ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

National firm Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA has launched its 50th office in the country in Philadelphia, with an attorney who will lead its settlement counsel practice, the firm announced Monday.
Law360
Pennsylvania
TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2025

TOP NEWS

Michael Connery.png

Quintairos Prieto Opens Philly Office With Maron Marvel Atty

By James Boyle

National firm Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA has launched its 50th office in the country in Philadelphia, with an attorney who will lead its settlement counsel practice, the firm announced Monday.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Says NLRB Can't Dictate Business

By Matthew Santoni

The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette told the Third Circuit Monday that the National Labor Relations Board was impermissibly dictating business decisions for the struggling newspaper when it ruled the paper's contract proposals were unacceptable and made in bad faith.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Judge Blocks Demolition Contract Switch At Pa. Power Plant

By Matthew Santoni

A demolition contractor that claimed to have been locked out of the former Homer City Generating Station in Western Pennsylvania can resume work and regain access to the equipment and scrap materials the company took as payment for the job, a state court judge has ruled.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

BANKRUPTCY

Gift Wrap Manufacturer Can Tap $25M Post-Bankruptcy Money

By Hilary Russ

IG Design Group Americas Inc., one of the world's biggest manufacturers of gift wrap, won court approval Monday to tap $25 million of new money to finance its bankruptcy case as it pursues a sale of some assets, after the company filed for Chapter 11 protection last week in the face of sagging business, U.S. tariffs and the loss of Joann Inc., a major customer.

Petition attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

THIRD CIRCUIT

Progressive Gets Car Value Class Cert. Overturned At 3rd Circ.

By Dorothy Atkins

The Third Circuit on Monday reversed a lower court's decision to certify classes of Pennsylvania drivers who accuse Progressive Insurance units of breaching their contracts by systematically underestimating the actual cash value of their totaled cars, finding that the lower court misapplied the standard to determine whether common issues predominate.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Roundup

CORRECTED: 3 Bias Arguments Sessions To Watch In July

By Amanda Ottaway

The Third and Sixth Circuits are scheduled to hear a trio of oral arguments in July as a fired professor, human resources executive and school dean each plan to argue that their terminations violated federal anti-bias law. Here, Law360 looks at those cases. 

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

PEOPLE

Cozen O'Connor Adds Real Estate Pro From Ropes & Gray

By James Boyle

An attorney specializing in real estate transactions has moved his practice from Ropes & Gray LLP to Cozen O'Connor, where he will split his time between two offices.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

EXPERT ANALYSIS

How Political Divisions Are Stalling Pa. Energy Development

Despite possessing the nation's second-largest natural gas reserves and a legacy of energy infrastructure, Pennsylvania faces a fragmented and politically charged path to developing the energy resources it will need in the future, thanks to legislative gridlock, divided public opinion and competing energy interests, says Andrew Levine at Stradley Ronon.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

LEGAL INDUSTRY

Wis. Judge Can't Slip ICE Arrest Case, Magistrate Judge Says

By Hailey Konnath

The Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant living in the country illegally avoid arrest shouldn't be able to get her indictment dismissed just yet, a federal magistrate judge recommended Monday, rejecting her argument that judicial immunity shields her from the case.

Report attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

DOJ Wants Md. Federal Judges' Immigration Orders Blocked

By Jack Karp

A Maryland federal court standing order temporarily staving off the deportation of detained noncitizens who file habeas petitions is barred by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that federal judges do not have authority to issue universal injunctions, according to the Trump administration.

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Feds Cite National Security As Trial Over Student Visas Begins

By Julie Manganis

A Trump administration lawyer told a Massachusetts federal judge Monday that the government's decision to revoke the visas of hundreds of college students and faculty over their pro-Palestinian speech was not viewpoint discrimination but a response to what it contends are threats to national security.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

MyPillow CEO's Attys Sanctioned Over False AI Citations

By Christine DeRosa

Two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell were sanctioned by a Colorado federal judge on Monday over a February brief containing nearly 30 "defective citations" after using artificial intelligence.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Fox Rothschild Seeks To Exit NJ Case Over Litigation Funding

By Bonnie Eslinger

Fox Rothschild LLP urged a New Jersey state court on Monday to toss claims brought by a couple injured in a vehicle crash alleging they were unlawfully steered to cover medical expenses with high-interest loans from the law firm's litigation funder client, saying its involvement was limited to a "tangential, representative role."

