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Pennsylvania

  • August 12, 2025

    COVID Death Suits May Need Special Master For Discovery

    A court-appointed "special master" will likely be necessary to sort out discovery disputes in a lawsuit over a Pittsburgh-area nursing home's pandemic policies, after a state judge's limits on document searches still returned more than 133,000 pages of results. 

  • August 12, 2025

    Pa. Marina Can't Cite 1849 Law To Reopen Railroad Crossing

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the owner of a bar and marina south of Pittsburgh to claim an 1849 law in seeking to force railroad company CSX Transportation to reopen a rail crossing providing the only public access to the business.

  • August 12, 2025

    3rd Circ. Spurns Perrigo Investor's Bid To Avoid $97M Deal

    A major shareholder in Perrigo Co. PLC has been barred from opting out of a $97 million securities class action settlement, after the Third Circuit held in a precedential opinion on Tuesday that the investor must bear the consequences of its counsel's failure to timely request exclusion.

  • August 12, 2025

    NJ Appeals Court Clarifies Ghost Gun Law, Affirms Sentence

    A New Jersey state appeals court found in a matter of first impression that a man who bought ghost gun kits in Pennsylvania, where they are legal, could be charged when he brought the non-serialized, unlicensed weapons back to his Garden State home, affirming his three-year sentence.

  • August 12, 2025

    Deal Unveiled In Schnader Harrison ERISA Case After Delays

    Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP will pay $675,000 to settle a proposed ERISA class action from a former nonequity partner who claimed the firm improperly used her and others' retirement contributions to prop itself up as it faced financial trouble, according to a motion filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.

  • August 12, 2025

    Samsung, Home Depot Get Stove Fire Suit Tossed For Now

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has thrown out a couple's suit alleging an oven and stovetop made by Samsung Electronics America Inc. and sold by The Home Depot USA Inc. caused a fire that damaged their home, saying the complaint contains only conclusory allegations without facts to back them up.

  • August 12, 2025

    DOJ Demurs On Lawsuit Seeking Emil Bove Docs

    The U.S. Department of Justice is contesting a watchdog's lawsuit seeking to obtain public records requests on now-Third Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who was formerly President Donald Trump's criminal attorney and a top DOJ official.

  • August 12, 2025

    Philly Lawyer Accuses Rival Firm Of Misusing 'We Win' TM

    A Philadelphia-based personal injury lawyer claims a rival firm has been using his trademark protected phrase, "We Win or It's Free," to market its services without his authorization for more than four years, according to a recent federal court complaint.

  • August 11, 2025

    Philly Cop Not Too Late To Seek Benefits For Mental Health

    A Philadelphia police officer who was beaten by a suspect while responding to a robbery call can add post-traumatic stress disorder and depression to his existing workers' compensation claims, with the Commonwealth Court ruling that it was permissible since the symptoms were not identified as compensable until after the original claim was filed.

  • August 11, 2025

    Aetna, CVS Want Lab's $21M Payment Suit Tossed For Good

    Aetna and its parent company, CVS Health Corp., said a medical laboratory can't stand in the shoes of patients who were allegedly denied coverage by the insurer for lab tests, and they have asked a Connecticut federal judge to toss the lab's lawsuit for good.

  • August 11, 2025

    Pa. AG Probing 'Cyber Incident' That Disrupted Email, Phones

    The website, office email accounts and phone lines for the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office were offline Monday after being disrupted by a "cyber incident," the state's top prosecutor announced.

  • August 11, 2025

    AGs Target Voice Providers In 'Operation Robocall Roundup'

    A bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general from across the U.S. is sending warning letters to 37 voice service providers to demand action against illegal robocalls, alleging they flouted Federal Communications Commission rules, according to an announcement Monday.

  • August 11, 2025

    Neighbors, Insurers File Suits Over Fatal Pa. Gas Explosion

    The owners or insurers of more than five dozen properties in a Pittsburgh-area housing development have filed lawsuits over a massive natural gas explosion that leveled three houses, killed six people and allegedly caused damage across the neighborhood.

  • August 11, 2025

    Pa. Court Finds Man Who Wasn't Driving Can Still Get DUI

    A man found intoxicated in the driver's seat of his running truck in a parking lot had his sentence for driving under the influence affirmed by the Pennsylvania Superior Court, which found it was fair to assume the man had driven there.

  • August 11, 2025

    Pa. Judge Accused Of COVID Fraud Seeks Diversion Deal

    A Pennsylvania county judge facing criminal charges for allegedly misusing COVID-19 unemployment relief money to pay his former law firm's staff is working with prosecutors to enter into a pretrial diversion agreement, with the federal court agreeing to hold a conference on the matter, according to court filings Monday.

  • August 11, 2025

    Soda Makers Sued Over Banned Brominated Soybean Oil

    A pair of Pennsylvania men are suing the makers of Frostie and Faygo brand sodas in state court, saying the sodas contain brominated soybean oil, which has been banned by federal regulators because it is dangerous to consume.

  • August 09, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Higher Ed, Big 4, Rising Stars

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including creative ways institutions of higher learning are monetizing real estate, second quarter takeaways from top commercial real estate brokerages, and profiles of two of the industry's rising stars.

