urges Pa. Justices To Ax Time And A Half OT Ruling
• $300M Brennan Investment JV Acquires 3-Building Portfolio
• Ex-Pa. DA Faces Possible 3-Month Suspension In Ethics Case
• Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Powers Up Growing IPO Pipeline
• Pennsylvania Powerhouse: Ballard Spahr
• NJ Gov. Vetoes Bill Stripping Him Of Tax Deal Authority
• Pa. Judge Who Viewed Lewd Pics Denies Ethics Violation
• Norton Rose, Bracewell Guide $1.4B Energy Merger
• Open The Federal Courthouses
• Broad Pa. Economy Helping Boost State's Powerhouse Firms
• 5 E-Discovery Hurdles For Government Agencies
• Pa. Panel Nixes Contractor Fee Requirement In Damage Award
• Developer Denied Coverage Bid For Suit Over Wall Ownership
• Convenience Store Chain Faces Privacy Suit Over Receipts
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Pay Bias Suit By Ex-Del. Labor Dept. Worker
• AGs Seek Quick Win In Association Health Plan Rule Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Mayer, Vinson
• Local Sugar Taxes May Be Headed For A Crash
• Cozen Snags 4 More Buchanan Labor Lawyers In Pittsburgh
• Financial Advisers Sued By Victims Of $100M Loan Scheme
• Eckert Seamans Regains Patent Expert From Cohen & Grace
• Bleak Prospects For Cabbies' Challenges To Uber, Lyft Regs
• Pa. Lottery's New Online Games Are Illegal, Casinos Say
• Pa. Justices Snub Hospital's Appeal Bid Over Tax Exemption
• Pa. Court Won't Broadly Ax Notification Rules For Frackers
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Conrail's Cleanup Coverage Appeal
• 3rd Circ. Revives Suit Against Eatery Over Drunken Crash
• MDs Liable In Psych Ward Shooting, Pa. Court Hears
• Rite Aid Counters $5.5M Tech Co. Suit With $16M Demand
• Debt Collector Must Face Claim Over Voicemail, 3rd Circ. Says
• Opioid Cos. Slammed With More Suits Over High Health Costs
• Camper's Family Wins A Shot At Damages In Appendix Suit
• Judge's Lengthy Sex-Case Sentences Suggest Bias: Panelists
• Policing Bad Claims In Consolidated Litigation: Part 2
• 17 AGs Say HUD Shouldn't Change Disparate Impact Rule
• Trump's 3rd Circ. Nominee Joins Lowenstein Sandler In NJ
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Philly Judges' Perjury Convictions
• Rap Threats Against Cops Not Protected Speech: Pa. Justices
• 3rd Circ. Says It Can't Hear Del.'s Challenge To EPA Delay
• Pa. Immunity Waiver For Crashes Applies To Empty Vehicles
• Pa. High Court Revives Gov.'s Bid To Let Home Aides Organize
• Ice Co. Investors Can't Sue Over Dividend, 3rd Circ. Says
• Policing Bad Claims In Consolidated Litigation: Part 1
• Proposed Jury Charge Can't Salvage Appeal, Pa. Justices Say
• New Pennsylvania Law Protects Rights Of Unpaid Contractors
• 'High Availability' — A Key Term In Law Firm IT Strategy
• CVS, Rite Aid Hit AbbVie With Antitrust Suit Over AndroGel
• Pa. Court Upholds Woman's $2M Penalty For Stolen 'Kiss'
• Pa. Appeals Court OKs Dismissal Of Firefighters' Siren Suit
• Ex-Pa. Mayor Steered City Work To Donors, Jurors Hear
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Taxi Cos.' Suit Over Uber-Newark Deal
• Comcast Beats $75M Antitrust Suit Over Ad Platform
• GTL Facing Another Class Action Over Prison Phone Rates
• Davis Polk Guides Tyson In $2.16B Keystone Foods Buy
• The Future Of State-Subsidized Electric Generation Resources
• Bowles Rice, Insurer Resolve $41M Fight On Eve Of Trial
• Egg Producers Cite 3rd Circ. Ruling In Scramble To Exit MDL
• Ex-Lannett Execs Face Derivative Suit Over Antitrust Probes
• 3rd Circ. Oral Argument Dip Troubling, Chief Judge Says
• Despite Abuse Horrors, Attys Feel Duty To Defend The Church
• NY, Others 'Stand Ready' To Fight Over Scientific Study Rule
• PennDOT Wants Out Of Pittsburgh Artist's Lost-Murals Suit
• Judging A Book: Lipez Reviews 'Last Great Colonial Lawyer'
• Will Law Schools Start Counting 'Generation ADA'?
