Pennsylvania

  • February 03, 2025

    ICE Must Offer Pa. Detainees Virtual Access To NJ Courts

    An immigration detention facility in Pennsylvania must allow detainees access to virtual hearings for pending criminal proceedings in New Jersey, since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement assumed responsibility for protecting their constitutional rights, a federal judge ruled Friday.

  • February 03, 2025

    Philly Settlement Reopens Probe Of Teacher's 2011 Death

    The parents of a Philadelphia schoolteacher whose stabbing death 14 years ago was declared a suicide have won their legal battle against the city to have the case reinvestigated as a possible homicide.

  • February 03, 2025

    Drexel Owes Prof $350K After Equal Pay Jury Win, Judge Says

    A Pennsylvania federal judge said Drexel University owes a philosophy professor $350,000 in damages after a jury found she was willfully paid less than male colleagues out of bias, rejecting the university's position that the award should be reduced because it did not deliberately violate equal pay laws.

  • February 03, 2025

    Blank Rome Adds Ex-Babst Calland Litigator In Pittsburgh

    Blank Rome LLP has expanded its Pittsburgh office with the recent addition of a business litigator who moved her practice after three years with Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir PC.

  • February 03, 2025

    Morgan Lewis Adds K&L Gates Benefits Pro In Pittsburgh

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has grown its employee benefits practice in Pennsylvania with the addition of a K&L Gates LLP attorney.

  • February 03, 2025

    US Steel, Nippon Say Election Politics Blocked $14.9B Deal

    Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. and U.S. Steel Corp. on Monday filed their opening brief in a suit against former President Joe Biden and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States over a blocked $14.9 billion mega-merger, alleging the deal was blocked purely due to election-year politics and not national security as claimed.

  • February 03, 2025

    3 Firms Advise On $3B Triumph Group Go-Private Agreement

    Pennsylvania-based Triumph Group said Monday it has agreed to be taken private by affiliates of Berkshire Partners and Warburg Pincus, exciting investors as the aircraft component maker's stock jumped more than 34% in morning trading.  

  • January 31, 2025

    En Banc Pa. Court Restores $2.3M Injury Award Against Domino's

    A Pennsylvania appellate court said the Domino's pizza chain can indeed be held liable for a $2.3 million verdict in a suit accusing a franchisee's delivery driver of causing a motorcyclist's severe injuries, saying the company had sufficient control over the franchisee's operations.

  • January 31, 2025

    Small Biz Attys Jump Into 4th Circ. Shell Co. Law Challenge

    A business group has urged the Fourth Circuit to stop the U.S. Department of the Treasury from enforcing a law that requires companies to disclose personal identifying information about their beneficial owners and applicants to the agency, saying the law exceeds the limit of Congress' power to regulate intrastate economic activity.

  • January 31, 2025

    Ohio Businesses Hit Norfolk Southern With Derailment Suits

    Norfolk Southern was hit with a slew of new lawsuits over the February 2023 train derailment and chemical spill in Ohio, including by two landlords who claim they lost tenants because of the environmental contamination.

  • January 31, 2025

    3rd Circ. Backs DOL's $7M Win In Care Co. Wage Suit

    The Third Circuit refused on Friday to overturn a $7 million judgment in favor of the U.S. Department of Labor in its lawsuit against a home care company, saying the time workers spent traveling between clients' homes is fundamental to their jobs and must be compensated.

  • January 31, 2025

    Transcription Co. Hit With Wage Action Over Unpaid Prep Time

    A Colorado worker for Vitac Corp., which provides transcription and closed captioning services using artificial intelligence, filed a proposed collective action in federal court on Friday alleging she and other employees weren't paid for preparation tasks necessary to perform their jobs.

  • January 31, 2025

    Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case

    A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.

  • January 31, 2025

    Owners Appeal Docs Order In Yale's $435M Hospital Sale Fight

    Three companies that own property occupied by bankrupt Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. hospitals in Connecticut have appealed a state trial court judge's order to provide documents to Yale New Haven Health in a fight over a $435 million purchase agreement.

  • January 31, 2025

    UPenn Palestinian Group Still Can't Block Info Request

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has again dismissed a lawsuit filed by an association of pro-Palestinian professors and students at the University of Pennsylvania attempting to block the school from giving information about the group to a U.S. House committee concerned about alleged antisemitic activities, ruling that another attempt at refining their lawsuit would be futile.

  • January 31, 2025

    Tribes Back Bid At 4th Circ. To Undo Army Burial Order

    Two South Dakota tribes that successfully repatriated the remains of their children from a U.S. Army Indian boarding school cemetery in Pennsylvania told the Fourth Circuit that it's problematic that a lower court ruled that a law designed to protect Native American graves doesn't apply to the site.

  • February 11, 2025

    Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards

    Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.

