The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's recent ruling that skill games are subject to the same oversight as slot machines is a catalyst for lawmakers to craft a taxation and regulation framework and fuel a revenue boost Gov. Josh Shapiro has envisioned for years, experts tell Law360.
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Pennsylvania Skill Games Ruling Ups Ante For New Rules

By Matthew Santoni

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's recent ruling that skill games are subject to the same oversight as slot machines is a catalyst for lawmakers to craft a taxation and regulation framework and fuel a revenue boost Gov. Josh Shapiro has envisioned for years, experts tell Law360.

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DOJ Says Philadelphia Can't Order Fed. Officers To Unmask

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued the city of Philadelphia, District Attorney Larry Krasner and the city solicitor in Pennsylvania federal court over an ordinance prohibiting federal agents from wearing masks and requiring them to identify themselves and their vehicles as part of law enforcement agencies.

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Mangione Withdraws Psych Defense Notice In NY Murder Trial

By Bonnie Eslinger

Luigi Mangione's counsel told a New York state justice that they're withdrawing their notice indicating they would invoke a psychiatric defense in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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Fatal Crash Was On Pathway, Not Street, Pa. Panel Rules

By Jonathan Capriel

A Philadelphia suburb can't be held liable for the death of a 73‑year‑old man who was allegedly run over by his older brother who was driving in a park, a Pennsylvania state appeals court ruled Thursday, saying the 9‑foot‑wide paved pathway the crash occurred on wasn't legally a street.

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LITIGATION

FTC, Amazon Must Answer Attorney-Client Privilege Questions

By Emily Sawicki

The Washington federal judge handling the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case against Amazon asked both parties to provide more information about how he should consider attorney-client privilege when reviewing documents to resolve discovery disputes in the case.

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Full Fed. Circ. Skips DePuy Bid To Redo Spine Patent Dispute

By Theresa Schliep

The full Federal Circuit won't revisit a panel decision that gave new life to an inventor's suit accusing DePuy Synthes Cos. of infringing his spinal realignment method patents, letting stand the decision that faulted a lower court's handling of expert testimony in the case.

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DirecTV, AGs Tell 9th Circ. Not To Curb Nexstar-Tegna Block

By Bryan Koenig

DirecTV and a coalition of state attorneys general urged the Ninth Circuit not to narrow a district court preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, arguing the only way to preserve competition while the case proceeds is a full block, not one restricted to 31 overlapping broadcast markets.

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Tort Report: Meta Set To Face Facebook Sex Trafficking Trial

By Y. Peter Kang

An upcoming trial in Texas for a first-of-its-kind case against Meta and claims against a health clinic owned by a U.S. senator lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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THIRD CIRCUIT

3rd Circ. Rules Feds Can Replace Philly Slavery Exhibits

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Third Circuit on Thursday held that the Trump administration can legally replace slavery exhibits at Independence Hall National Park in Philadelphia, reversing a lower court's ruling in favor of the city ordering the restoration of the previously removed informational panels.

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3rd Circ. Sides With NJ Transit In Whistleblower's Firing

By Carla Baranauckas

A Third Circuit panel on Thursday declined to reinstate a fired New Jersey Transit engineer's retaliation lawsuit, ruling that she hadn't shown that she was fired by anyone who knew about her whistleblower allegations that the agency had unsafe rail practices.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Why Ultra-Processed Foods May Be The Next Big Mass Tort

With multiple federal lawsuits filed already this year over the alleged harms caused by ultra-processed foods, and policymakers targeting UPFs for increasingly strict regulation, the sector exhibits the same structural characteristics identified historically in major mass torts, say Ruth Levy at Womble Bond and Elizabeth Epes at Financial Asset Recovery Analytics.

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Series

Founding An Autism Academy Made Me A Better Lawyer

Starting a nonprofit autism school with no building, no funding model and no guarantee that families would trust us taught me the importance of mission, patience and purpose — lessons that sharpened my practice and showed how meaningful work outside the office can make lawyers better, says Phillip Russell at Ogletree Deakins.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Attorney Reprimanded In $256M Defamation Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A former Conrad & Scherer LLP managing partner must pay an Alabama coal company's attorney fees after being publicly reprimanded by an Alabama federal judge, who found he lied to the court and paid witnesses to change their testimony in his repeated lawsuits against the company.

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NJ Firm Accused Of 'Double-Dipping' On Pelvic Mesh Fees

By Daniel Connolly

Four women allege in a recently filed lawsuit that a New Jersey law firm overcharged them on legal fees related to a settlement in pelvic mesh litigation, and the recent lawsuit also relates to a long-running conflict between lawyers who formerly worked together.

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Justices Seek Input On NJ State Bar Diversity Challenge

By George Woolston

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the federal government to weigh in on a Garden State appellate court's decision that approved a New Jersey State Bar Association system for fostering diversity in its leadership that was accused of being discriminatory.

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Blanche, Pirro Can't Be DQ'd From Trump DC Shooting Case

By Craig Clough

A D.C. federal judge held Monday that the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner can't disqualify U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from prosecuting him because of their presence at the dinner.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands, tender offers and alleged insider misconduct.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advisors LLC

Agnifilo Intrater

Ammons Law Firm

Christian & Small

Conrad & Scherer

Consovoy McCarthy

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Destribats Campbell

FBT Gibbons

Jones Day

Kilpatrick Townsend

King & Spalding

Kropf Moseley

Mazie Slater

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Nagel Rice

Ogletree Deakins

Pendley Baudin

Robbins Alloy

Robins Kaplan

Schlesinger Law Offices

Slater Slater

Stapleton Segal

Starnes Davis

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

Womble Bond

Zarwin Baum

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

Apple Inc.

CEC Entertainment Inc.

City Attorney of San Francisco

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc.

DePuy Synthes Cos.

Drummond

Drummond Co. Inc.

Fidelity National Financial Inc.

Francisco Partners

GameStop Corp.

Google LLC

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Itochu Corporation

Johnson & Johnson

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Meta Platforms Inc.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

New Jersey State Bar Association

New Jersey Transit Corp.

Nexstar Media Group Inc.

Optimum

Pace-O-Matic Inc.

Public Strategies Inc.

Tegna Inc.

The DIRECTV Group Inc.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

The Trade Desk Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Verizon Communications Inc.

WideOpenWest Finance LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

National Park Service

New Jersey Department of Transportation

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York County District Attorney's Office

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Secret Service

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama