HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro has joined a bipartisan coalition of more than three dozen AGs who have filed an antitrust action against Google, claiming the Internet search company has an illegal monopoly over the online search market that hurts consumers and advertisers.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Marilena Cruz against Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc., C R Bard Inc., Does 1 Through 100 Inclusive and Mckesson Corp. on Aug. 17.
PHILADELPHIA – A New Mexico mineral company is seeking confirmation of a multimillion-dollar arbitration award against a Pennsylvania investment group owned by a woman arrested by the FBI and charged with running a Ponzi scheme.
WASHINGTON – The attorneys general of 17 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the U.S Department of Education, in a challenge to new regulations that dictate how primary and secondary schools respond to student sexual assault and harassment complaints under Title IX.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has taken under advisement a motion to throw out a subpoena requesting a complete record of electronic messages between a man whose property was destroyed in a fire caused by arson and his initial attorney.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has granted a motion to appoint the Institutional Investors Group (IIG) as lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against Energy Transfer Partners and two leading executives for alleged securities fraud.
A class action lawsuit filed in federal court for the Southern District of California alleges several rental car companies have improperly charged customers a fee, claiming it was required by the Port of San Diego.
Every year thousands of Americans overdose on fentanyl, a laboratory-created opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin. Fentanyl is often smuggled into the United States from China and Mexico, and because fentanyl is made in a lab, chemists can change its structure to create what are known as “fentanyl analogues.”
The following cases categorized as "375 other statutes: false claims act" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 21. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by John Doe against Janssen Therapeutics on Jan. 21.
PHILADELPHIA – Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s mission to hold the nation’s largest student loan provider accountable for its lending practices is now at the federal appellate level, where he has the pledged support of law enforcement in 31 states and Washington, D.C.
Silvis Group Inc. – a Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, landscaping company – has entered consent findings with the U.S. Department of Labor requiring payment of $74,290 in back wages and penalties for violating the labor provisions of the H-2B temporary visa program.
PHILADELPHIA – A local man who claimed local police officers beat him at a political rally supporting immigration last year has settled his case with those officers and the City of Philadelphia for $10,000.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently said a lower court erred when it granted a motion for reconsideration in a negligence lawsuit and then transferred the case to another court.
PHILADELPHIA — The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has gained support from several states that say a federal district court made a mistake by denying reimbursement for attorneys’ fees following its successful challenge to the proposed merger between Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Pinnacle Health System.
NEW YORK – Democratic state attorneys general, like Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro, are getting free help from New York University School of Law to bolster their environmental causes, though a Commonwealth business advocacy group worries this results in important work being outsourced to an out-of-state entity.
PHILADELPHIA – A New Mexico company that provides weight loss and weight maintenance programs alleges that a Glen Mills business failed to deliver the products it ordered.
HARRISBURG – A California-based tungsten powder and products manufacturer has launched legal action in federal court accusing a direct competitor of using defamatory tactics to undermine the plaintiff’s business and harm its reputation.
