Pennsylvania

  • April 11, 2025

    Pa. Bus Driver's Reinstatement Upheld In Harassment Case

    A Pennsylvania transit workers union can keep its win against a regional public transit operator over the firing of a bus driver accused of harassment, a state appellate court concluded Friday, finding that an arbitration award that changed the firing to a suspension drew its essence from the collective bargaining agreement.

  • April 11, 2025

    Attorney Owners Of Pot Co. Accused Of $46M RICO Scheme

    A Florida-based real estate lender is suing two attorneys with civil rights law firm Loevy & Loevy in New York federal court, alleging they engaged in racketeering in connection with more than $46 million in loans intended to fund cannabis facilities they own in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

  • April 11, 2025

    Philly Dispensary's $24.5M Award Upheld In Fraud Suit

    A Philadelphia state court judge stood by her decision to award $24.5 million to the co-owner of a medical marijuana company who alleged her partners defrauded her by convincing her to reduce her ownership stake in the company without telling her it was up for sale, noting the trial court wasn't empowered to modify a money calculation it didn't make.  

  • April 11, 2025

    7th Circ. Asks For Ill. Justices' Input On Pollution Exclusion

    A Seventh Circuit panel considering whether an insurer for Sterigenics and its former parent company could avoid paying $150 million in legal costs for defending the company from a torrent of pollution suits has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to weigh in on how to apply a pollution exclusion in the relevant policy.

  • April 11, 2025

    Lloyd's Sues Aramark To Recoup $5M Payout To NJ University

    Lloyd's London has sued Aramark to recoup a $5 million payout the insurer made on a policy held by a New Jersey university, alleging the facilities management company was responsible for water damage to one of the college's properties in Jersey City. 

  • April 11, 2025

    Feds To Try Coal Exec For Bribery Despite FCPA Freeze

    Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania said Friday that they plan to proceed with a case charging a coal executive with bribing foreign officials for business, after reviewing President Donald Trump's order that paused enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

  • April 11, 2025

    Adler & Stachenfeld Hires Ex-Developer Counsel As Partner

    New York real estate firm Adler & Stachenfeld LLP announced Friday that commercial real estate attorney Ryan McCaffrey will join the firm as a partner after most recently serving as in-house counsel for a developer for more than a decade.

  • April 11, 2025

    Rebuffed Medical Pot Patient Can Pursue Disability Bias Claim

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has reinstated a medical marijuana user's disability bias claim in a lawsuit against a Cleveland-based construction company after revisiting a prior order, finding the company might have failed to explore alternative accommodations for the man's disabilities — apart from cannabis use — before rescinding a job offer.

  • April 11, 2025

    NFT Owner Admits To Dodging Tax On Crypto Art Sales

    A Pennsylvania man pled guilty to filing false tax returns and underreporting his income by $13.1 million after selling 97 nonfungible token artworks, federal prosecutors said Friday.

  • April 11, 2025

    3rd Circ. Urged To Rethink Teamsters Fund's Win In $39M Row

    Affiliates of a bankrupt dairy business are urging the Third Circuit to hold a full court rehearing on its split panel decision that a Teamsters union pension fund can sue them to enforce a $39 million settlement, arguing the law "simply does not say" what the majority ruled it says.

  • April 11, 2025

    Trump Walks A Fine Line In Effort To Steer US Steel's Future

    Nippon's hopes of acquiring U.S. Steel were revived when President Donald Trump ordered a fresh national security review of the deal, but he faces a delicate balancing act to strike an agreement acceptable to all parties without giving a foreign power full control of the vital American steelmaker.

  • April 11, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Norton Rose, Ropes & Gray

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Capri Holdings sells Versace to Prada, Woodside Energy sells a liquefied natural gas terminal stake to Stonepeak, crypto infrastructure firm Ripple acquires prime brokerage platform Hidden Road, and Bain Capital takes a stake in Lincoln Financial.

  • April 10, 2025

    Trump Gets Some Central Park 5 Defamation Claims Clipped

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday trimmed claims from the Central Park Five's defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump but said that the men, wrongfully convicted of assault and rape 35 years ago, could refine their allegations in another complaint.

  • April 10, 2025

    Pa. Court, University Partner To Offer Juror Counseling

    Philadelphia's jury commissioner told a National Center for State Courts audience this week that his efforts to provide post-trial mental health support for jurors came to fruition when he was able to partner with a university.

  • April 10, 2025

    Pa. Family Blames Fatal House Fire On Prosthetic Arm Battery

    The surviving family members of a house fire that killed two people are suing prosthesis manufacturers Liberating Technologies Inc. and Ossur Americas Inc. and related companies in Pennsylvania state court, claiming the battery in a prosthetic arm that was being charged during the night started the fire.

  • April 10, 2025

    Bakery Sellers Seek $2M Award From Buyer After Deal Sours

    Three companies have hit a bakery investment firm with a lawsuit over its sale of a string of Koffee Kup bakeries in Northeastern states, saying in a Connecticut federal court brief that they are due $2 million under an arbitration award.

  • April 10, 2025

    3rd Circ. Judge At 'Crossroads' In H-2A Farmworker Row

    A Third Circuit judge suggested Thursday that the outcome of a case alleging that a Garden State farm violated provisions of a temporary guest worker program hinges on whether it's an immigration matter or a labor dispute, a determination that should be made before the panel can view it through a post-Jarkesy lens.

  • April 10, 2025

    3rd Circ. Backs Hospital In Doctor's COVID Vaccine Bias Suit

    The Third Circuit on Thursday upheld a Philadelphia-area health system's win over an emergency room doctor's suit claiming he was unlawfully denied a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination policy, saying the hospital demonstrated that granting his request would have been too difficult.

  • April 10, 2025

    Pa. Justices Try To Referee Pittsburgh's 'Jock Tax'

    Pennsylvania's Supreme Court justices looked to punt Thursday on whether the city of Pittsburgh's "jock tax" was uniform enough to pass constitutional muster, taking the unusual step of ordering extra briefing on how the city might offer tax credits for the 3% levy it put on nonresident entertainers' income earned at publicly funded venues.

  • April 10, 2025

    Judge On Bid To Redo Wawa Breach Atty Fees: 'I Don't Buy It'

    A Third Circuit panel on Thursday considering a class member's request to reconsider a $3.2 million attorney fee award in the Wawa data breach litigation seemed unconvinced of the argument that the number was the result of side-dealing attorneys, with one judge telling counsel, "I don't buy it."

  • April 10, 2025

    Faegre Drinker Adds Morgan Lewis Corporate Partner In Philly

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has announced it hired a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP corporate attorney, who is joining the firm's Philadelphia office as a partner and will continue working on a variety of business law matters.

  • April 09, 2025

    House Approves Bill To Restrict Nationwide Injunctions

    The House voted 219-213 on Wednesday to approve a bill curbing nationwide injunctions, a move the Trump administration has thrown its support behind after district court judges paused or halted many of the administration's initiatives over the last few months.

  • April 09, 2025

    Religious Mission Justifies Philly Injection Site, 3rd Circ. Told

    Counsel for a nonprofit seeking to open a safe injection site in Philadelphia told the Third Circuit Wednesday that it qualified as a religious organization immune from prosecution, despite not having any spiritual language in its incorporation documents.

  • April 09, 2025

    Female Teachers Must Identify Specific Men In Pay Bias Case

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday refused to grant a posttrial win to two female teachers who accused a school district of paying women less than men and told the women to identify more specific male counterparts for the forthcoming second trial.

  • April 09, 2025

    3 Firms Build Bain's $825M Lincoln Financial Stake Buy

    Insurance company Lincoln Financial on Wednesday revealed that it has secured an $825 million strategic growth investment from private equity giant Bain Capital in exchange for a minority equity stake in a deal built by three law firms.

Expert Analysis

  • Philly Project Case Renews Ongoing Fraud Theory Tug-Of-War

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    In its upcoming term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Kousisis v. U.S., a case involving wire fraud convictions related to Philadelphia bridge repair projects, and may once again further rein in prosecutorial attempts to expand theories of fraud beyond core traditional property rights, say Jonathan Halpern and Kyra Rosenzweig at Holland & Knight.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires

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    Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.

  • Considering Noncompete Strategies After Blocked FTC Ban

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    A Texas district court's recent decision in Ryan v. Federal Trade Commission to set aside the new FTC rule banning noncompetes does away with some immediate compliance obligations, but employers should still review strategies, attend to changes to state laws and monitor ongoing challenges, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • 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.

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    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.

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