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Pennsylvania - June, 2019

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• High Court Census Ruling Could Escalate Rule Challenges
• Conservative Justices Cross Over To Create Unusual Lineups
• US Steel To Pay $2.7M In Deal Over Pa. Coal Plant Emissions
• Was Novel Gov't Theory In 'Bridgegate' Scandal Too Novel?
• The Sharpest Dissents Of The Supreme Court Term
• Egg Purchasers Tell 3rd Circ. Producer Violated Antitrust Law
• Pier 1 Charged Full Pa. Tax On Discounted Items, Suit Says
• J&J Hit With $500K Verdict In Latest Philly Mesh Case
• California Bill Highlights Worker Misclassification Debate
• Sotomayor, Breyer Vie For Chattiest High Court Justice
• Top 10 Techniques For Crafting A Dazzling Brief
• Pa. Justices To Probe Hospital Staffer's Whistleblower Suit
• High Court's Knick Ruling Is A Big Win For Property Rights
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• High Court Takes On 'Bridgegate' Appeal
• The New 'Roberts Court' Finds Its Footing
• Breaking Down The Vote: High Court Term In Review
• Fired Ex-Hospital Worker's Pregnancy Bias Suit Trimmed
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• Indian Man Charged With Drug Smuggling, Money Laundering
• Questions For Employers In The Age Of Legalized Cannabis
• Pa. Panel Trims PUC Suit Over Unspent Development Funds
• Judge Asks 3rd Circ. To Probe Pa. Device Defect Claim
• Pa. Eatery Can't Escape Insurer's Suit Over Patron's Car Crash
• 3rd Circ. Pick Advances, But Feinstein Dings His Experience
• Allstate, Electrolux Settle 11 Dryer Fire Suits In Mediation
• Ex-Gibbons Associate's Sex Bias Claims Sent To Arbitration
• EQT Overstated Benefits Of Rice Energy Buy, Investors Say
• McKesson Dodges Generic Drug Price-Fix MDL For Now
• Ex-Pa. Dog Law Chief Wants Another Bite At Defamation Case
• Enviros Fight Pa. County's Bid For Renovation Delay Costs
• Pa. Justices To Hear Quadriplegic Man's Snow Tube Injury Suit
• Philly And Citibank Resolve Libor-Rigging Claims In MDL
• Geisinger Urges Pa. Panel To Ax $5.5M Wrongful Firing Award
• High Court Nixes State Residency Reqs. For Liquor Licenses
• A Chat With Ballard Spahr Diversity Chief Virginia Essandoh
• FTC, States Crack Down On Robocallers With 94 New Cases
• Drilling Rig Maker Faces Heat Over Insider's Ch. 11 Roles
• Allegheny County Joins Air Pollution Suit Against US Steel
• CSX Opposes Cert. For Pa. Town Emptied By Derailment
• DOL Joint Employer Plan Sells Out Workers, Blue States Say
• Big Pharma's Biggest New Cases Of 2019: Midyear Report
• Waiver Voids Man's Bike Race Crash Award, Pa. Court Says
• Judging A Book: McMahon Reviews 'Roosevelt For The Defense'
• Citizens Bank Can't Break Up Loan Officers' FLSA Collective
• ERISA Doesn't Apply To Foreign Workers, Judge Says
• Dunkin' Says Ex-Franchisees Hurt Its TM With Hiring Practices
• Mesh Case Has Weak Ties To Pa., J&J Tells State Justices
• Plea For 'Bombs' In Siemens Software Goes Back To Talks
• Pa. AG Drops Suit As UPMC, Highmark Strike 10-Year Deal
• High Court Puts Local Limits On Energy Development At Risk
