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Pennsylvania - February, 2021

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• Harvest Health Unit Hit With Age, Race Discrimination Suit
• ERISA Suit Says Princeton Illegally Took Parts Of Settlements
• 3rd Circ. Preview: AT&T Leads Packed March Schedule
• Denny's Broke Wage Rules For Tipped Workers, Judge Finds
• Texas Justices Clear Way For Deal In $9M Dell Contract Fight
• Consumer Protection Partner Joins Ahdoot & Wolfson In Philly
• Obtaining General Jurisdiction Over Out-Of-State Insurers
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• Universal Health Slams Class Cert. Bid In 401(k) Fee Suit
• 3rd Circ. Says Strangulation Serious Enough For Deportation
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Doctors' Antitrust Suit
• Union Says NLRB Acting GC Has Right To Scrap Scabby Suit
• Sparks Fly As Sen. Committee Mulls Top Biden Health Picks
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Universal Health Services Settles Investor Suit for $17.5M
• Multistate Commission Bans Fracking In Del. River Basin
• Pittsburgh Courts Extend Pandemic Closure Until April
• IHS Markit Investors Want To Check Math On $44B S&P Merger
• Stream TV Lodges Ch. 11 Petition In Wake Of Assets Battle
• Chipotle Timely Removed Dollar-Shorting Case, Judge Says
• Exelon Says It Will Separate Generation And Utility Assets
• New Evidence Allowed To Bolster UPMC Tuberculosis Case
• Firm Sues For Abuse Of Process Over Drexel Tuition Debt Suit
• Nike Can't Beat 'Cool Compression' Trademark Case
• Nurse Staffing Agency Hit With Unpaid Wages Suit
• EPA Hazardous Pharma Waste Rule Has Wide Reach
• Ex-NFLer Owes $500K In Arbitration Tied To Concussion Case
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Philly Attorney's City Tax Suit
• Pa. GOP Sens. Say No Place For Greens In Fracking Ban Suit
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• Oft-Arrested Pa. Atty Cops To Theft From Ex, Mother-In-Law
• Under Armour Says Activewear Tech Co. Isn't Its Competitor
• Real Estate Rumors: Alliance, Hertz Herson, Rex Discount
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• Pa. Public Housing Agency Must Create Medical Pot Policy
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Judge Appointees Not 'Employees' Under Pa. Records Law
• Insurer Wants Out Of Pa. Hotel's COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• How The Remote Sales Tax Legal Landscape Is Evolving
• Pa. Panel Upholds $2.4M Verdict For Failed Property Swap
• Justices Won't Consider Nixing AT&T's $2M Contract Win
• Atty Referred To Discipline Panel For Pro-Trump Election Suit
• High Court Asked To OK Green Cards Despite Illegal Entry
• Zoom Outage Didn't Taint Union Vote Count, NLRB Says
• Infrastructure Privatization Can Still Be A Useful Model
• Insurer Owes Pa. Church For $1.2M Employee Theft, Suit Says
• Suit Says Late Lawyer's Firm Missed Deadline For Injury Claim
• 7th Circ. Military Leave Stance May Prompt More Class Suits
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• Allied Universal Set To Win G4S Bidding War With $5.3B Offer
• 3 Justices Balk At Decision To Snub Pa. Mail-In Ballot Case
• Justices Reject FCA Liability Requirement Case
• Appeals Too Late To Save Chemical Suit, Pa. Panel Finds
• Wawa Inks $12M Deal With Consumers Over Data Breach
• 3rd Circ. Won't Undo Conviction In Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• NY Town Says Saint-Gobain Can't Halt Tainted Water Class
• Bleichmar Fonti Wants To Retake Lead In Endo Investor Suit
• Philly Can Hold Gritty But Not Slip-And-Fall Suit, Judge Says
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• Factory Can't Use Pa. Deal To Bar Water Pollution Suit
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Ind. Gov. Signs Law Shielding Businesses From Virus Liability
• NLRB Acting GC Says Employers Can't Stop Post-Probe Talk
• ICE Agent Says Sig Sauer Pistol Fired Itself Into His Leg
• Handbook-CBA Conflicts Didn't Subvert Union, NLRB Says
• Defunct Shipyard Trying To Avoid Asbestos Deal, Court Told
• Ex-SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Returns To Sullivan & Cromwell
• Justices Should Weigh In On FCA Objective Falsity Standard
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• 4th Circ. Upholds Private Parties' Right To Challenge Mergers
• 3rd Circ. Wipes Away BJ's Win In Slip-And-Fall Suit
• Ex-Wrestler Takes Microsoft Likeness Case To High Court
• Pa. Justices To Mull 30-Day Deadline For Seeking Atty Fees
• Split Pa. Justices Say Intent Not Critical To Deception
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Mask-Defying Restaurant Denied Reprieve On Shutdown Order
• Man Accused Of Threatening Judge Says Indictment Too Late
• Pa. Supreme Court Suspends Philly Lawyer For 30 Months
• Calif., NY Lead Fight Over Vehicle Emissions Penalty Delay
• Inovio Must Face Trimmed Investor Claims Over Virus Vaccine
• Pa. Enviro Board Can Weigh 'Bad Faith' In Awarding Fees
• 3rd Circ. Rejects NJ Hotel's Challenge To Labor Violations
• NJ Justices To Decide If Insurance Agents Always Contractors
• New FERC Chair's Record May Hold Clues To His Plans
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• Ropes & Gray Steers Hamilton Lane To $3.9B Fund Closing
• FisherBroyles Continues Growth With 3 Hires In Pa., Chicago
• Real Estate Rumors: Caulder, Société Générale, Lennar
• Elliott Greenleaf Says Attys Filched Files While Jumping Ship
• Pittsburgh Judge Kicks Patent Trials To 2022 Due To COVID-19
• Crystallex $1.2B Award Fight Will Go Back To 3rd Circ.
• Ala. Gov. Signs Law Shielding Businesses From Virus Liability
• Brand Battles: Hershey Sour Over 'Jollipops' Candy
• Feds Defend Robocall Ban's Constitutionality At 6th Circ.
• Pa. Water Utility Says DuPont Illegally Transferred PFAS Biz
• Call Center Workers Say QVC Shorted Them For Login Time
• Leech Tishman Adds Benefits Expert From Stoel Rives
• Philly Federal Judges Split On Virus Insurance Suits
• Biden Gets 2nd Opening On DC Circ. Thanks To Judge Tatel
• Dilworth Nabs Debevoise Finance Atty For Philly Office
• Bidding Battle For Coherent Heats Up With II-VI's $6.5B Offer
• Employment Cases Rebound After 6-Month Lag
• Groups Ask DC Circ. To Undo 2nd Part Of Coal Ash Rule
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Teamsters Say Welch Foods Fight Should Return To Arbitrator
• Rental Co. Accused Of Illegally Denying Job Over Drug Charge
• Pa. Paper Says 1st Amendment Bars Bias Suit, Investigation
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• Groups Say EPA Must Push States To Cut Methane Emissions
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Challenge To WaMu Ch. 11 Deal
• PNC Ducks Suit Over Alleged Role In $75M Ponzi Scheme
• Amazon Launches TM Blitz Against Card Game Counterfeiters
• Former Deputy Says Philly Sheriff's Office Hostile To Women
• Residents Say Landfill's Dismissal Bid Should Stay Buried
• Cos. Should Keep A Close Watch On SIGPR Enforcement
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over Union Dues Revocation Law
• Quarry Worker Blames Stone Crusher Design For Injuries
• Home Care Workers Say Firm Lowered Wages For Cheaper OT
• Teva-Centric Price-Fix Case Likely To Lose Bellwether Status
• Pa. Zinc Co. To Pay $3.3M To Settle EPA Pollution Suit
• 3rd Circ. Won't Give Fresenius Another Look At Drug Claim
• Local Pa. Judge's Pay Suspended Before Ethics Trial
• DOJ Asks Trump-Appointed US Attorneys To Step Down
• Pa. Caterer Attacks Insurer's Virus Exclusion Amid Pandemic
• Pa. Judge Tosses Shuttered Restaurant's Virus Coverage Suit
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Ex-Adoption Atty Sentenced To 18 Mos. For Fraud Scheme
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Union Loses Contempt Bid Against Pittsburgh Newspaper
• Universal Health Workers Urge Class Status In 401(k) Suit
• NLRB Acting Prosecutor Moves To End Suits Against 'Scabby'
• JPML Refuses To Centralize Hotel ADA Suits
• Pa. Court Orders Retrial Of Portion Of $6.3M Med Mal Verdict
