/pennsylvania?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Pennsylvania Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:31:30 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362768?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362768 Weeks after personal injury law firm Simon & Simon PC was chastised by a Pennsylvania federal judge for letting paralegals file a "cookie-cutter" slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart, the plaintiff's counsel have notified the court that a deal was reached ending the claims. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:46:43 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2359285?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2359285 A Third Circuit panel pressed the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Wednesday to show that what it called racist off-campus comments by a professor had caused such a disruption that it had to fire him, with one judge asking where they should draw the First Amendment line for free speech. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:16:07 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362665?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362665 A benefit plan administration company said it shouldn't have to face a lawsuit claiming a union pension fund paid $2.4 million in interest because the administrator paid benefits on the wrong day of the month, arguing in Pennsylvania federal court that it wasn't acting as a fiduciary. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:13:42 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362662?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362662 Counsel for consumers, insurers and others urged a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday to approve Sandoz and its subsidiaries' $275 million deal settling claims it conspired with other companies to fix some generic drug prices, with Sandoz separately calling states' objections "a paternalistic desire to control private class action settlements." Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:28:43 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362644?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362644 A Washington federal judge has granted an early win to the federal government in a lawsuit from 17 Democratic attorneys general challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's restrictions on access to the abortion drug mifepristone, finding the agency has properly reviewed the drug when issuing regulations. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:25:11 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362781?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362781 A Pittsburgh-based telecommunications consulting firm says three of its employees joined up with a competitor and violated their nonsolicitation agreements by taking certain customers and jobs with them, according to a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania state court. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:32:50 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362647 A transportation company is not entitled to coverage for personal injury suits stemming from a crash involving a trucking shipment, a Pennsylvania federal court has ruled, saying coverage is excluded because the company was listed on the bill of lading for the shipment. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:01:31 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2351994?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2351994 Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard​​​​​​​ at MG+M. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:35:18 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362376?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362376 The fate of a $2.5 billion punitive damages award against Ford and looming bench verdicts in the first PFAS trials brought by a state are among the cases that product liability attorneys will be following closely in the second half of 2025. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:51:04 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362425?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362425 A Maine federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a suit from a man convicted of trafficking cannabis who alleged that his Second Amendment rights were being violated, finding that policies barring felons from gun ownership have been consistent with the country's history. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:07:19 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362400?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362400 A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday denied a win for former pharmaceutical company Mylan NV in a proposed shareholder class action accusing the company of manipulating quality control tests at a West Virginia plant, saying the plaintiff has met the burden of showing a link between misrepresentations and financial losses. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:00:37 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362296?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362296 A Taiwanese company that says a Connecticut metals trading firm owing it $3.7 million for magnesium shipments has signaled its intent to press a claim under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods in Connecticut federal court, despite a subject matter jurisdiction challenge. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:59:45 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362326?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362326 In seeking to ditch a lawsuit, Kohl's on Tuesday told a Pennsylvania federal judge that a mall owner breached a lease of two decades with an unwanted renovation project that added a nearby self-storage business and cut off the retailer's access to the mall's interior. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:08:13 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362349?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362349 A Florida state court has found that an addiction treatment center must face negligence claims in a suit from parents of an 18-year-old who died after leaving the facility, holding there are factual questions about whether the center had a duty to him and whether a breach of that duty caused his death. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:46:36 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362224?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362224 A Pennsylvania appellate court on Tuesday narrowly rejected a lawsuit filed by an ex-nurse who contends a state board violated her rights by ordering her to undergo a mental health exam, finding instead that the board members are entitled to quasi-judicial immunity. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:35:19 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362249?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362249 In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, a group of former federal prosecutors in Washington panned Emil Bove as a "dangerous" pick for the Third Circuit and criticized his record as a prosecutor as that of a loyal follower of President Donald Trump. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:30:14 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2358257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2358257 A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday dug into the constitutionality of a New Jersey judicial privacy statute, with data brokers, a data protection company and the state debating whether the law provides a vital safeguard or imposes too-burdensome restrictions on the publication of publicly available information. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:22:42 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362306?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362306 The Third Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a former Philadelphia bus driver's lawsuit alleging public transit authority SEPTA bucked the Family and Medical Leave Act when it fired him for missing work due to his sickle cell anemia. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:56:39 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2362105?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2362105 After more than 25 years working for the federal government in various roles, including her most recent stint as a top prosecutor in Pennsylvania, a seasoned litigator has returned to private practice and joined BakerHostetler in Philadelphia, the firm announced Tuesday. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:54:20 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2360192?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2360192 The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.