• DC Appeals Court Ends FCA Suit Against Verizon, Comcast
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Allergan Medicaid Rebate Suit
• Pa. Suit Says AARP Acted As Unlicensed Insurance Agent
• Novo Nordisk Can't Dodge Shareholder Suit In NJ
• Pa. Rehab Centers Say Some Issues Kept Secret Before Sale
• DHS Memo Justifies Ending DACA, Trump Tells 2nd Circ.
• Dinged Credit Counts As Harm In Misdated-Debts Suit: Judge
• A Chat With Ogletree Knowledge Chief Patrick DiDomenico
• City Solicitor Slammed In Pa. AG's Clergy Abuse Report
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over Hartford Management Fees
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-Reed Smith Litigator In Philly
• Music Rights Co. Can't Get Suit Against Radio Group Going
• 3rd Circ. Won't Boost Man's $500 Award Over Conrail Spill
• Pa. Justice Rejects Recusal Bid In Bus Injury Appeals
• Pa. Hospital Chain To Pay $13M To Settle Kickback FCA Suit
• Penn National Must Cover Defense In Construction Death Suit
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Convictions In NOVA Bank TARP Fraud Case
• Pulling Up Stakes: McCarter & English, Orrick, Day Pitney
• How One Firm Moved The Needle On Disability Inclusion
• Third Circuit Revives Discrimination Suit Over Service Dog
• Pa. Court Nixes Quadriplegic Man's Snow Tubing Injury Suit
• W.R. Grace Insurers May Be Directly Liable For Asbestos
• Time Expired On Defective Zimmer Hip Implant Claim: Judge
• Privilege Bars Divorce Files In Death Case, Pa. Panel Told
• BNY Mellon Says Fed Law Bars Case Alleging Self-Dealing
• Interview Essentials For Attorneys On The Move
• David Boies On How Dyslexia Shaped His Practice
• BigLaw's Mental Health Stigma Shows Signs Of Fading
• States Push Back Against Dismissal Bids In Opioid MDL
• FTC Overstepped In Shire FDA Petitions Case, 3rd Circ. Told
• Tenn. Businessman Seeks To Exit Pension Theft Suit In Pa.
• Enviros To Fight FERC's PennEast Pipeline Approval In Court
• Ex-Pa. City Official Cops To Soliciting Bribe From Mayor
• Oil And Gas Co. Denied New Trials Over Workers' OT Awards
• Split 3rd Circ. Backs CFPB On Probe Of Student Loan Co.
• Awaiting Clarity On Fluctuating Workweek In Pa.
• Clerking For Ginsburg
• How The Legal Industry Lets Down Lawyers With Disabilities
• Gaining Access: Disabled Lawyers Share Their Stories
• J&J Can't Ax Pfizer Antitrust Suit Over Remicade Biosimilar
• Crash Victims Slam Bid To Ax Pa. Justice From Immunity Case
• Judge In Ex-PSU Prez's Endangerment Case Won't Recuse
• Navient Ordered To Produce DOE Borrower Docs For CFPB
• Pittsburgh Airport Wants Carrier To Return Grant Money
• Chesapeake Energy Reaches $8M Deal On Gas Royalty Suits
• Seneca Tribe Wants NY Highway Easement Spat Kept Alive
• Pa. Drilling Law Case Could Set New Enviro Rights Standards
• Federal Law Both Sword And Shield In Cannabis Litigation
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 3 Surprises
• Man In Tribal-Linked Payday Lending Scheme Gets 3 Years
• Midtrial Toss Of Pa. Patient's Acid Spill Suit Affirmed
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear $8M Asbestos Reinsurance Dispute
• Proxy Marriage, Stepson Can Keep Immigrant In US: 3rd Circ.