• Pa. Magistrate Judge Accused Of Meddling In Son's Arrest
• Welch Foods Tells Judge To Keep Arbitration Fight In Court
• Del. Exec Gets 20 Months For Amtrak Bribery Scheme
• Citibank Cuts $4.2M Deal Over Card Interest Overcharges
• Insurer Issued Memo On How To Deny Virus Claims, Suit Says
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• Atty In Insurance Fraud Plot Disbarred By Pa. Supreme Court
• Kindred Must Face False Forms Claims In Trimmed FCA Suit
• LabMD Held In Contempt For Multiple Sanctions Violations
• Lead Plaintiff Booted From Endo Suit Over 97-Second Lag
• Security For Shipping Dispute Improper, Coal Co. Says
• CFPB Urges Denial Of Delay In Navient Loan Servicing Suit
• Fogo De Chao Gets Illegal Tip Pool Claims Moved To Texas
• 4 Takeaways For States From 1st Circ. Wire Act Lottery Ruling
• SEC Names Acting Deputy Director Of Enforcement
• Key FCA Developments From 2020 And What To Expect Next
• Fresenius Lost Chance To Appeal Antitrust Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• Judges On Race
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• McKinsey Deal Renews Friction Among AGs And Opioid Attys
• Janitorial Co. Urges Justices To Reject Arbitration Wage Case
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Pa. GOP Claims Carbon Pact Rule Imposes Illegal Taxes
• Pa. Hospitals Hit With Antitrust Suit Over No-Poach Deal
• PPG Ups Paint Biz Bid To €1.5B, Besting Rival's Offer
• Trade Group Wants To Block Mazda Dealer Program In NJ
• Attys Predict Whistleblower Claim Uptick Post-Pandemic
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• McKinsey To Pay $573M To Settle Opioid Marketing Claims
• Mall Owner CBL Says It Didn't Default On Wells Fargo Loans
• Anti-Mask Diner Ordered To Require Face Coverings Or Close
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Joint Employer Ruling In OT Suit
• Pa. Gov. Proposes Budget With Combined Reporting, Pot Tax
• Pa. District Attorney Charged With Sex Assault of 5 Women
• Top Sen. Banking Republican Seeks Capital Markets Bill Ideas
• 3 Firms Guide Payoneer's SPAC Go-Public At $3.3B Value
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• Greenblatt Pierce Nabs Philly Defender For Employment Team
• Fisher Phillips Grabs New Regional Partner In Pittsburgh
• Worker Says Pa. Consulting Co. Fired Him For Quarantining
• Brandywine Launches JV For Schuylkill Yards $287M Tower
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• High Court Takes Up $1B Pipeline Land Grab Case
• Businesses Ask 3rd Circ. To Combine Virus Coverage Appeals
• Solar Co. Commits $1M To End Mass. Sediment Pollution Suit
• Anti-Mask Diner Asks To End Ch. 11 After Health Suit Transfer
• Comcast Speeds Up Low-Income Internet Plans After Scrutiny
• Pa. School District, Bus Co. Make Deal In Virus Contract Row
• Stores Say Sales Tax On Masks Not 'Commercial Transaction'
• Pop Warner Accuses Hanes, Varsity Brands Of Stealing TM
• Bankruptcy Ruling Highlights Longer Lookback Trend
• States Tell 6th Circ. Robocall Ban Was Never Unenforceable
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• 3rd Circ. Says Pa. Judge Immune From Asset Freeze Suit
• Pa. Firm Says Case Bonuses Aren't Owed To Atty After Firing
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• Pa. Right-To-Know Ruling Offers Open Records Playbook
• DOJ Slams 'Paltry' Extra Discovery Allowance In Google Case
• Duane Morris Lands Ex-US Atty William McSwain
• Consol Can't Appeal Retirees' Bankruptcy Deal, 6th Circ. Says
• Debt Cos. Hit With Class Action Over Tribal Loans
• Lawsuits Mount As Robinhood Eases Trading Restrictions
• Meatpacking Co. Can't Keep Virus Death Suit In Federal Court
• 2nd Circ. Judge Chin Leaving Seat, Along With Pa. Trial Judge
• Pa. Gov. Calls Suit Over Virus Closure Waivers Moot
• Senior 3rd Circ. Judge Morton Greenberg Dies At 87
• Pa. State Secy. Resigns After Flubbing Sex Abuse Amendment
• Developer Seeks To Seize Pittsburgh Block As Conservator
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges