USA v. LUCIDONIO, ET AL
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August 08, 2025
Pennsylvania Litigation Highlights Of The 1st Half Of 2025
In the first half of 2025, Pennsylvania judges have created a federal and state court split in a $175 million verdict against Monsanto in Philadelphia's Roundup mass tort, reduced the tax fraud sentence of a member of the family behind an iconic Philadelphia cheesesteak shop and permanently barred a college apparel company from copying Penn State trademarks.
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July 16, 2025
Cheesesteak Maker Gets 2 Mos. Sliced From Prison Sentence
A member of the family behind the popular Tony Luke's cheesesteak shop in South Philadelphia was re-sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison, marking a two-month reduction of the original term he'd received for paying employees under the table.
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July 10, 2025
Feds Want Cheesesteak Shop Owner's Tax Sentence Restored
Prosecutors urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to reimpose a nearly two-year sentence on a Philadelphia cheesesteak shop owner who was convicted of paying employees off the books, a request that comes two months after the Third Circuit vacated his prison term.
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June 04, 2025
Cheesesteak Icon Asks 3rd Circ. If Loper Bright Slices Sentence
Counsel for a Philadelphia cheesesteak shop owner seeking a lighter sentence for paying employees off the books told the court Wednesday that he has asked the Third Circuit to consider how the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision striking longstanding agency deference framework might affect his case.
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May 19, 2025
Cheesesteak Shop Owner's Sentence For Tax Scheme Vacated
A Philadelphia cheesesteak shop owner sentenced to almost two years in prison for a conspiracy to pay employees under the table could get a lighter sentence after the Third Circuit ruled he was wrongly given extra time for swaying workers who were actually in on the tax scheme.
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November 13, 2024
3rd Circ. Wary Of Easing Cheesesteak Shop Owner's Sentence
Third Circuit judges seemed mostly skeptical of overturning an extension to the prison sentence of a Philadelphia cheesesteak shop owner who admitted to paying employees off the books, saying during oral arguments it was unclear whether the employees should be considered co-conspirators in the tax fraud.
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January 25, 2024
Philly Cheesesteak Shop Owners Get Prison For Tax Evasion
The father-son duo behind the famous Tony Luke's cheesesteak restaurant in South Philadelphia were each sentenced to 20 months in prison Thursday for what prosecutors said was a decadelong tax evasion scheme that included keeping false ledgers and paying employees under the table.
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January 22, 2024
Feds Seek 2-Plus Years For 'Brazen' Philly Cheesesteak Duo
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia has asked a federal judge to impose a minimum prison sentence of three years on a father and two years on his son, after they admitted to running an $8 million tax-avoidance scheme at their iconic Tony Luke's cheesesteak shop in South Philly.
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October 25, 2023
Judge Won't Slice Sentencing In Sub Shop Tax Fraud Case
A father-son duo who admitted running an $8 million scheme to avoid taxes while they owned the iconic Tony Luke's cheesesteak restaurant in Philadelphia face possible prison sentences and $1.3 million in restitution payments after a Pennsylvania federal judge refused to lighten their culpability.
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May 22, 2023
Feds Seek 2 Years For Father, Son Cheesesteak Shop Owners
Federal prosecutors asked a Philadelphia judge to give the father-son duo who owned the iconic Tony Luke's cheesesteak restaurant more than two years in prison each and order them to pay $1.3 million in combined restitution after they pled guilty to defrauding the government through an $8 million tax evasion scheme.