• Comcast Gets PTAB Nix Of TiVo's Programming Guide Patent
• Clerking For Ginsburg: A Superhero Supreme
• Rite Aid, Albertsons Call Off Merger Amid Investor Concern
• Ex-Pa. Rep. Fattah Wins Bribery Conviction Appeal
• Bowles Rice, Title Insurer Set For Trial In $41M Contract Row
• SEC Told Proposed Broker Standards Fall Short
• Montgomery McCracken Snags 4 Buchanan Attys For IP Unit
• Wawa Sued By Ex-Employees Over Forced Stock Sales
• J&J Urges Pa. Appeals Court To Undo $2.5M Risperdal Verdict
• Immigration Judges File Grievance Over DOJ's Case Transfers
• NJ Woman's Mesh Case Doesn't Belong In Pa., Ethicon Says
• Lenders In $25B EFH Loan Row Get No Priority, 3rd Circ. Says
• Wells Fargo Must Face Pa. Wiretap Suit Over Recorded Calls
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 RBG Lessons On Having It All
• JP Morgan Can't Duck FINRA Arbitration, 3rd Circ. Says
• Biz Is Debt Collector Like Popeye's A Sailor, 3rd Circ. Says
• State PUCs Tell FCC Unbundling Could Concentrate Power
• Philly Exec Settles Business Journal Defamation Suit
• 3rd Circ. Agrees Unpaid Tolls Aren't Debt Under FDCPA
• Hospitals Can't Bar Union Talk On Nonwork Time: NLRB
• Fox Rothschild Adds Partner To Pittsburgh Labor Practice
• AGs Urge DC Circ. To OK Block On Detainee Abortion Rules
• Clerking For Ginsburg: How To Play The Long Game
• What District Courts Are Saying About Admissibility Of IPR
• 'Ban The Box' Turns 20: Decoding The Current Framework
• Canadian Man Gets 18 Years For $23M Fraud Targeting Attys
• 3rd Circ. Gives Biomet New Chance To Access Docs In IP Row
• Humana Hits Generic-Drug Makers With Price-Fixing Claims
• CFPB Says Navient Withholding Docs In Loan Servicing Suit
• Actavis At 5: Where Pay-For-Delay Litigation Stands
• Pittsburgh Casino Spied On Texts, Banking Info, Guests Say
• Pa. Justices Order Redo In Residential Drilling Challenge
• Sunoco Faces Another Penalty Over Mariner East Pipeline
• Clerking For Ginsburg: In Pursuit Of Precision
• JPML Bundles Dozens Of Zostavax Suits In Philadelphia
• ​​​​​​​FTC Can't Block Theoretical Drugmaker Moves, Shire Says
• Ritz-Carlton Pushes Age Discrimination Suit Into Arbitration
• Allstate's Electrolux Dryer-Fire Claims Spread Over States
• No-Poach Suits Against Rail Cos. Consolidated In Pa.
• Drugmaker Escapes Stock-Drop Suit Over Opioid Statements
• FCC Nixes BeIN's Discrimination Complaint Against Comcast
• Clerking For Ginsburg: My RBG Guide To Judging
• Financial Firms Accused Of Flouting Court Order In NFL Suit
• Uber's Spot In $22M BofA Fee Deal Not Unusual, Court Told
• Pa. To Keep Tougher Rules For Association Health Plans
• Silverstein, Wilshire Get $3.5M In Raided-Trust Settlement
• Locks Law Appeals NFL Concussion Deal Fees Breakdown
• Pittsburgh, Ex-Mayor Seek To Toss FCA Suit Over Housing
• Comcast's Xfinity Accused Of Infringing Streaming TV Patent
• Retired Immigration Judges Slam High-Profile Case's Transfer
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 Things I Learned
• US Atty For Pa. Creates Civil Enforcement Strike Force
• Enviro Group Loses Bid To Revive State Pipeline Challenge
• Pa. High Court To Weigh How Asbestos Liability Is Divided
• Pittsburgh Doc Hit With 100+ New Counts In Opioid Case
• 3rd Circ. Keeps US Bank On Hook For $6M 'Bad Faith' Award
• Unification Church Says Gun-Centric Offshoot Stole Design
• Trader's False Reports May Not Be Deportable Crime: 3rd Circ.
• Clerking For Ginsburg: The Equality Lessons
• Federal Inaction And State Activity: Student Loan Edition