  • August 08, 2025

    3rd Circ. Affirms Toss Of GameStop Website Tracking Suit

    The Third Circuit refused to revive a proposed class action accusing GameStop of violating Pennsylvania's wiretap law through its use of third-party software to record website visitors' browsing activities, finding that the plaintiff failed to show that the alleged interception of her non-personal data caused a sufficiently concrete injury.

  • August 08, 2025

    Missy Elliott Producer Can't Delay Copyright Trial

    A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Thursday to delay a copyright trial against music superstar Missy Elliott until after a sanctions motion is decided, leaving the trial set for Aug. 25.

  • August 08, 2025

    Citing 'Seinfeld,' Nostalgic Judge Pares SmartSky Patent Suit

    A federal judge pined for the pre-internet days of disconnectivity while flying and blamed two in-flight Wi-Fi companies for ushering that era's demise as he invalidated a claim in one of the patents in an infringement dispute between the two.

  • August 08, 2025

    He Faced Removal Unrepresented. A Court Found It Wrong

    The Third Circuit ruled that noncitizens in reasonable fear hearings — screenings to decide if they face persecution or torture if deported — have a right to counsel, vacating Alex Pino Porras’ deportation after the judge proceeded without his lawyer and cited an unsupported gang claim.

  • August 08, 2025

    Colleges, Universities Sued Over Early Admissions Offers

    Thirty-two colleges and universities violated federal antitrust laws by sharing data about students admitted through an "early decision" process, reducing competition and inflating tuition by boxing applicants out of potentially more rewarding financial aid packages elsewhere, students alleged in a proposed federal class action on Friday.

  • August 08, 2025

    Administration Says States Can't Second-Guess ACA Changes

    The Trump administration urged a Massachusetts federal court to reject a request by a group of states seeking to stay implementation of new rules that will reduce Affordable Care Act healthcare marketplace subsidies and enforce certain enrollment restrictions.

  • August 08, 2025

    Pa. Pharmacy To Pay $825K To Resolve False Claims Case

    A Pennsylvania pharmacy has agreed to pay $825,000 to resolve claims that it defrauded Medicare, the latest in a recent string of such settlements in the Eastern part of the state, according to the Philadelphia-based U.S. Attorney's Office.

  • August 08, 2025

    Why DOJ's US Attorney Moves Are Reaching Critical Point

    The Trump administration's strategy of extending U.S. attorney appointments using a pair of laws that allow for interim and acting prosecutors has sparked a constitutional tug-of-war between the executive, legislative and judicial branches that could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court or spur congressional action.

Expert Analysis

  • Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    In a continuation of trends in property and casualty insurance class actions, last quarter insurers struggled with defending the merits and class certification of sales tax and fee suits, and labor depreciation cases, but succeeded in dismissing privacy class actions at the pleading stages, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.

  • Series

    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

  • Appealing An Interlocutory Order On Insurer Duty To Defend

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    A recent First Circuit decision on a motion regarding an insurer's duty to defend underlying litigation highlights how policyholders may be able to pursue immediate appeals of interlocutory orders, especially in light of other circuit courts' stances on this issue, say attorneys at Anderson Kill.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • As Failure-To-Warn Preemption Wanes, Justices May Weigh In

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    Federal preemption of state failure-to-warn claims has long been a powerful defense in strict liability tort cases, but is now under attack in litigation over the weedkiller Roundup and other products — so the scope and application of preemption may require clarification by the U.S. Supreme Court, says Michael Sena at Segal McCambridge.

  • How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work

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    Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.

  • Justices' Certiorari Denial Leaves Interstate Tax Questions

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    Since the U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review a Philadelphia resident’s claim that her Delaware state income taxes should be credited against her city wage tax liabilities, constitutional questions about state and local tax distinctions linger, and some states may continue to apply Supreme Court precedent differently, say attorneys at Dentons.

  • Opinion

    US Steel-Nippon Merger Should Not Have Been Blocked

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    The Biden administration's block of the U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel merger on national security grounds was unconstitutional overreach and needs to be overturned, with the harms remedied in federal court, says attorney Chuck Meyer. 

  • Opinion

    Weight Drug Suits Highlight Need For Legal Work On Safety

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    The rapid ascent of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic has revolutionized diabetes management and weight loss — but legal wrangling over issues including off-label prescriptions, side effects and compounded versions underscores lawyers' roles in protecting patient safety, says attorney Gregg Goldfarb.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal appellate court class certification decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving breach of life insurance contracts, constitutional violations of inmates and more.

  • Series

    Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.

  • Opinion

    Undoing An American Ideal Of Fairness

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    President Donald Trump’s orders attacking birthright citizenship, civil rights education, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs threaten hard-won constitutional civil rights protections and decades of efforts to undo bias in the law — undermining what Chief Justice Earl Warren called "our American ideal of fairness," says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Pier Pressure: Contract Takeaways From Pa. Ocean Liner Suit

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    The settlement that resolved the fate of the landmark SS United States ocean liner illustrates important lessons on managing contract disputes, illuminating common trade-offs such as the choice between deferred legal risk and the cost of legal foresight, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.

  • Expect To Feel Aftershocks Of Chopra's Ƶ Shake-Up

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    Publications released by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau personnel in the last days of the Biden administration outline former Director Rohit Chopra's long-term vision for aggressive state-level enforcement of federal consumer financial laws, opening the doors for states to launch investigations and pursue actions, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.

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