Daily Archives: 2/11/2013

Phila. court leadership: mass tort filings down 70 percent in 2012, rules changes credited with decline

Working rule changes to the mass tort program at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas that were instituted during the past year to address what was viewed as explosive growth with regard to asbestos and pharmaceutical cases has resulted in … Read More »

Asbestos, Features, Issues, mass tort, News, Personal Injury, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Product Liability

Impax Laboratories and Shire LLC settle breach of contract claim relating to generic Adderall for $48 million

Specialty pharmaceutical company Impax Laboratories Inc., which has locations Philadelphia and Bucks County, Pa., announced Feb. 8 that it has settled all pending litigation with Shire LLC and Shire Laboratories Inc. relating to supply of its generic version of the drug … Read More »

Breach of Contract, News

Commonwealth Court panel affirms PSP gun purchase denial

A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel has upheld a decision by an administrative law judge of the state Attorney General’s Office that affirmed a Pennsylvania State Police denial of an application to purchase a firearm by a man who had previously … Read More »

News, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

NCAA seeks dismissal of Gov. Corbett’s antitrust suit relating to Penn State sanctions following Sandusky scandal

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is asking a federal judge to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit that was filed against the organization by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, litigation that arose out of sanctions levied on Penn State University in the wake … Read More »

antitrust, Federal Court, Issues, News