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  • April 08, 2025

    Volvo Battery Defect Risks Plug-In Hybrid Fires, Suit Says

    Certain Volvo plug-in hybrid vehicles risk catching fire due to the Swedish automaker's faulty design and manufacturing of battery modules, one consumer alleged in a proposed class action filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.

  • April 08, 2025

    Private Owner Subject To Prevailing Wage, Pa. Justices Told

    Counsel for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Labor Law Compliance told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that contractors who constructed a state police barracks were entitled to pay in line with public works projects, arguing that private financing and ownership of the building doesn't negate the prevailing wage.

  • April 08, 2025

    IT Staffing Co. CEO Charged With $2M Payroll Tax Fraud

    The chief executive officer of a Philadelphia-area information technology staffing firm was charged with failing to collect and pay $2 million in trust fund taxes on behalf of his company and also perjuring himself in his Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings.

  • April 08, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Affirms Alkem's Generic Antibiotic Not Barred By IP

    A Delaware federal court rightly found that Alkem Laboratories' generic version of Azurity Pharmaceuticals' antibiotic Firvanq doesn't infringe the latter's patent, the Federal Circuit said Tuesday.

  • April 08, 2025

    Bernstein Litowitz, Kessler Topaz Seek To Lead GSK Investors

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP and Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP are seeking lead counsel roles in a proposed securities class action against GSK PLC in Pennsylvania federal court, citing a long history of collaboration and billions recovered for shareholders.

  • April 07, 2025

    Sig Sauer Says Gun Optics Recall Prevented Harm

    Gunmaker Sig Sauer has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to toss a proposed class action filed against it over a recall involving battery-powered firearm optics, claiming the plaintiff decided to initiate litigation despite not suffering any negative effects from it.

  • April 07, 2025

    Pa. Supreme Court Snapshot: Electric Bills, Jock Tax

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will open its three-day session in Pittsburgh Tuesday with arguments over how to weigh when a coworker or co-owner shares in an employer's immunity from lawsuits under the state's workers' compensation law, and if electricity providers can get additional services put on the utility bills drawn up by power distributors.

  • April 07, 2025

    Snyder's-Lance Looks To Ax Proposed Class Wage Claims

    The company that makes Snyder's pretzels asked a North Carolina federal judge Monday to deny a Pennsylvania employee's bid to represent a class of workers from 12 states in a wage lawsuit, arguing she can't sue under the laws of the 11 states she doesn't live or work in.

  • April 07, 2025

    USAA Wants Full Fed. Circ. To Hear PNC's Patent Board Wins

    A San Antonio-based bank that lost two of its patents covering technology used to deposit checks through smartphones — including one tied to a $218 million jury verdict against PNC Bank — is arguing that a Federal Circuit panel has allowed the patent board "to escape its obligation to explain itself."

  • April 07, 2025

    Bakery Oil Trial Begins With Split Over Formulas' Secrecy

    Pittsburgh commercial bakery supplier Mallet & Co. told a federal jury Monday that a partner-turned-rival enticed former employees to help it start a competing business, Synova, in the field of release agents, or the oils and lubricants that keep baked goods from sticking to their pans.

  • April 07, 2025

    Drug Buyers, Generics Cos. Fight Over Bellwether Litigation

    Generic drug buyers vied Friday with the pharmaceutical companies they've accused of price-fixing over how to shape the first rounds of long-gestating Pennsylvania federal court litigation that the plaintiffs want heard in separate consecutive trials and that the drugmakers want combined.

  • April 07, 2025

    Trump Reopens Security Review Of US Steel-Nippon Deal

    President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a fresh national security review of Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel, reviving a deal blocked by his predecessor and giving the companies some of the relief they sought in court.

  • April 07, 2025

    AGs Announce $335M Opioid Deal With Mylan

    New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday said her office and those of other states reached a $335 million deal with Mylan to help combat the opioid crisis.

  • April 07, 2025

    DraftKings Eyes 3rd Circ. Review Of MLB Players' Suit Claims

    DraftKings has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to allow the Third Circuit to weigh in on key unsettled legal issues in a lawsuit that accuses the organization of using the photos of MLB players without permission, saying a decision in its favor could end the case.

  • April 04, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: 'Gold Card,' ESG, Tokenization

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including insights into the latest EB-5 investment rush, the tightrope real estate companies are walking with environmental, social and governance factors, and how tokenization can apply to the real estate sector.

  • April 04, 2025

    Bayer Wants Supreme Court To Review Roundup Litigation

    Bayer subsidiary Monsanto has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Missouri jury's $1.2 million award to a man who claimed that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, arguing that courts are split on whether federal law preempts state failure-to-warn claims like the claims in this case.

  • April 04, 2025

    House Dem Seeks Caffeine Warnings After Student Death

    Fast food chains and energy drink makers should be required to slap a "high caffeine" warning on certain beverages, a U.S. House Democrat said, announcing his intention to push such a bill while standing next to the parents of a University of Pennsylvania student who died after drinking a now-discontinued caffeinated drink.