• Church Abuse Publicity May Undermine Relaxed Pa. Time Bar
• Drugmakers' Emails, Calls Show Price-Fix Coverup, AGs Say
• Pa. Drill Rig Maker Hits Ch. 11, Citing Industry Downturn
• Justices Seek Gov't View On Preemption In Plane Crash Suit
• Gibson Dunn Steers $1.7B Hamilton Lane Co-Investment Fund
• Knick Ruling Levels The Field, May Signal Court's Agenda
• The Top Transportation Rulings Of 2019: Midyear Review
• Police, Firefighters Must Stay In Spectrum's T-Band, GAO Says
• Scammer Can't Cut Jail Term Over Supposed Broken Plea Deal
• 3rd Circ. Partly Revives Heraeus Trade Secrets Suit
• Stare De-Crisis? Justices Battle Over Respect For Precedent
• Va. Suits Alleging Janssen Cancer Drug 'Monopoly' Sent To NJ
• Podhurst Wins Atty Fees Dispute In NFL Concussion MDL
• Arconic Dodges Investors' Suit Over Grenfell Tower Fire
• Justices Could Blunt Racial Bias Cases With Comcast Ruling
• Generic Drug Cos. Still Trying To Rein In AG Disclosures
• High Court Finds Landowner Has A Path To Federal Court
• Igloo Deal Settles Pa. ADA Suit Over Website Accessibility
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Energy Future Creditors' Bid For Larger Payout
• Dems' Concern Over Local Ties Doesn't Stop 9th Circ. Pick
• Class Claims Cut From Railroad Suppliers No-Poach Suit
• Hot Tamales Dropped As 'Scrivener's Error' In Slack-Fill Order
• Privilege Can't Bar K&L Gates Bill Release, Pa. Justices Told
• 3rd Circ. Releases Cemetery Co. From Stock-Drop Claims
• Fintech-Focused South Mountain Prices Upsized $225M IPO
• Insurance Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2019
• Investors' OneJet Suit Is Grounded In Pa. Fed. Court
• Chase Ducks Late Reinsurance Kickback Suit At 3rd Circ.
• NJ Disbars Pa. Atty Who Took On Clients While Suspended
• Pa. Attorney Can't Dodge $500K Malpractice Verdict
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Medco Exec's FCA Kickback Suit
• US Steel Says Investors Can't 'Skate By' With Class Cert. Bid
• Evenly Split Pa. Justices Affirm Axing Triathlon Death Suit
• Ex-Concrete Co. Head Owes $900K In Unpaid Employment Tax
• Parking Tech Co. Says AIG Must Defend It In Privacy Row
• American Airlines Can't Defeat Military Benefits Suit
• Axalta Taps MoFo As It Weighs Company Sale
• Pa. Justices Allow Surgery Risk Evidence In Med Mal Cases
• Comcast And Contractor's $7.5M Wage Deal Finally Gets OK
• Doc's Dropped Defect Defense Sank Med Mal Case, Panel Told
• Pa. Justices Set New Work Product Rule In Defamation Case
• Landlord Says Attys Can't Defend $110K Transfer To New Firm
• Wells Fargo Dodges Philly, Baltimore Bond Rate-Rigging Suit
• Judge Urged To Ax Lead Pa. Opioid Marketing Deception Case
• Penn ERISA Suit Revival Was Mistaken, WashU Tells 8th Circ.
• NJ Care Home Wants Info On Patient's Ability To OK Contract
• Berman Tabacco To Lead Housekeeper Accounting Fraud Suit
• Shippers Look To High Court For 'Safe Berth' Resolution
• Chancery Closes Road For Hertz Mid-Case Legal Fee Appeal
• Pa. 'Fountain Of Youth' Doc Convicted In $13M Billing Scheme
• UPMC Used Nonprofit Funds On For-Profit Biz, Insurer Says
• Yamaha Sinks Suit Over WaveRunner Warnings At 3rd Circ.