  • January 31, 2025

    Ex-Kline & Specter Atty Drops Suit Over Departure Dispute

    A former Kline & Specter PC associate has dropped his case claiming mistreatment by his former firm, according to recent filings in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.

  • January 31, 2025

    Reger Rizzo, Ex-Assistant Settle Race And Gender Bias Suit

    Philadelphia-based Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP reached a settlement in a federal race and sex discrimination case filed last year by an ex-legal assistant, according to an order published Friday.

  • January 31, 2025

    Nippon Targets Sanyo Special Steel After Nixed US Steel Deal

    Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. on Friday announced plans to launch a tender offer valued at 70.5 billion yen ($456 million) to acquire full control of Sanyo Special Steel, a move that comes in the wake of former President Joe Biden blocking Nippon's $14.9 billion megadeal with U.S. Steel.

  • January 30, 2025

    Calif. AG Asks 9th Circ. To Block Meta's MDL Discovery Win

    The California attorney general urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to block orders requiring third-party state agencies to respond to Meta Platforms' discovery demands in multidistrict litigation over social media's alleged harms, arguing in a mandamus petition the "clearly erroneous" ruling "runs roughshod" over the state's constitutional divisions of power.

  • January 30, 2025

    PNC Units Face Investor Suit Over 'Cash Sweep' Program

    PNC Financial and its investment unit are the latest to face a proposed class action alleging their cash sweep program funneled customer funds into low interest-bearing accounts, hurting investors who should have seen their money earn a reasonable market interest rate.

  • January 30, 2025

    Hotel Guests Get Backing For Algorithmic Pricing Suit

    Hotel guests accusing a group of Atlantic City properties of using shared software to fix room rates are getting a helping hand in their Third Circuit fight to revive their suit from antimonopoly interest groups, who filed in separate amicus briefs in support of their effort this week.

  • January 30, 2025

    Disabled Clients Employed Pa. Workers, Not Co., Judge Says

    A Medicaid-funded home care company is not liable for the unpaid wages a group of home care workers claimed it owed them because the company functioned more as a "fiscal manager" than an employer, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday.

  • January 30, 2025

    Nutrisystem Hit With Privacy Suit In Philly

    Philadelphia-based diet food company Nutrisystem has been hit with a potential class action alleging that it shared customer information with a web tracking company without users' consent.

Expert Analysis

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond

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    In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Penn State Brand Case Leaves Ornamentality Unresolved

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    While the recent jury verdict in Penn State University v. Vintage Brand was a win for the college and brands, legal practitioners should expect plenty of litigation around unaddressed ornamentality issues of whether marks that are not yet incontestable can be canceled for being used solely in decorative, non-source-identifying ways, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

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    President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Section 230 Debates Will Continue, With Or Without TikTok

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    Regardless of whether TikTok is forced to shut down in the U.S. in the coming weeks, legal disputes will continue over social media platforms' responsibility under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for harms allegedly caused by content shared on their apps, says Carla Varriale-Barker at Segal McCambridge.

  • Religious Accommodation Lessons From $12.7M Vax Verdict

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    A Michigan federal jury’s recent $12.7 million verdict against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan starkly reminds employers of the risks they face when assessing employees’ religious accommodation requests, highlighting pitfalls to avoid and raising the opportunity to consider best practices to follow, say attorneys at Williams & Connolly.

  • The OIG Report: Preparing For Oversight In 2025

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    Across sectors, Office of Inspector General work plans and challenge reports for 2025 provide a trove of information on the issues and industries that will likely be the focus of government oversight in the year to come, says Diana Shaw at Wiley.

  • Series

    Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.

  • Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation

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    Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Product Safety Issues In 2024 Highlight Need For Vigilance

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    A look at some of the medications and foods that led to significant class actions last year demonstrates the need for robust regulatory systems and proactive measures to protect consumers from defective and harmful products, says Jennifer Taylor at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin.

  • Series

    Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.

  • How Changes In State Gift Card Laws May Affect Cos. In 2025

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    2024 state legislative movements around the escheatment of unused gift card balances and consumer fraud protections should prompt issuers to consider whether changes in company domicile or blanket cash-back policies are needed in the new year, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • The 6 Most Significant FCRA Litigation Developments Of 2024

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    From a key sovereign immunity decision at the U.S. Supreme Court to a ruling on creditworthiness out of the Seventh Circuit, several important Fair Credit Reporting Act cases wound their way through the courts in 2024, each offering takeaways for both plaintiffs and defendants, say attorneys at Shipkevich.

  • An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025

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    As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.

  • The Justices' Securities Rulings, Dismissals That Defined '24

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 securities rulings led to increased success for defendants' price impact arguments, but the justices' decisions not to weigh in on important issues relating to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act's pleading requirements may be just as significant, say attorneys at Skadden.

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