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Pennsylvania - January, 2020

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• Atty Suspended In NJ Over 'Web Of Lies' In Med Mal Case
• Convicted Ex-Philly Judge Wants Sanctions Case Paused
• Pa. Investigators Look To Fine Energy Co. $9M For False Sales
• FedEx Can't Get Certified FLSA Collective Action Pared Down
• NJ Justices Suspend Pa. Atty For Ignoring Clients
• Mega-Mergers Show Philly Legal Market Is Having A Moment
• AT&T Sued For Firing Older Workers In Favor Of 'Agile' Ones
• Pa. Regulatory Board OKs White Collar Overtime Expansion
• Feds Say Accountant Bilked Amish, Mennonites In $60M Ploy
• Why Some Cities, States Are Rejecting Cashless Commerce
• Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works
• 4 Considerations When Moving To A New Law Firm
• Ex-Consol Prez Ready For Wage Trial After Firing Settlement
• Feds, AbbVie Agree Drug Delay Case Belongs In 3rd Circ.
• LabMD Racketeering Suit Against Tiversa, Law Firms Axed
• CNX Wants Pa. Court To Block Contractor's Nearly $3.8M Bill
• Pa. Court's Ruling On Uber Terms Clashes With Case Law
• Split FERC Says 3rd. Circ. Wrong On $1B Pipeline's Land Grab
• Dem FCC Commissioner Urges Collecting More Diversity Data
• A Modest Plan To Streamline Civil Cases In LA Superior Court
• US Steel Unit Accused Of Forcing Out Older Workers
• 3rd Circ. Won't Nix Conviction In $3M Insider Trading Plot
• Odd Alliances Back Del.'s Bid To Restore Bench Balance Rule
• Pa. Switch To Combined Reporting Could Raise $677M, Sens. Told
• DeLorean Co. Seeks Fees Over 'Back To The Future' Suit
• RAIT Funding Ch. 11 OK'd With Trimmed Liability Releases
• Deceased NFL Player's Ex-Spouse Owes IRS, 3rd Circ. Says
• Pa. High Court To Ponder Philadelphia's Liability Waiver
• What Courts Are Saying About Litigation Finance Disclosure
• Medical Marijuana Patient Sues Hospital Over Failed Drug Test
• State AGs Diss Pfizer's Effort To Flee Price-Fixing MDL
• States Enter Fight Against Chemical Safety Rule Rollbacks
• Full 3rd. Circ. Won't Retread Avandia Marketing Decision
• Aetna Clients Fight Bid To Nix ERISA Cancer Treatment Suit
• Pa. Justices To Mull When Clock Starts For Legal Malpractice
• Gambling Chain Makes $163M Bet On Barstool
• Clark Hill Can't Dodge Ex-Client's Malpractice Suit
• Pa. Justices To Weigh Release Of Cannabis License Info
• Two Plaintiffs Drop Wage Claims Against Chicken Processors
• Workers See OT Claims Against Pa. State Contractor Tossed
• Del. Justices Reverse Chancery On Sending Case To Austria
• Judge Raises Immunity Specter In Atty's Fight With Ex-Sheriff
• Comcast Says Sports Network Using Discovery As Leverage
• Hershey Says Exec Took Trade Secrets To Snack Bar Maker
• Insurer Must Defend Body Armor Maker In Shareholder Fight
• Surefire Marketing Methods To Build Your Legal Practice
• Delaware Cases Shed Light On Electronic Books And Records
• Split DC Circ. Says NLRB's Power Doesn't Reach Duquesne
• Enviro Preps To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution Plan
• Pa. Atty Disbarred Over Plot To Secretly Photograph Woman
• Dish, 5G Dominate Briefs Staking Out Stands On Sprint Deal
• K&L Gates Accused Of Not Accommodating Worker's ADHD
• Justices Won't Review Motorists' Suit Over Pa. Tolls
• UPMC Accused Of Giving Private Patient Info To Advertisers
• Setting Boundaries: An Essential Skill For Lawyers
• How Probation Limbo Can Crush The Promise Of A Fresh Start
• 3rd Circ. Halts Deportation Of Woman In Abusive Marriage
• Engineering Firm Denies Duty To Workers In Fatal Gas Leak
• Pa. Urges 3rd Circ. To Revive Ex-Penn State Head's Conviction
• AmerisourceBergen Wants Del. Justices On Opioid Doc Fight
• House Joins Fight To Stop Trump Admin.'s Public Charge Rule
• States Urge DC Circ. To Block Rule Speeding Up Deportations
• Ikea Must Face Suit Alleging Policies Favor Younger Workers
• ABA Rules For Departing Attys Set Unprecedented Limits
• BakerHostetler Nabs Philly Atty For New Digital Asset Group
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Dispute Over Bear Stearns MBS Sale
• Comcast Tower Owner Says Contractors Botched Glass Walls
• Insurer Can't Slip Bad Faith Claims In Hospital Coverage Row
• Seeger Weiss To Spend $5M Of Concussion Education Fund
• AGs Tell Justices Not To Scrap CFPB Over Removal Provision
• Pa. Fracking Trespass Ruling No Clear Win For Drillers
• Pa. Appeals Court Says Nurses' Wage Suit Dead On Arrival
• Philly Refinery Creditors Urged To Oppose $240M Ch. 11 Deal
• States, ABA Urge High Court To Affirm Migrant Habeas Review
• Pa. Driller Wants To Duck Arbitration In Partnership Dispute
• Telecoms Ask Fed. Circ. For Second Crack At TQ Delta Patents
• Pa. Justices Won't Review Asbestos Suit's Revival
• Paul Hastings, Kirkland Lead Moody's $700M Deal For RDC
• PNC Bank Pays $2.75M To Settle Workers' Unpaid Time Suit
• 21 States Urge OCC To Withdraw Proposed Madden Fix
• Securities Law Firms Vie For Lead In Energy Transfer Suit
• EQT Wants Out Of Stock-Drop Suit Over Rice Energy Merger
• Former Toll Brothers GC Rejoins Cozen O'Connor
• Pa. Billionaire's Estate To Settle Trust Dispute For $200M
• Nissan Ex-CEO Illustrates Do's And Don'ts Of Image Repair
• FERC Faces Heat Over State Clean Energy Subsidies Order
• Pa. Justices Preserve Rule Of Capture For Fracking
• Rite Aid Investors Challenging Walgreens Merger Win Cert.
• U.S. Trustee Wants RAIT's Ch. 11 Releases 'Reeled In'
• Sprint/T-Mobile Denial 'Problematic,' FCC Commish Warns
• Reed Smith Nabs 2 Cohen & Grigsby Insurance Pros In Pa.
• Stark Law Uncertainty Follows 3rd Circ.'s UPMC Opinion
• Judge Questions Fees, Costs For Class Attys In Highmark Suit
• Medical Device Co. Accused Of Upending $2B VA Contract
• Incline Equity Partners Lands $1.165B In Latest Fundraising
• Supreme Court Won't Speed Up ACA Petitions
• Delta Air, Siemens Sued Over In-Flight Assault On Officer
• TIAA, Chamber Want Justices' Input On ERISA Pleading Bar
• Ex-Pa. Mayor Can't Upend 8-Year Sentence For Bribery
• Pulling Up Stakes: Sidley, Baker Botts, Hogan Lovells
• Stockholder Accuses PPG Execs Of Lax Financial Oversight
• Tanenbaum Keale Snags Marshall Dennehey Partner In Pa.
• Chancery Energizes Investor Bids To Probe Corporations
• Pa. Law Excuses 3rd-Party Driller From Worker's Death Suit
• US Steel Hit With More Fines Over Pa. Facility Emissions
• Justices Will Hear ACA Contraception Clash
• Law360's Tort Report: Meat Loaf's Suit Out Of Hell
• $8B Risperdal Verdict Slashed To $6.8M
• Cluttered TJ Maxx, Marshalls Stores Violate ADA, Suit Says
• Duane Morris, Satterlee Stephens Set To Combine
• CBD Retailer Latest To Be Hit With ADA Suit Over Website
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Plant Worker's FLSA Suit
• States Sue Trump Administration Over Food Stamp Rollbacks
• Judge Ignored District's Rationale In Uniform Tax Challenge
• TSA Hit With Class Action For Seizing Man's Life Savings
• Warranty Claims Cut In Suit Over Hot Microwave Handles
• Dems Warn That Iran Could Target Telecom Networks
• Sunoco Slapped With $2M Fine In Latest Pa. Pipeline Sanction
• Bias Case Gives Justices Chance To Rethink Title VII
• Dick's Customer Says Faulty Crossbow Sliced His Fingers
• Garland, EPA Atty Clash Over Impact Of Past Pollution Ruling
• Aramark Strikes $21M Deal To End Managers' Bonus Suit
• Judge Frees Navy From Firefighting Foam Medical Monitoring
• How Associate Life Has Evolved Over The Past Decade
• Phelan Hallinan Won't Be Sanctioned For 'Stale' Accusations
• Liberty Aims To Preserve Win In Pharmacy's Painkiller Suit
• Sprint/T-Mobile Deal Will Lead To High Prices, Court Hears
• Tenn. Businessman Exits Pension Theft Suit In Pa.
• ​​​​​​​Verizon Defeats Pa. Town In Cell Tower Challenge
• FTC Tells 3rd Circ. AbbVie Pay-For-Delay Case Axed Too Early
• Del. Justices Weigh If Partnership Change Kills Standing
• 3rd Circ. Slams 'Ridiculous' SEC Delay In Ex-Informant Probe
• Attorney's TV News Interview Draws Call For Sanctions
• 3rd Circ. Allows Reach Over Out-Of-State Parties In RICO Suit
• LifeCare's Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Gets Consensual OK
• Pa. Republican Calls State OT Expansion A Political Gambit
• Comcast Looks To Squash Denver Network's Monopoly Suit
• Philly Refinery Backs Senior Lender In $1.25B Insurance Fight
• PayPal Charity Arm Settles For $200K Over Diverted Funds
• Opioid Overdose Deaths On Decline, States Say
• Supreme Court Zeros In On Bridgegate Jury Instructions
• White Worker's Race Bias Suit Falls Flat At 3rd Circ.
• Convicted Ex-Pa. Justice Can't Get Case Axed At 3rd Circ.
• Tucker Arensberg Says It Had No Reason To Save Atty's Texts
• What Pa. Employment Suit Means For Medical Cannabis Users
• 3rd Circ. Sheds Light On Ch. 11 Liability Release Approval
• Penn State Accused Of Failing To Stop Football Team's Hazing
• DC-Led Group Blasts Trump's Proposed Asylum Worker Rule
• Woman Slams Zimmer's Bid To Shake Off Hip Implant Suit
• Energy Transfer Faces Another Suit In Mariner East Fallout
• Bridgegate To Reach High Court In McDonnell's Shadow
• 3rd Circ. Suggests Mistaken Dismissal Dooms Asbestos Case
• Comcast Wins Fed. Circ. Fight Over Squashing Rovi Patent
• Insurers Say Grocer Isn't Owed Defense Costs In Opioid Case
• Justices Won't Review School's Sex Abuse Insurance Case
• Venezuela Says Crystallex Can't Rush High Court Challenge
• Judging A Book: Dyk Reviews 'Democracy And Equality'
• Justices Won't Review Tax On $377M Deemed Foreign Income
• AmerisourceBergen Loses Bid To Shield Opioid Docs
• Justices Won't Hear Aircraft Engine Maker's Preemption Fight
• CD&R Drops Anixter Bid, Paving Way For WESCO's $4.5B Deal
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2019
• Ex-Manager Says Wawa Scapegoated Workers After Breach
• 3rd Circ. Holds Bankrupt Co.'s Trustee To Grand Jury Gag
• Zimmer Wants Pa. Defective Hip Implant Case Tossed Again
• FERC On Legal Limb With State Clean Energy Subsidy Order
• 3rd Circ. Sends Mercedes Emissions Case Back To NJ
• Battery Firm Workers Sue After Co. Took Back Paychecks
• Ex-Optimum Atty Claims Firm Is Systemically Mismanaged
• 'Polite F-U' Email Stays In States' Drug Price-Fixing Case
• How States Are Responding To The Insulin Price Crisis
• Pa. Lab Owner Guilty Of Paying Kickbacks For Medicare Tests
• 7 Insider Tips For Working With In-House Counsel
• Female Truck Driver Sues Over 'Sexually Hostile' Workplace
• Pa. Judge Says Lawmakers Must OK Firefighting Foam Suits
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Must Rehire Workers Despite Appeal
• Fineman Krekstein Dodges Pa. Malpractice Coverage Claims
• Troutman Sanders, Pepper Hamilton Make Marriage Official
• PF Chang's Doesn't Want Out-Of-State Workers In Wage Suit
• Eckert Seamans Hires Pa. Gov't Atty For Hospitality Group
• 50 Years Later, Interpretive Challenges Remain For RICO
• Brenntag Accused Of Wasting Money On Lousy 401(k)
• WESCO's $4.5B Anixter Bid Tops Private Equity Shop's Offer
• States Should Not Follow ABA On Attorney Conduct Rules
• Dems Say Bradley Arant Vet Is Too Partisan For Judgeship
• Pa. Doctor Keeps Trial Win In Suit Over Patient's Death