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Calif. Justices Disbar SF Atty For Defrauding Elderly Client

By Hailey Konnath

The California Supreme Court has ordered the disbarment of a San Francisco lawyer who authorities say overcharged an elderly trust account client with advanced dementia, finding that he "repeatedly failed to uphold the most basic duties of an attorney" and is "unfit to serve as a member of the bar."

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Annoyed Fed. Circ. Judge Unsure Where To Land In Drug Row

By Nadia Dreid

An irascible Federal Circuit judge chewed out both sides of the aisle Monday morning during arguments over a generic endocrine disorder drug, and although she accused one attorney of "beating a straw man to death," the judge said she still wasn't sure how she would decide the appeal.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

More NY Public Interest Attys And Advocates Authorize Strikes

By Andrea Keckley

Eight chapters of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — a union that represents thousands of public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City metro area — have voted to authorize strikes as workers hope their sectoral bargaining strategy will lead to more favorable deals with managers.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Non-Attys Eyed To Tackle Civil Justice Gap In Ga. Pilot

By Emily Johnson

A Georgia Supreme Court committee has proposed the state start a pilot program to train non-attorneys to handle some legal tasks in evictions and other housing cases and consumer-debt matters, saying this "'assisted pro se' model" would improve rural and low-income people's access to civil legal services.

Report attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

FTC Wants More Time To Present Case Against Amazon Prime

By Gina Kim

The Federal Trade Commission asked a Washington federal judge for 10 days to put on its case-in-chief against Amazon over alleged deceptive practices that trick customers into automatically renewing Prime subscriptions, arguing the evidence at the upcoming trial would be "voluminous and complex," and lengthening the trial won't prejudice Amazon.

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Trump Orders Treasury To Restrain Solar, Wind Tax Credits

By Kat Lucero

President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday to begin carrying out cuts and restrictions to the solar and wind production and investment tax credits that were mandated in the budget bill Trump signed Friday.

1 document attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Analysis

Biggest Enviro Cases To Watch In 2025: Midyear Report

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

Law360 previews the lawsuits environmental attorneys will be watching closely during the second half of 2025, including the Trump administration's challenge to states' efforts to slow climate change, a lawsuit seeking to continue federal funding for climate change projects and product liability cases over forever chemicals in consumer goods.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Analysis

Personal Injury & Med Mal Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025

By Y. Peter Kang

The social media addiction multidistrict litigation against the biggest tech companies and a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding state medical malpractice lawsuit requirements are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following closely in the second half of 2025.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Promo that reads Law360 400 Promo that reads 2025 Law360 Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Appellate Advocates

Bradshaw & Associates PC

Butler Prather

Cain & Skarnulis

Carney Bates

Clement & Murphy

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Crowell & Moring

Davis Wright Tremaine

Fox Rothschild

Gimbel Reilly

Hahn Loeser

Hueston Hennigan

Jacobson Phillips PLLC

Jubelirer Pass

King & Spalding

Kutak Rock

Latham & Watkins

Lieberman Blecher

Littler Mendelson

Marcus & Shapira

Maron Marvel

Pillsbury Winthrop

Quinn Emanuel

Quintairos Prieto

Recht Kornfeld

Riverside Law

Rogers Joseph O'Donnell

Ropes & Gray

Sher Tremonte

Simon Paschal

Skadden Arps

Sterne Kessler

Stradley Ronon

Strang Bradley

Wilentz Goldman

Zimmer Citron

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

American Association of University Professors

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Property Casualty Insurance Association

Apple Inc.

Atlanta Legal Aid Society

C Street Advisory Group LLC

Center for Appellate Litigation

Citigroup Inc.

Communications Workers of America

Constellation Energy Corp.

Corcept Therapeutics Inc.

Drummond

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

Fluor Corp.

Greystone & Co. Inc.

Huron Consulting Group Inc.

IG Design Group Americas Inc.

Instagram Inc.

JOANN Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Kenvue Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Mitchell International Inc.

New Jersey Institute of Technology

New York Legal Assistance Group Inc.

PJM Interconnection LLC

RF Renovo Management Company LLC

RTX Corp.

Regent University

Talen Energy Corp.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Hershey Co.

The New York Times Co.

The Newspaper Guild

The Procter & Gamble Co.

The Progressive Corp.

TikTok Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

UCLA School of Law

Uber Technologies Inc.

United Auto Workers

University of Toledo

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Supreme Court

Executive Office of the President

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Supreme Court

Homeland Security Investigations

Internal Revenue Service

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Court

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

New York State Assembly

Pennsylvania General Assembly

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of Vermont

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin