SCRANTON – Counsel for a South Carolina woman, in a case alleging that a hair dye product she purchased caused her to suffer a chemical burn on the back of her head, has countered a motion to dismiss the related suit by arguing that proper service of the complaint was made and by removing an anonymous defendant.
PHILADELPHIA – The former chief marketing officer for a Philadelphia law firm who alleged she was fired when she complained of supposed racially discriminatory practices within the firm to higher management, has settled her claims.
MEDIA – A Delaware County homeowner says that due to the efforts of anonymous local individual distributing flyers false alleging that he is in possession of an unauthorized shed structure on his property, that he has suffered defamation and invasion of privacy.
SCRANTON – A federal judge has ruled that a graphic designer and her partner, who sought anonymity in a lawsuit alleging years of sexual harassment at the hands of the main plaintiff’s supervisor while working at a Monroe County resort, would be compelled to name themselves moving forward.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted a Philadelphia law firm’s motion to quash a subpoena in litigation brought by its former chief marketing officer, who alleged she was fired when she complained of racially discriminatory practices within the firm.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dissolved a preliminary injunction to prevent a mask mandate from being rescinded in the Perkiomen Valley School District without prejudice, in light of updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and decreased levels of COVID-19 infection.
PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania federal courts must now contend with a split between the Eastern and Western Districts on the issue of school mask mandates, as a ruling this week from a Philadelphia judge denying the Perkiomen Valley School District’s attempt to stop its mandate broke from the trend of recent rulings in more westward courts.
PHILADELPHIA – For reasons of supposed irrelevance, a Philadelphia law firm is seeking to quash a subpoena in litigation brought by its former chief marketing officer, who alleged she was fired when she complained of racially discriminatory practices within the firm.
HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania waterway environmental group and a food processing company are seeking to stay litigation the two parties are involved in over claims of the latter polluting Oil Creek and the Susquehanna River and violating the state Clean Streams Law and the federal Clean Water Act in the process.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has permitted a plaintiff alleging that she was sexually abused as a middle school student by an assistant high school baseball coach, to proceed under a pseudonym.
SCRANTON – A Schuylkill County official wants to see dismissed a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against them by four anonymous County employees, alleging the plaintiffs did not seek proper authorization to proceed under an anonymous designation and had failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
HARRISBURG – A food processing company seeks to dismiss litigation brought against it by a Pennsylvania waterway environmental group that charges it with having polluted Oil Creek and the Susquehanna River and violating the state Clean Streams Law and the federal Clean Water Act in the process.
WILLIAMSPORT – An anonymous woman and steward at Penn State University contends she was subject to sexual harassment and retaliation at her workplace, after she was allegedly raped by her direct supervisor.
SCRANTON – A quintet of anonymous parents to disabled and medically vulnerable children has sued Delaware Valley School District and its School Board, over their decision to permit parent-backed student exemptions to the state’s mask mandate for Pennsylvania schools.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia law firm has countered litigation brought by its former chief marketing officer, who alleged she was fired when she complained of racially discriminatory practices within the firm, by arguing she was instead fired for just cause.
SCRANTON – A Monroe County resort is seeking to deny legal anonymity to a graphic designer who alleged she endured years of sexual harassment at the hands of her supervisor while working there.
PHILADELPHIA – The former chief marketing officer for a Philadelphia law firm alleges she was fired when she complained of supposed racially discriminatory practices within the firm to higher management.