• Philly Injury Firm Inks Deal Over Medicare Reimbursements
• Pa. Justices To Mull Injury Benefits For Traveling Worker
• Ex-3rd Circ. Judge Joins Stevens & Lee Appellate, ADR Group
• Pa. Justices Won't Review Taxing Homes Based On Sale Price
• Texas Roadhouse Accused Of Stiffing Managers On OT
• Calif. Wants 3rd Circ. To Review Immunity On Driller's Claims
• How Courts And Litigants Can Benefit From Special Masters
• Creditors Seek To Force Tough Mudder Into Bankruptcy
• Tribal Lender Inks Deal To Resolve Pa. Usury Claims
• Contractor Denies Drilling Rig Manual Ties It To Accident Suit
• Pa. Enviro Board Slashes Fee Award In Pipeline Challenge
• Uber Policy Calls For Refresher On ABA Confidentiality Rules
• AndroGel Antitrust Case Won't Get Moved To Georgia
• Sports Marketer Can't Go Around Univ. Of Pittsburgh's Suit
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Rethink Bear Stearns' Securities Sale
• Ametek Inks $250M Reading Alloys Sale To PE-Backed Co.
• Investors Lost $1.6B In Liberty Property Trust Sale, Suit Says
• Ikea To Pay $46M To Settle Child's Tip-Over Death Suit
• Retailers To Ask 3rd Circ. To Undo Loss In Egg Price-Fix Trial
• Pa. Drillers Dispute Expansion Of Joint Venture's Debts
• Truist Can't Dodge Trial In Santander's $16M Transfer Fight
• Pa. Residents Ask To Revive Suit Over CSX Train Wreck
• Uber Can't Arbitrate Passenger's Injury Suit
• States, Union Back Virgin Flight Attendants At 9th Circ.
• Pittsburgh Paper Flouted Order To Rehire Drivers, Union Says
• Google Users Renew $5.5M Privacy Deal After 3rd Circ. Denial
• Ex-Pa. Rep.'s Son Denied New Trial Over Tax Probe Leaks
• Pa. Hammers Pipeline Co. With $30M Fine For 2018 Explosion
• Mental Health Clinic Inks $1.65M Deal To End FCA Suit
• Pa. Appeals Court Backs Drillers In Gas Lease Validity Fight
• Firm Says Lead Counsel Bids In Wawa Suits Should Wait
• Pa. Crash Victim's Family Gets Hearing To Fight Sanctions
• Wawa Settles Class Suit Over Booting Workers Off Stock Plan
• 2 Overlooked Advantages Of Hourly Fees
• Hershey Fudged Low-Sugar Protein Bar Label, Buyer Says
• NFL Not A Seasonal Job In Ex-Steeler's Workers' Comp Case
• WESCO Tries To Outbid PE Firm With $4.4B Offer For Anixter
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Ex-NFLer With Concussion Award Ordered To Pay Funder
• Late Reed Smith Asbestos Litigator Hailed As Leader, Mentor
• Pa. Justices To Mull If Subcontractors' Docs Are Protected
• 3rd Circ. Says It's No 'Amen Corner' For Arbitrator Rulings
• GOP Sen. Calls For More Tariff Cuts Ahead Of China Deal
• US Steel Investors Win Cert. In Stock-Drop Suit
• Philly Inks $4M Settlement With Wrongfully Convicted Man
• A Lower Bar To Prove Market Efficiency In Securities Cases
• Philly Hospital Owner Balks At Bid To Force Insurance Buy
• Maine's Piecemeal Cable TV Law Blocked For Now
• 4 International Arbitration Cases To Watch In 2020
• Pa. Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2020
• Bankruptcy Cases To Watch In 2020
• Personal Injury And Med Mal Cases To Watch In 2020
• Major Antitrust Developments To Watch In 2020
• ERISA Cases To Watch In 2020: All Eyes On The High Court
• Telecom Developments To Watch In 2020
• State & Local Tax Policy To Watch In 2020
• Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2020
• Life Sciences Cases To Watch In 2020
• Pennsylvania Cases To Watch In 2020
• Environmental Cases To Watch In 2020
• Energy Cases To Watch In 2020
• 5 Things To Watch In Litigation Finance This Year