  • April 04, 2025

    Azzur Creditors Call $61M DIP Rollup Excessive

    The unsecured creditors of Azzur Group urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday to reject a proposed $84.5 million Chapter 11 financing package, saying far too much of it is a rollup of the biotech consulting firm's pre-bankruptcy debt.

  • April 04, 2025

    Morgan Properties Nabs $501M Midwest Multifamily Portfolio

    Morgan Properties purchased a 3,054-unit portfolio of multifamily assets across the Midwest from Trilogy Real Estate Group for $501 million, the multifamily community owner announced Friday.

  • April 04, 2025

    Kia's Defective Seat Caused Wife's Paralysis, Driver Says

    A Kia owner filed a negligence suit against the automotive giant in Pennsylvania state court Thursday alleging that a defective design of the front passenger seat frame in his 2022 Kia Sorento caused his wife to become paralyzed after the couple was rear-ended by a Chevy pickup truck driver.

  • April 04, 2025

    State-Run Pa. Pot Stores Likely Preempted, Memo Says

    A proposal to implement state-run retail marijuana stores in Pennsylvania, similar to how the Keystone State regulates wine and liquor sales, would likely be preempted by federal law, according to a new legal memorandum commissioned by the state's medical marijuana industry.

  • April 04, 2025

    GSK Inks $67M Deal To Resolve Zantac Cancer Risk FCA Suit

    GlaxoSmithKline PLC cut a $67.5 million deal to resolve allegations that it defrauded federal health insurance programs by hiding that its heartburn drug Zantac can decompose into a carcinogen while still in the bottle, ending a case that began in 2019 and was unsealed last year.

  • April 04, 2025

    Female Public Defenders Settle Bias Case With Pa. County

    A proposed class of unionized female public defenders on Friday settled civil rights claims against Delaware County, Pennsylvania, nearly three years after suing their employer for alleged "systemic, enduring and continuing wage disparity" between male and female attorneys in suburban Philadelphia.

  • April 04, 2025

    Gibson Dunn Guides Hershey On $750M LesserEvil Buy

    Gibson Dunn-advised The Hershey Co. has agreed to acquire organic snack maker LesserEvil as the storied American confectioner continues to expand its portfolio into healthier snacking options, in a deal worth a reported $750 million.

  • April 04, 2025

    Westlaw Rival Gets Early Appeal Of 1st Fair Use AI Ruling

    The Third Circuit will be the first appeals court to weigh in on a dispute over using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence systems after a Delaware federal court on Friday granted permission to send up questions from ROSS Intelligence Inc. over the copyrightability of Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes and fair use.

Expert Analysis

  • Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support

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    A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.

  • Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where

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    During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • Notable Q2 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    Mark Johnson and Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler discuss the muted nature of the property and casualty insurance class action space in the second quarter of the year, with no large waves made in labor depreciation and total-loss vehicle class actions, but a new offensive theory emerging for insurance companies.

  • Series

    Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.

  • Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing

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    Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Opinion

    The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address

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    A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • Opinion

    It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union

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    As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act

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    In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.

  • Considerations As State AGs Step Up Privacy Enforcement

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    As new state privacy laws take effect, businesses are facing an increasingly complex patchwork of compliance obligations and risk of scrutiny by attorneys general, but companies can gain a competitive edge by building consumer trust and staying ahead of regulatory trends, say Ann-Marie Luciano and Meghan Stoppel at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?

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    A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.

  • Series

    Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing Dungeons & Dragons – a tabletop role-playing game – helped pave the way for my legal career by providing me with foundational skills such as persuasion and team building, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.

  • Del. Dispatch: Director Caremark Claims Need Extreme Facts

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery recently dismissed Caremark claims against the directors of Centene in Bricklayers Pension Fund of Western Pennsylvania v. Brinkley, indicating a high bar for a finding of the required element of bad faith for Caremark liability, and stressing the need to resist hindsight bias, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Class Action Law Makes An LLC A 'Jurisdictional Platypus'

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    The applicability of Section 1332(d)(10) of the Class Action Fairness Act is still widely misunderstood — and given the ambiguous nature of limited liability companies, the law will likely continue to confound courts and litigants — so parties should be prepared for a range of outcomes, says Andrew Gunem at Strauss Borrelli.

  • Jarkesy Ruling May Redefine Jury Role In Patent Fraud

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    Regardless of whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jarkesy ruling implicates the direction of inequitable conduct, which requires showing that the patentee made material statements or omissions to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the decision has created opportunities for defendants to argue more substantively for jury trials than ever before, say attorneys at Cadwalader.

  • 3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture

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    Traditional leadership styles frequently amplify the inherent pressures of legal work, but a few simple, time-neutral strategies can strengthen the skills and confidence of employees and foster a more collaborative culture, while supporting individual growth and contribution to organizational goals, says Benjamin Grimes at BKG Leadership.

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