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Lawsuit says cop drove recklessly as arrested woman was tossed around backseat
PHILADELPHIA - A Falls Township police officer is accused of swerving his vehicle while the woman he arrested flew around the backseat without her seatbelt on.
Exonerated Scranton school official sues those involved in arrest
SCRANTON - A former Scranton school official who was charged with ignoring asbestos and lead issue has filed a federal lawsuit more than a year after he was cleared of wrongdoing.
Honeywell says audit didn't scratch surface of asbestos lawyers' shenanigans
ERIE, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Honeywell International calls claims submitted by asbestos lawyers “copy-and-paste” allegations that they have had to spend $128 million to resolve.
Names of asbestos claimants to be redacted - for now - in upcoming trial over trust money
ERIE, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – The names of asbestos claimants will be redacted when a trial gets started in Pennsylvania federal court that will determine if millions of dollars have been rightfully handed out.
States sue Postal Service for not choosing electric vehicles
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Several states are suing the U.S. Postal Service over its decision to purchase new gas-powered vehicles.
Trial approaches as Honeywell claims asbestos trust is giving away money; Trust wants to lead off
ERIE, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Honeywell should have to bat second in an upcoming trial as it seeks to prove those in charge of doling out asbestos money are making it rain on plaintiffs lawyers.
Lawsuit: Pa. firm ruined man's personal injury lawsuit
CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A Pennsylvania lawyer is accused of botching his client's car-wreck case and lying about being able to practice law in New Jersey.
Asbestos lawyer agrees to turn over some disputed records to company skeptical of claims
PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – An asbestos lawyer accused of submitting false claims in order to take millions of dollars from a lightly supervised asbestos trust has reached an agreement on what materials he will hand over.
Honeywell, asbestos lawyer to argue over subpoena in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – Federal bankruptcy court in Pittsburgh will be the venue where an asbestos lawyer accused of pocketing millions of dollars by filling out inaccurate forms fights a defendant tired of paying him.
Dead piranhas: Antonio Brown's career in Pittsburgh's civil court system
PITTSBURGH – Antonio Brown’s accomplishments in the National Football League add up to quite a list, as do his off- and on-field incidents that have marred his stints in Pittsburgh, Oakland, New England and Tampa Bay.
Third Circuit declines to hear appeal in CFPB v. Navient
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Though the federal judge hearing a long-running case against the nation’s largest student loan servicer said it could, the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that Navient may not appeal a ruling that rejects one of its arguments for judgment.
Nestle to settle lawsuit claiming its Purina plant stunk up the neighborhood
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Nestle has agreed to pay $800,000 to residents around its Allentown, Pa., facility who claim its manufacture of Purina pet foods there has left an odor in the air.
Navient headed to Third Circuit to try to get CFPB's lawsuit tossed
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Navient’s defense in a lawsuit brought by a federal agency is headed down a detour, as the company has successfully asked to appeal a recent decision.
Navient asks for permission to appeal judge's decision to let CFPB restart lawsuit
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – The nation’s largest student loan servicer wants an appeals court to review a ruling against it, as it continues its fight against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Judge rules against Navient in one of its two arguments in lawsuit brought by CFPB
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – A Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s lawsuit against the nation’s largest student loan servicer shouldn’t be thrown out just because the CFPB was operating in an unconstitutional manner when it filed suit.
Bernstein Litowitz and Saxena White get nod to lead FirstEnergy litigation; Berger Montague left out
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers representing a St. Louis union will get their wish to lead litigation against FirstEnergy over an alleged $60 million bribe to a prominent Ohio legislator.
HP sued by investor over stock drop in 2016
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The securities class action law firm Robbins Geller has filed suit against HP and its former leadership over the revenue generated by its supplies division.
Philadelphia pension, law firm get in on FirstEnergy bribery litigation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – Two more law firms have filed a lawsuit over a scandal in Ohio in which it is alleged FirstEnergy funneled more than $60 million to Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder.
Judge to QVC: Quit complaining about Suzanne Somers' family or be more specific
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) – QVC recently took a squabble with Suzanne Somers to a federal judge who authored a short, sharp rebuke a few days later.
CFPB wants to show the world its case against Navient in motion currently sealed
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – A federal agency all of a sudden has an interest in getting its arguments out as it fights to keep its lawsuit against the nation’s largest student loan servicer alive.