Quantcast

Stories by The Penn Record on Pennsylvania Record

PENNSYLVANIA RECORD

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

The Penn Record News


AG Sunday Secures more than $500K in Refunds for Consumers from Debt Settlement Businesses that Allegedly Operated Illegally in Pa.

By The Penn Record |
Attorney General Sunday announced a settlement with Accelerated Debt Settlement, Inc. and affiliates regarding the businesses misleading consumers into thinking they could shrink or settle debts and for demanding illegal, upfront payments.

Convergence: When AI Meets Privacy and Cybersecurity on April 10, 2025

By The Penn Record |
Andrew Baer and Benjamin Mishkin will speak at the ACC Greater Philadelphia's 17th Annual In-House Counsel Conference.

17th Annual In-House Counsel Conference on April 10, 2025

By The Penn Record |
A “disruptor” on par with email and the internet, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to alter the practice of law in profound ways.

Community Involvement Spotlight: Lee S. Piatt and Pasco L. Schiavo Memorial Charitable Fund

By The Penn Record |
Community Involvement Spotlight, we recognize Lee Piatt’s service with the Pasco L. Schiavo Memorial Charitable Fund.

Stephen Gierasch Named on 2025 Power 100 List by Central Penn Business Journal

By The Penn Record |
On Friday, March 28, 2025, McNees attorney Stephen Gierasch was named on the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal’s Power 100 List for 2025.

Steptoe & Johnson Welcomes Seasoned Litigator Randal Whitlatch to Pittsburgh Office

By The Penn Record |
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is pleased to announce that Randal (Randy) M. Whitlatch joined its Pittsburgh office as a Member.

The Great Unsettling

By The Penn Record |
Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science Cary Coglianese has published one of the first print law journal articles analyzing the U.S. Supreme Court’s watershed decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which last year overturned the four-decade-old Chevron doctrine and sparked intense debates over the future of administrative law.

Ms. Thais Aponte is Temple Law School’s International Law Committee Award Recipient

By The Penn Record |
On Thursday February 27, 2025, the Philadelphia Bar Association International Law Committee held its annual reception in honor of the Phildelphia International LLM students.

Judge strikes technicality that cost 10K Pennsylvanians their vote in 2022

By John O'Brien |
ERIE - A slight inconvenience for mail-in voters is unconstitutional, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled in a win for Democrats that challenged it.

Millions on the way to lab that created controversial Zantac scare

By John O'Brien |
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A drug-testing lab's war on Zantac, which spawned tens of thousands of lawsuits despite claims of "junk science," will earn it millions of dollars.

Penn State Dickinson Law Alumna Awardee Holds Career Talk With Current Students

By The Penn Record |
Korrin Moon, a 2023 graduate of Penn State Dickinson Law, was one of eight Penn State alumni recently honored with the 2025 Alumni Achievement Award, one of the Alumni Association’s most prestigious honors.

Attorney General Sunday’s Organized Crime Section Stops $173K Cellphone Theft Scheme with Arrests of 2 FedEx Workers and 7 Co-Conspirators

By The Penn Record |
Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against two Delaware County-based FedEx workers who engineered a scheme last year involving thefts of cellphones from shipments that were then pushed to co-conspirators who sold the phones.

PBA Environmental & Energy Law Section Annual Dinner on April 9, 2025

By The Penn Record |
The camaraderie lives on at the PBA Environmental & Energy Law Section's Annual Dinner, immediately following the reception after the Environmental Law Forum on Wednesday evening, April 9, 2025.

Thomas J. MacNeely Has Been Named the Chair of the Luzerne Foundation’s Board of Directors

By The Penn Record |
Thomas J. MacNeely, the Chair of our firm’s Real Estate Department, has been named the Chair of The Luzerne Foundation’s Board of Directors!

Navigating the Trump Administration’s Impact on Labor Law on April 10, 2025

By The Penn Record |
David L. Hackett, Frances Rayer, and Daniel V. Johns will speak at the ACC Greater Philadelphia's 17th Annual In-House Counsel Conference.

Empirical Spikes on the Theoretical Franchise Superhighway: Maximum Pricing, Required Sourcing and Kickbacks, Unilateral Changes, and Goodwill on April 9, 2025

By The Penn Record |
Covering the underlying conflict between equity and efficiency in the franchising model, we’ll cover key issues franchisors and franchisees need to know for success including supply restrictions, supplier rebates or kickbacks, maximum and minimum pricing restrictions, unilateral changes and modifications to the system standards manual and other mandatory performance standards.

'Retire the Raider' ringleader can pursue lawsuit against Twin Valley School District

By John O'Brien |
READING - Even though Twin Valley High School has recognized as official a student club hoping to change its mascot, it must still face a First Amendment lawsuit.

Plaintiff alleges home renovation company breached contract

By Pennsylvania Record |
Valene Irons has taken legal action against The MFB Group over alleged poor workmanship during renovations at her Upper Darby home.

Plaintiff alleges laundromat owners' negligence in slip-and-fall injury case

By Pennsylvania Record |
A lawsuit has been filed by Teresa Mattison against K Laundromat and HHC Holdings LLC after she suffered severe injuries from a slip-and-fall incident at their premises.

Plaintiff alleges Frito-Lay North America distributed contaminated salsa causing severe injuries

By Pennsylvania Record |
Eric Fitzgerald has taken legal action against Frito-Lay North America after allegedly suffering serious health issues from consuming salsa contaminated with glass shards.