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Pennsylvania - November, 2019

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• AGs, Enviros Take Aim At EPA's Methane Standard Rollbacks
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Layoffs Blocked Pending Arbitration
• Teva Slips FCA Suit, Giving DOJ Another Granston Memo Win
• Cigna Tells Pa. Judge It Doesn't Belong In Benefits Suit
• NJ Teacher Can Arbitrate Super Bowl Parade Absence Dispute
• Tracking 3 Enforcement Trends In Health Care
• Headaches Abound As States Try To Clarify CBD Landscape
• Vice Chancellor Tells Anthem, Cigna To Cut Their 'Soap Opera'
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Pierce Bainbridge Win In 'Gears Of War' Fight
• Schramm's Ch. 7 Conversion Still On Hold Despite Changes
• Janssen Can't Use Tenn. Law To Nix $70M Risperdal Verdict
• Jiffy Lube Can't Slip Claims Over No-Poach Franchise Deals
• AbbVie Says AndroGel Suit Should Be Moved To Georgia
• Bayer Essure Injury Suits Kicked Back To Pa. State Court
• BNY Mellon Didn't Owe Foundation Low Rates, Court Says
• Protect Cannabis Workers' Rights, Union Urges NE Governors
• EQT Must Face Bulk Of Former Exec's Severance Suit
• Philly Refinery Creditors Fight Over $1.25B Insurance Payout
• Post-Gazette Makes Bid To Ax Union's Driver Layoff Suit
• Bankrupt Philly Refinery Floats $2.5M Exec Bonus Plan
• EEOC Roundup: $1M In Deals, Including Sex Harassment Suit
• Energy Co. Can't Escape $7.9M Oil & Gas Lease Award
• Book Review: Who's To Blame For The Broken Legal System?
• 3rd Circ. Sends Fosamax Suits To District Court
• Investors Win Closer Look At Looming $30B CBS-Viacom Deal
• New Pa. DEP Fill Material Policy Increases Project Complexity
• Pa. Appeals Court Snuffs Trust's $2.9M Bid For 'Fees On Fees'
• Justices Skip TCPA Case Over Medical Database Faxes
• 'Bridgegate' Convictions For Fraud Must Stand, Justices Told
• Justices Won't Stop Climate Scientist's Defamation Suit
• Judge Has Warnings, Not Sanctions, For 'Buck Rogers' IP Row
• 3rd Circ. Says Feds Aren't Liable In NJ Weapons Cleanup Case
• Pa. Appeals Court To Rethink J&J's $20M Mesh Verdict Appeal
• Manufacturer Gets FLSA Suit Over Worker Prep Time Trimmed
• Ex-Gov't Informant Can't Pause SEC Suit Amid High Court Bid
• New Deal Anchors AndroGel Antitrust Suit To Pa., Buyers Say
• How States' 2020 Policy Agendas Are Taking Shape
• Chancery Mulls Late Doc Order In $30B CBS-Viacom Merger
• The Top Pennsylvania Employment Law Changes In 2019
• Ex-White & Williams Atty Cops To False Insurance Claims
• Appeals Court Wrongly Nixed $21M Award, Pa. Justices Told
• Pa. Justices Cast Doubt On Bias Claims Against Judiciary
• Attys Duck Punitives In Row Over Ex-Client's Sex Assault Trial
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink OK'ing Seizure Of Citgo Parent Shares
• Contested 9th Circ., Trial Court Picks Move Forward
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Ex-Atty's New Trial Bid Over Billing Scam
• Pa. Justices Split On Disbarring Atty For Fling With Client
• Childhood Sexual Abuse Bills Head To Pa. Gov.'s Desk
• No Speedy Victory For Either Side In Pa. Payday Lending Suit
• Secured Creditor Duties Ripe For High Court Consideration
• REIT Acquires Brookfield Warehouse Operator For $253M
• Aramark Nears Deal To End Suit Over Manager Bonuses
• Harvest Health Walks Away From $225M Financing Deal
• Divulging Password Violates 5th Amendment, Pa. Justices Say
• Zimmer Must Face Pa. Woman's Faulty Hip Implant Claims
• Fed. Circ. Won't Lift Attorney's USPTO Suspension
• Worker Classification Bid 'Makes No Sense,' Pa. Justice Says
• Pa. High Court Told To Suspend Sandusky Prosecutor
• 3rd Circ. Rejects FCC's Rehearing Bid In Media Rules Case
• $21M Nationwide Bad Faith Row Rests On Appeals Court Role
• Pa. Bills Would Require OK Of Gov.'s Carbon Tax Agreement
• Pa. Judge Stays On Wetlands Case Handled By Former Clerk
• Auto Insurer Med Exam Requirement Not OK, Pa. Justices Say
• Pa. Justices Reopen Time For 'Thousands' Of Risperdal Suits
• Will College Athletes Be Deemed Employees Soon?