• Insys Hit With Nationwide Opioid Class Claim In Ch. 11
• Pa. Driller Says Arbitrator Awarded $2.4M To Wrong Company
• Montgomery McCracken's White Collar Team Adds Prosecutor
• 5 Ways Law Firms Can Improve Their Job Interviews
• EdgeMarc Energy Gets Nod For $108M Bankruptcy Loan
• Employers May Limit Unions' Worksite Actions, NLRB Says
• The Biggest Benefits Decisions Of 2019: Midyear Report
• PNC Accused Of Stiffing Call Center Workers On OT
• Seeger Weiss Says Common Benefit Fee Objections Too Late
• Saul Ewing Atty's Artistic Vision Thrives After Losing Eyesight
• NJ Justices To Mull How To Consider 3rd. Circ. Explosion Suit
• BNY Mellon Must Face Pa. Class Suit Alleging Self-Dealing
• Revolution Pipeline Builder Says Pa. DEP Order Oversteps
• ITT Tech Lending Arm To Forgive $168M In Student Loans
• Pa.'s Bid To Extend UPMC-Highmark Truce Past June Fails
• Pa. Lacrosse Referees Are Contractors, DC Circ. Says
• Arent Fox Guides FCP's $118M Philly Apartment Complex Deal
• State Efforts To Rein In Drug Costs Have Mixed Success
• A Rare Antitrust Deferred Prosecution Agreement From DOJ
• Endo Fights Investor's Cert. Bid In Opioid Stock-Drop Suit
• Chamber, Drugmakers Back AbbVie In $448M FTC Fine Appeal
• K&L Gates Nabs Labor, Employment Pro From Fox Rothschild
• Ex-FisherBroyles Atty To Lead Saxton & Stump Benefits Team
• More Lawmakers Join Cry Against New Local Radio Royalties
• J&J Loses Bid To Keep Talc Cancer Case Out Of Philly
• SEC Seeks Court Approval Of $1.5M Brokerage Fraud Deal
• How To Streamline Virtual Law Team Mass Tort Defense
• Whistleblower Was Just Doing His Job, Construction Co. Says
• Philly Atty Can't Bar Remarks From Amazon's Meek Mill Film
• Pa. Superior Court Says 'On' Isn't 'Under' In Gas Leases
• 3rd Circ. Lacks Faith In 'Atheist' Ad Ban Free Speech Case
• Pa. Resort Hit With $2.5M Verdict For Snowboarder's Injury
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Fateful Phone Call
• Dollar General Must Face ADA Suit Over Blocked Aisles
• Law Firms Can Do Better With Their Mentoring Programs
• 3rd Circ. Dings FCC Over Bare-Bones Media Diversity Data
• Westinghouse Wants $300M Nuclear Equip. Row Kept In NY
• Bid To Extend Highmark-UPMC Deal Is A Fraud, Pa. Judge Told
• Media Ownership Rule Dispute: How We Got Here
• Aetna Customer Imposters Must Face Fraud Suit In Pa.
• No Tax On $4M Gain For Greek Mining Co., DC Circ. Affirms
• J&J Unit Seeks Kirkland's Pfizer Docs In Antitrust Fight
• Pa. Conservator Law Flouts Due Process Rights, Suit Says
• Preliminary Cert. Likely For Gas Industry Drivers' FLSA Suit
• No Win, No Fees For Sierra Club After Power Plant Redesign
• W.Va. Hospital Can Face DOJ Kickbacks Suit On Home Turf
• Progressive To Pay $2M To End Claims Over Missing Discount
• Grenfell Tower Victims' Families Take Aim At Insulation Firms
• Simpson Thacher Steers EQT Fund's Sale Of Press Ganey
• FTC Wants More Info On $4.8B Roche Buy Of Swiss Gene Co.
• Pa. Eatery Wants Insurer's Car Crash Settlement Suit Tossed
• What To Expect In Media Ownership Arguments At 3rd Circ.
• Policy Goals Void UPMC-Highmark Deal End Date, Judge Told
• Creditors Say EdgeMarc Ch. 11 Sale Timeline Is Too Short
• Firms Seek $1.1M In Fees For Deal On Comcast Set-Top Boxes
• PennEast Has No Right To Seize Land For Pipeline, NJ Says
• Ex-Pa. Magistrate Judge Gets 6½ Years For Money Laundering
• 'Rocket Docket' Justifies Its Name For 11th Straight Year
• Anapol Weiss Pushes 3rd Circ. To Deny NFL Deal Fee Grab
• Wisconsin Tribal Lender Slammed With RICO, Usury Lawsuit
• Investcorp Drops $370M On Multifamily Portfolio
• Comcast Wins High Court Review Of $20B Racial Bias Suit
• Jury Got It Wrong In Pa. Turnpike Injury Crash Trial: Panel
• Pa. County, For Now, Drops Bid To Blow Up Opioid Mass Tort
• Nurses, Workers Back States In ACA Birth Control Rule Fight
• House Dems Champion ACA Suit Targeting Trump 'Sabotage'
• GSK Consultants' Suit Over Prison Stint Returns To Pa. Court
• States Call For Unredacting Of Their Generic-Drug Pricing Suit
• 'Buck Rogers' Heirs Can't Scuttle Settlement, Trust Says
• Ariz. May Lead Charge For Professional Licensing Reciprocity
• Chamber Takes Aim At UPenn Workers' 3rd Circ. ERISA Win
• Son Uncorks Suit Over Liquor Co. CEO Dad's 'Misuse' Of Cash
• Sandusky Prosecutor Facing Possible 1-Year Suspension
• AbbVie Development Partner Hits Back At $31M FTC Penalty
• AmeriGas Hit With Investor Action Over $2.4B UGI Deal
• Kmart Cuts StarKist Loose From Tuna Price-Fix MDL
• 3 Years Of The Defend Trade Secrets Act: The Open Questions
• 3 Firms Sculpt $570M Deal For Management Software Biz
• Ex-NFLer Must Arbitrate Award Beef With Litigation Funder
• Much-Needed 3rd Circ. Insights On TCPA Fax Issues
• Philly Agrees To Pay EPA $6.54M For Landfill Cleanup
• Measuring The Value Of A Law Firm's Social Media Efforts
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Diabetic Worker's Bias Suit
• Why Association Health Plans Are Still A Great Idea
• Pa. Justices Uphold $1.8M Fine For Polar Vortex Rate Hike
• Mallinckrodt Used Charity As Kickback Conduit, Feds Say
• WashU Urges 3rd Circ. To OK WARF's $32M Royalties Loss
• Jiffy Lube Says Domino's No-Poach Ruling Does Not Apply
• Pa. Medical Pot Cos. Can Shield Security Info From Media
• Cozen O'Connor Adds 3 Attys To Institution Response Group
• Path Looks Clear For Rookie Judge To Join 3rd Circ.
• Holland & Knight Nabs Ballard Spahr M&A Atty In Philly
• A&P's Ch. 11 Doesn't Change Job Clause In Benefits Package
• Stranger-Funded Life Policies Are Invalid, NJ Justices Say
• M&T Gets Another Shot To Nix Securities Suit At 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Judge Lets Highmark In On Hearing To Extend UPMC Deal
• Homeowner Claims Ditech Collected Discharged Fees
• Ex-Penn State GC To Face High Court Disciplinary Hearing
• NPR Can Publish Mistakenly Unsealed Settlement Doc
• Reed Smith Snags Ex-Fisher Phillips Labor Partner In Philly
• 3rd Circ. Skeptical Of Arbitration In Ex-Citigroup Exec's Suit
• 44 States' Generic-Drug Pricing Suit Rolled Into Pa. MDL
• Cybersecurity Lawmaking Needs Help From Specialists
• Health Facility REIT Launches Senior Living JV In $128M Deal
• Drugmakers Want AGs' Generics Price-Fixing Claims Tossed
• RBS Loan Officers Launch 2nd Class Cert. Bid In OT Suit
• RAND Expert Testimony Not Needed In Trans Troop Ban Row
• High Court Won't Review NJ Fraud Foreclosure Case
• DLA, Weil Steer $115M Real Capital Analytics PE Investment
• Philly Hiked Taxes With Unequal Assessment, Judge Told
• Proposed Classes Ask To Combine Janssen Antitrust Suits
• Highmark Wants Seat At Hearing Over Extending UPMC Deal