HARRISBURG – On July 6, the state Superior Court denied the appeal of the former owners of Coopermatics Inc., a now-defunct Northampton industrial filtration supply company, of a lower court’s judgment that it was liable for unpaid sales representative commissions accrued prior to the company’s sale.
PHILADELPHIA – A trackman who worked for Amtrak for 40 years claims the company violated the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) by forcing him to use tools which he says later led him to develop a series of bodily injuries.
A class action lawsuit was filed against Ascena Retail Group Inc. d/b/a Dressbarn last month, citing alleged violation of telephone harassment statutes.
PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania corporation has filed a class action lawsuit against EHT Pharmacy LLC and Specialty Care RX Limited Liability Company, both doing business as CUREXA, and John Does 1-10, New Jersey defendants, citing alleged violation of telephone harassment statutes.
WILLIAMSPORT — A pension plan administrator is suing John Jumper, Brent Porterfield, American Investments Fund I LLC, American Investments Fund II LLC and American Tubing Arkansas, alleging breach of contract and breach of duty.
PITTSBURGH — A man has filed a class-action lawsuit against Guardian Protection Services Inc. and Security Force Inc., citing alleged violation of telephone harassment statutes.
CHICAGO – Recently, the City of Philadelphia initiated a major class-action lawsuit in Illinois federal court against a number of world financial institutions, claimed they violated federal antitrust law in colluding to prevent the purchase and sale of interest rate swaps (IRS).
HARRISBURG – A new filing from public transportation ride-sharing service Uber illustrates its intention to fight the recent $11 million levied upon it by Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission (PUC), for allegedly operating in the state for a period of six months in 2014 without proper approval.
PHILADELPHIA – On May 19, Uber Technologies, Inc. filed a motion in federal court to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed against it, for failure to state claims.
PHILADELPHIA – According to a federal judge, Uber Technologies, Inc. has been granted a two-week extension to respond to an antitrust lawsuit filed against it in March by the Philadelphia Taxi Association.
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission has fined public transportation ride-sharing service Uber $11 million for operating in the state for a period of six months in 2014 allegedly without the necessary approval.
HARRISBURG – The Federal Trade Commission's efforts to block a proposed merger between two hospitals in Hershey and Harrisburg is a rare case of FTC intervention, but the commission appears to have a strong case, an antitrust health care law authority says.
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) – In arguing that taxi monopolies in urban areas are facing their first competition in years, ride-sharing service Uber has positioned itself as a force of innovation against a backward-looking transportation sector that’s resisting change, according to an attorney and law professor who has authored numerous articles on law and technology.
PHILADELPHIA – The Horsham-based Philadelphia Taxi Association, comprising a number of area cab and limousine companies, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against San Francisco-based Uber Technologies, Inc.
PHILADELPHIA – An Audubon-based medical device manufacturer will not be forced to provide documents or give deposition testimony in a patent infringement lawsuit originating in federal court in Texas.
HARRISBURG — The commonwealth of Pennsylvania is suing three energy companies, to stop a merger the state alleges would create an illegal monopoly of the gasoline shipment industry in Pennsylvania.
An attorney for a group of former Bucknell University students suing their alma mater and various school officials and law enforcement officers in federal court has been sanctioned by that same court.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled all but one of a blood glucose monitoring equipment company’s antitrust claims against one of its chief rivals is "plausible."
