University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor of Law Kate Shaw is among the newest appointed members and senior fellows of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS).
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh spin class facility denies it was negligent in an action brought by a local woman who alleged her broken right ankle was the defendant’s failure to provide spin bicycle shoes with clips.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh plaintiff alleges her broken right ankle was the result of her spin class facility’s negligence in failing to provide spin bicycle shoes with clips.
Reed Smith partner David R. Cohen has been named to The Legal Intelligencer’s exclusive list of 2020 Pennsylvania Trailblazers. Cohen, who founded and leads Reed Smith’s 80+ lawyer Records & E-Discovery (RED) practice group, was highlighted for his many contributions to the advancement of e-discovery. I
Fox Rothschild LLP congratulates Ronald L. Williams, who was appointed to serve as Co-Chair of the Construction Litigation Committee for the American Bar Association Litigation Section.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Nancy Yelinek against Ethicon Inc. and Johnson & Johnson on July 2.
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia-based American Law Institute continues its work on a Restatement meant to give legal clarity to the arena of consumer contracts - a project that has been put on the back-burner and serves as a "litmus test" as to how the influential group will be perceived, a member says.
PITTSBURGH – The CEO and executive editor Postindustrial Media has filed a suit challenging the state's court restrictions on audio recordings of bail hearings.
PITTSBURGH — The Sierra Club has filed suit against NRG Power Midwest claiming the company's coal-fired generating station is discharging heated wastewater into the Allegheny River in violation of its National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit.
The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas reported the following activities in the suit brought by Department of Labor & Industry to the Use of the Unemployment Compensation Fund against Thomas G. Brown on July 26.
WASHINGTON - An unusual coalition of consumer advocates and business interests joined to delay and possibly defeat a controversial “restatement” of consumer contract law that critics said presents a misleading picture of how courts are actually deciding cases in the rapidly evolving area of “clickwrap” and “browsewrap” agreements.
WASHINGTON – The attorneys general of 23 states, led by the State of New York, have sent a letter to the American Law Institute (ALI) opposing a proposed Restatement of Consumer Contract Law, set to be voted on at the ALI’s annual meeting this week.
PHILADELPHIA - One of the latest projects from a legal group that influences judges relies upon a faulty analysis of case law to support its conclusion that courts have developed new ways to interpret “clickwrap,” “browsewrap” and other standardized consumer agreements, some law professors say in a pair of recent articles.