• MVP: Morgan Lewis' Steven A. Reed
• Pa. Supreme Court Says 'Fluctuating' Overtime Unlawful
• House Dems Press Pai On Tribal Spectrum Restrictions
• Pilot Can Sue Bankrupt OneJet Over Nauseating Jet Exhaust
• Grid Policy Shuts Out Offshore Wind Lines, FERC Told
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Jehovah's Witness's Med Mal Appeal
• Real Estate Rumors: Munich RE, Lululemon, Investors Bank
• Union Doesn't Want NLRB Mulling Post-Gazette Driver Layoffs
• Pa. Justices Probe Human Relation Law's Scope In Firing Suit
• 4 Duty-To-Monitor Takeaways For Fiduciaries In ERISA Ruling
• How To Hire Lateral Partners More Effectively
• Players' Unions Take Aim At How Jock Taxes Are Applied
• Philly Hospital Operator Floats Tenet Contract Fight Deal
• Magistrate Recommends Axing One Of LabMD's Tiversa Suits
• GNC Broke Deal With Supplement Maker, Pa. Judge Says
• State AGs Call On FTC To Ban 'Abusive' Noncompetes
• Penn Law To Keep 'Carey' Out Of Shorthand Name Till 2022
• High Court Hears DACA: Procedure, Practicalities, Predictions
• Guest Worker Can Pursue Trafficking Claims Despite Release
• Ex-NFL Star Continues Fight Against Arbitration With Texans
• Hershey Escapes Dark Chocolate False Ad Suit
• Calif., Allies Sue EPA Over Clean Air Act Waiver Rescission
• Opioid Distributors Didn't Cause Nuisance, Pa. Judge Told
• 5 Takeaways As DOJ Finds Footing In FCA Dismissal Crusade
• Union Sues To Stop Cement Co. Sale Until CBA Issues Sorted
• House, Senate Reach Deal To Unite Robocall Legislation
• AlarMax, Honeywell Settle Price Discrimination Suit
• Info Sharing Isn't Rate-Rigging, Big Banks Tell Cities
• Roche Inks Up To $1.39B Deal For Goodwin-Advised Biotech
• Pa. Docs Groups Back UPMC Over Med Mal Time-Limit Ruling
• What's In A Name? A Lot, Penn Law Alumni Say
• Ex-NFL Player Agrees To Pay $1.25M Concussion Deal Loan
• Supersize Me: Will More Firms Merge Their Way To The Top?
• Pa. Firm Sent Ex-Client To Lawyer To Sue It For Negligence
• DC Circ. Ponders If Chevron Saves Group Health Plan Rule
• Gas Well Construction Effects Only 'Temporary,' Court Says
• Comcast Bias Suit A Bad Way To Make Law, Arguments Show
• 4 Months After Kisor V. Wilkie, Auer Deference Survives
• PennEast Will Ask Justices To Undo 3rd Circ. Pipeline Ruling
• Philly Refinery Gets OK For Possible Ch. 11 Auction In Jan.
• Drinker Biddle, Faegre Baker Latest Firms To Eye Tie-Up
• 3rd Circ. Needn't Weigh Robocall Exemption Ax, Feds Say
• UPMC Asks Pa. Justices To Revisit Med Mal Time Limit Ruling
• GSK Says Boehringer Spreading Lies About Its Inhalers
• Pa. Woman Cops To Multimillion-Dollar Medicaid Fraud Plot
• 3rd Circ. Slams J&J Bid To Out HIV Drug Suit Whistleblowers
• Uber's 'Meritless' Bid To Arbitrate ADA Suit Thrown Out
• Patients Win Big As Pa. Justices Nix Med Mal Suit Time Limit
• Justices May Nix Ruling That OK'd Bias Suit Against Comcast
• Pa. Judge Suspended For Viewing Lewd Pics In Chambers
• Can State Laws One-Up SEC's Regulation Best Interest?
• EdgeMarc Ch. 7 Conversion Imminent Without 11th-Hour Deal
• FERC Orders Advance Grid Operators' Energy Storage Plans
• Ex-Pa. Construction Co. Controller Admits To Stealing $8.7M
• Troutman Sanders, Pepper Hamilton Eyeing Possible Merger
• Texas Could Take Page From Mass.'s Judicial Selection Book
• Law Firm Leaders: Fox Rothschild's Mark Morris
• Federal Laws Continue To Hinder State Sports Betting Trend
• High Court DACA Ruling Could Tee Up Another Legal Fight
• Wholesale Deals Can't Nix J&J Antitrust Row, 3rd Circ. Told
• Feds' Deal For Posting 3D-Printed Gun Plans Ruled Unlawful
• Former AIG Exec Says He Was Fired For Helping DOJ Audit
• Merger Would Open Peroxide Market To Collusion, FTC Warns
• Too Late To Fight Venue In $2.1M Atty Fee Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• Pa. Sens. Can't Sue DEP Over Missed Water Reg Deadline
• Stockbridge Bets On E-Commerce With 17-Property Purchase
• Judging A Book: McKeown Reviews 'Conversations With RBG'
• High Court Seems Poised To Let Trump End DACA
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
• Atty's Unfair Trial Remarks Can't Upend $2.6M Crash Verdict
• Insurer Not On Hook For Suit Against Firm, 3rd Circ. Says
• Record $125M Donation Puts 'Carey' Name On Penn Law
• Frost Brown Lands Former Federal Contractors' GC
• Dental Suppliers Pull Out Of Fight Against FTC Antitrust Order
• Chinese Startups, US Biotechs Price IPOs Raising $121M
• States' Vaping Bans Face Legal Hurdles
• Chemical Cos. Fight FTC's Injunction Bid In Merger Challenge
• Judges, The Campaign Trail And The Problems That Follow
• NFL, MLB, NHL Players Sue Pittsburgh Over Athletes Fee
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Conviction In Judicial Conspiracy Case
• City Says It Wants A Role In Philly Refinery Ch. 11 Sale
• NCAA Must Pay Minimum Wage, Ex-Villanova Player Says
• Developments In State Taxation Of Nonadmitted Insurance
• Sens. Confirm Walmart Exec In Ark., Others To 2nd Circ., Pa.
• Achillion Investor Seeks To Halt $930M Pharma Tie-Up
• FCC Asks 3rd Circ. To Review Panel's Hold On Media Rules
• TV Reporter Knew Risks Of 'Flugtag' Flight, Red Bull Says
• 2 Post-Kisor Rulings Show Auer Deference Isn't Extinct
• Fallout Over Atty's $1M Sanction Reaches Pa. Supreme Court
• Biotech Firms, Crypto Bank Raise $156M In Low-Pricing IPOs
• Senate Panel Advances Divisive 2nd Circ. Pick Menashi
• DA Hits Juul With Pennsylvania's First E-Cig Marketing Case
• EPA Can't Delay Landfill Emissions Regs, Court Rules
• Gov't Wins Bid To Drop FCA Suit Against UnitedHealth
• Enviro Group Says Pa. Forest Plan Violates State Constitution
• Pa. Justices Urged To Reject Consumer Claim Limits
• Ex-Reed Smith Paralegal's Appeal May Be Tossed At 3rd Circ.
• Pipeline Projects Face New Questions On Landowner Rights
• Trump Admin.'s Health Care 'Conscience Rule' Shot Down
• Ogletree, Husch Vets Among 11th Circ., Trial Court Picks
• Pa. Superior Court Race Poised For Split-Ticket Finish
• Mechanic Wins $510K Over Repair Shop's Sex Harassment
• These 10 Firms Gave The Most To State Judicial Elections
• Last-Ditch Effort Delays EdgeMarc Ch. 7 Conversion Bid
• Justices Keep The Laughs Coming In Port Safety Case
• Retail Fixture Co. Needs Ch. 11 To Move Fast For Assets' Sake
• Some Progress In Battle For Cannabis Biz Tax Deductions
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Convictions In Payday Lending Suit
• Litigation Funder Loses Bid To Rein In Concussion Deal Judge
• Montgomery McCracken Boosts Litigation Group In Philly
• Texas Law Ties Contractor To Wrongful-Death Suit
• An Inside Look At PFAS Regulatory Action: Part 2
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit 'Untenable' PennEast Decision
• Pa. Balance Billing Law Would Hurt Access To Health Care
• Hen Welfare A Pretext To Jack Up Egg Prices, Retailers Say
• 6th Circ. Calls On Pa. High Court In Amazon FLSA Suit
• Hershey Beats White Attorney's Race Bias Suit
• Comcast Data Collection Suit Heads To Arbitration
• 5 Firms Seek $1.5M Fees In GNC 'Phantom Markdown' Deal
• UnitedHealthcare To Pay $1M Civil Penalty Over Pa. Violations
• An Inside Look At PFAS Regulatory Action: Part 1
• China Tariffs Force Retail Fixture Maker To File Ch. 11
• Flat-Fee Legal Billing Can Liberate Attorneys
• Justices Won't Second-Guess Worker's ADA Trial Win
• Law Firm Cash Floods State Judicial Elections
• 3rd Circ. Revives LSAT Taker's ADA Accommodation Suit
• Thrivest Wants Ex-NFLers Thrown In Jail Over Nonpayment
• 16 Firms To Steer 9 IPOs Led By Canadian Co.'s $1.9B Offering
• Pa. Doctor To Pay $1.4M To Settle Opioid Prescription Claims
• Sysco Strikes Deal To Quell DOL's Hiring Gender Bias Claims
• Pa. Superior Court Race Pits Judicial Vets Against Newcomers
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Latham, Debevoise
• 2 Tech-Focused Blank Check Cos. Raise $495M In Upsize IPOs
• Spoliation Rule Remains Ambiguous Despite Amendments
• Data Privacy Laws, Hackers Put Cyber Insurance In Spotlight
• Assessing USDA Hemp Rule's Impact On Cannabis IP
• Worker Embezzled $8.5M From Pa. Construction Co., Feds Say
• Welch Fights Rehiring Worker Accused Of Sex Harassment
• EdgeMarc Energy Says It Has Ch. 11 Exit Plan
• Health Hires: King & Spalding, Arnold & Porter
• Pa. Justices Say Med Mal Time Limit Is Unconstitutional