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August 01, 2025
Deal Near In Sex Abuse Litigation Coverage Fight, Court Told
Counsel for a neurosurgery institute told a Pennsylvania federal court Friday it plans to confirm a final agreement with the institute's insurers in a coverage dispute over underlying litigation alleging former patients were assaulted by a now-deceased neurologist, as settlements are pending with each underlying plaintiff.
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August 01, 2025
Fed. Circ. Bugged By Injunction In Insecticide Patent Dispute
The Federal Circuit on Friday scrubbed a preliminary injunction blocking a company from selling an insecticide product while a competitor's patent infringement case proceeded against it, faulting a lower court's claim construction and patent validity analysis.
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August 01, 2025
1st Circ. Doubtful Of Trump's Stance On Birthright Citizenship
The First Circuit on Friday seemed inclined to say that the children of unauthorized immigrants are citizens if they were born on U.S. soil, citing both the 14th Amendment and a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and pushing back on an argument by President Donald Trump's administration.
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August 01, 2025
Judge Says NJ Comptroller Can Subpoena Bistate Agency
A New Jersey federal judge tossed the Delaware River Port Authority's suit claiming that the Garden State's comptroller unlawfully attempted to force it to comply with two investigative subpoenas, ruling that there is nothing to bar the comptroller from unilaterally issuing subpoenas to the New Jersey-Pennsylvania bistate transit agency.
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August 01, 2025
Cargill Says Chubb Unit Must Cover $170M Ice Cream Loss
Cargill Inc. accused a Chubb unit of failing to cover contaminated batches of ice cream and other food products that caused roughly $170 million in losses, telling a Pennsylvania state court that though the unit "may" rely on a pollution exclusion, an exception in the provision would restore coverage.
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August 01, 2025
Pennsylvania Legislation To Watch For The Rest Of 2025
Legislation working its way through the Pennsylvania Legislature this year includes bids to expand the state's consumer protection law to make it harder for companies to lock customers into automatically renewing subscriptions and for landlords to use software to collaborate with one another to inflate rents. Here are some bills to watch in the latter half of 2025.
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August 01, 2025
Developer Group Wants Pittsburgh Inclusionary Zoning On Ice
A Pittsburgh trade group has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to temporarily bar enforcement of a zoning ordinance mandating that large multifamily developments include affordable units, after the city's planning department demanded that a member comply with the ordinance.
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August 01, 2025
3rd Circ. Says Jury Doesn't Need Experts For Sig Sauer Suit
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was accidentally shot in the leg does not need expert testimony to make his case that a defective gun design was the cause of his injury, since a layperson could draw their own conclusions once they understood the underlying mechanisms, a Third Circuit panel said Friday.
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July 31, 2025
3rd. Circ. Lets Khalil Remain Free During Feds' Appeal
The Third Circuit denied the Trump administration's request to fully stay a district court order releasing pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, ruling that the federal government failed to show it would be irreparably harmed without a stay.
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July 31, 2025
Wyndham Can't Escape Hotel Workers' Labor Trafficking Suit
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. can't get out of a lawsuit alleging that two hotels, in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, forced homeless or desperate people into servitude in exchange for shelter, though a federal judge has trimmed several claims against the company and one hotel's owners.
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July 31, 2025
6-Atty Cohen Vaughan Team Joins Goldberg Segalla In Philly
A team of six attorneys has left the recently launched Cohen Vaughan LLP to join Goldberg Segalla as they seek a better fit for their employment and civil litigation practices following the retirement of their former leader.
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July 31, 2025
Nonlawyer Indicted For Filing False Immigrant Asylum Forms
A Pennsylvania woman falsely claimed to be an immigration attorney and filed false asylum claims for immigrant clients, according to an indictment federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
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July 31, 2025
Troutman Adds Husch Blackwell Cyber Co-Leader
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a former Husch Blackwell partner for its privacy and cyber practice group in Philadelphia.
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July 31, 2025
Judge Questions Gov't Objection To Shielding FEMA Funds
A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday questioned the Trump administration's assertion that it has not redirected funds allocated by Congress for natural disaster mitigation efforts toward other Federal Emergency Management Agency programs, even as the government was objecting to states' narrow request to protect the funds for now.
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July 31, 2025
Immigration Board Raises Bar To Fight State Drug Convictions
The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that an individual fighting removal after being convicted on state drug charges has the burden of proving the law they were convicted under is broader than federal law to avoid deportation.
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July 31, 2025
Split 3rd Circ. Expels Rutgers MBA Fraud Suit Over Standing
The plaintiff leading a proposed class action against Rutgers University for allegedly cooking its MBA rankings by fudging job placement statistics doesn't have standing because he was in a different part-time certificate program, a split Third Circuit has ruled, affirming a New Jersey federal court's decision.
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July 31, 2025
Mercedes-Benz Can't Escape All Of Wood Veneer Crack Suit
A Georgia federal judge won't dismiss the bulk of a proposed class action alleging that Mercedes-Benz Group AG sold vehicles with defective wooden trim veneer that cracked after extended use, leaving 11 of the 18 counts in the amended complaint alive.
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July 30, 2025
US Atty Swap Was 'Calculated' To Evade Senate, NJ Court Told
The reappointment of Alina Habba from interim to acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey was an unconstitutional maneuver "calculated to bypass Senate confirmation," a defendant seeking dismissal of his drug trafficking indictment told a federal judge Wednesday, while prosecutors opposed the motion as a "dispute over titles, not authority."
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July 30, 2025
3rd Circ. Won't Upend Investors' Class Cert. In J&J Talc Suit
A split Third Circuit on Wednesday upheld a New Jersey federal judge's class certification order in a Johnson & Johnson investor action alleging the company artificially inflated its stock price by failing to disclose cancer risks associated with its talcum powder products, finding the lower court did not err in concluding that common issues predominate in the suit.
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July 30, 2025
No Philly Clause Is Valid In Med Mal Case, Pa. Panel Says
A Pennsylvania appellate panel said Wednesday that a contract a patient signed before surgery mandating that any legal actions must be heard in Bucks County is valid and enforceable, affirming a trial court's transfer of the medical malpractice suit from plaintiff-friendly Philadelphia County.
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July 30, 2025
CVS Can't Arbitrate RICO Suit Over Alleged 'No Generic' Policy
CVS effectively forfeited its arbitration rights in proposed class action litigation accusing it of conspiring to block Medicare beneficiaries from accessing generic versions of prescription drugs, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled in denying the company's bid to enforce an arbitration agreement.
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July 30, 2025
Pratt & Whitney Can't Duck Parts Co.'s Antitrust Suit
A Pennsylvania federal court refused Wednesday to toss an antitrust case accusing Pratt & Whitney of blocking competition from aftermarket engine and part suppliers through its contracts with maintenance and repair companies.
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July 30, 2025
Unauthorized Blood Draw Upends Fatal Crash Sentence In Pa.
In a precedential ruling, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that the rights of a man convicted of vehicular homicide while driving under the influence of alcohol were violated because hospital staff took it upon themselves to conduct a blood draw without a warrant from law enforcement.
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July 30, 2025
3rd Circ. Says Quote From Earlier Case Doesn't Nix Sentence
A federal judge who gave a Dominican citizen a stiffer sentence after a second arrest improperly failed to warn the defendant that he would quote from the first sentencing, but the Third Circuit on Wednesday denied a do-over because the defendant didn't show that having notice would have changed the outcome.
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July 30, 2025
Trump Official Denies Shutting Down FEMA Disaster Program
The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told a Massachusetts federal judge that President Donald Trump's administration has not decided whether to end the agency's flagship natural disaster protection program, despite a lawsuit by 20 states claiming it had been shut down.
Expert Analysis
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What Remedies Under New Admin's SEC Could Look Like
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to substantially narrow the remedies it pursues over the next few years, driven by the mounting challenges it faces in court, as well as the views of its incoming chair and fellow Republican commissioners on injunctions, penalties and disgorgement, say attorneys at Milbank.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
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.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
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.
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Appealing An Interlocutory Order On Insurer Duty To Defend
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.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“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.
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As Failure-To-Warn Preemption Wanes, Justices May Weigh In
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.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
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.
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Justices' Certiorari Denial Leaves Interstate Tax Questions
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.
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Opinion
US Steel-Nippon Merger Should Not Have Been Blocked
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.
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Opinion
Weight Drug Suits Highlight Need For Legal Work On Safety
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.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons
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.
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Series
Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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.
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Opinion
Undoing An American Ideal Of Fairness
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.