The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Richard Buonopane against Republic Services Inc. on March 18:
A Pennsylvania Supreme Court committee is proposing a new rule that will help medical malpractice lawyers, but a look at the makeup of the committee shows five lawyers, including its chair, who work at firms that file medical malpractice cases.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Senate will study whether forum-shopping by medical malpractice lawyers raises health care costs in the areas they target - a move that comes as the state Supreme Court considers allowing those lawyers to file cases in the courts of their choosing.
Archer & Greiner is pleased to announce John J. Taylor has been appointed to Director of the Pennsylvania Practice of Archer Public Affairs (APA), a governmental and external relations affiliate of Archer.
The following contract-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 16. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following labor-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 16. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court of Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Republic Franklin Insurance Company against Brethren Mutual Insurance Company on Jan. 16: 'Waiver Of Service Returned Executed By Republic Franklin Insurance Company. Brethren Mutual Insurance Company Waiver Sent On 1/9/2019, Answer Due 3/11/2019. (brown, Eric)'
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Steelworkers Pension Trust against Republic Steel on Jan. 16:
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Rich Goldberg to its New York and Philadelphia offices as a partner in the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice.
PHILADELPHIA – Americans from all over the country have traditionally flocked to Philadelphia courts, to the point their plaintiff-friendly reputation has resulted in a “Judicial Hellhole" designation, and now plaintiffs are coming from other countries to seek their day in court.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man’s pending litigation against Lufthansa German Airlines and several other parties accuses the defendants of disregarding the airline’s policy on minor children traveling, and claims his minor children were then kidnapped to Austria by his ex-wife.
PHILADELPHIA – The panel of a federal appellate court has dismissed as frivolous complaints filed by a woman against U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton, Cambridge Analytica and its founder Aleksandr Kogan, noted whistleblower Christopher Wylie and Queen Elizabeth II.
HARRISBURG – Pending legislation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives would essentially overrule a 2014 state Supreme Court decision and change asbestos litigation statewide, to plaintiff lawyers' dismay, if it were to pass.
HARRISBURG – Legislation sponsors viewed as a reform measure that sought to limit punitive damages in verdicts against nursing homes was defeated in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives last week.
PHILADELPHIA – A bill set to completely change the way in which prescription drugs were distributed and provided to injured workers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was recently vetoed by Gov. Tom Wolf, who said the bill’s aims ran “counter to the impact [the state] has made with injured workers.”
A state senator is appealing a federal judge's order earlier this month to pay more than $29,300 to the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania in reimbursement for the fees and costs of its successful gerrymandering challenge.
HARRISBURG – A Republican-backed bill whose proponents and allies say has the potential to improve workers compensation law practices and help stop opioid addiction now heads to the desk of Gov. Tom Wolf, after passage in the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
Two individuals are suing George Junior Republic in Pennsylvania and George Junior Republic for allegedly failing to properly compensate them for their work.