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Jeffrey Pasek Reelected to Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Board of Directors
Jeffrey Pasek, a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department, has been reelected to the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Board of Directors. -
ALI members question foundations of recently passed Restatement of Consumer Contracts
WASHINGTON – Subsequent to the American Law Institute’s approval of a Restatement for law related to Consumer Contracts earlier this week, two of the group’s members expressed concerns that the document may be a step in the wrong direction for the legacy of the venerable legal scholarship group. -
ALI approves controversial Restatement of Consumer Contracts at its annual meeting
WASHINGTON – At its annual meeting this week, the Philadelphia-based American Law Institute voted to approve a Restatement intended to give legal clarity to consumer contracts – a project which has been subject to controversy, since its foundation is said to diverge from established contract law in some respects. -
ALI's Consumer Contracts Restatement may come up for approval vote this year, despite increasing concerns
PHILADELPHIA – At a virtual meeting this week, the Philadelphia-based American Law Institute is scheduled to continue work on a Restatement meant to give legal clarity to consumer contracts – a project yielding “significant concerns,” according to a member of the legal scholarship organization, especially since it may come up for a final vote at the group’s annual meeting this spring. -
COZEN O'CONNOR: Jeffrey Pasek Reelected to Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Board
Jeffrey Pasek was reelected to a three-year term on the board of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. -
Pa. groups call for protection from coronavirus lawsuits for health care, reopened businesses
HARRISBURG – Leaders of multiple entities representing legal reform, business and health care interests statewide are pushing for the provision of safe harbor professional liability protections from the state to individuals and businesses responding to the coronavirus pandemic, in order for the state economy to quicken its recovery once the state re-opens. -
Business groups hope Pennsylvania Supreme Court breaks from pro-plaintiffs string of decisions
HARRISBURG – In the lead-up to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania hearing arguments on Hammons v. Ethicon, Inc. next week, an amicus brief attached to six organizations representing tort reform and business interests in the state says recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings governing personal jurisdiction are being ignored. -
AG's Office to mull new overtime compensation rule, while business group urges legislature not to support it
HARRISBURG – A regulation recently approved by a state board to adjust the overtime compensation of employees throughout Pennsylvania is now heading to the desk of Attorney General Josh Shapiro for review – while a prominent business group is persuading the state legislature not to support it and still wanting stakeholders to work with lawmakers towards a compromise. -
Business leaders say AG Shapiro's proposed False Claims Act comes at taxpayers' expense
HARRISBURG – A five-bill effort to reduce Medicaid fraud in Pennsylvania through a state False Claims Act is already meeting with opposition from business groups, health care providers and civil justice reformers who say the state’s proposed method will be at the expense of patients and taxpayers and mostly benefit lawyers and whistleblowers. -
Overtime pay proposal affects 400K Pennsylvania workers but leads to 'unsustainable costs,' group says
HARRISBURG – A recent proposal championed by the state to determine the overtime compensation of employees throughout Pennsylvania, has also met with opposition from a statewide business group which indicates that unsustainable cost increases and other issues make the proposal in its current form untenable. -
Business groups warn against changing medical malpractice rules as Supreme Court accepts comments on proposal
PHILADELPHIA – Though any action on a Supreme Court of Pennsylvania committee proposal to change venue guidelines governing medical malpractice litigation statewide has been delayed until a legislative group completes a study on the matter, several prominent organizations submitted comments on the proposal before its tabling. -
Supreme Court considers overriding 2002 med-mal reform; Groups warn it could create another health care crisis
HARRISBURG – Venue guidelines governing medical malpractice litigation statewide which were brought into law through 2002’s Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act may be abandoned by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee. -
Groups don't want Pa. Supreme Court to create Fair Share Act exception for asbestos lawsuits
HARRISBURG – Business and legal reform groups are calling on the state Supreme Court to uphold a specific application of a law that governs how defendants split the check when a plaintiff verdict comes in - opposing a so-called "carve-out" that would keep the law from applying to asbestos cases.. -
MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC: Mcnees Chairman presented with the 2018 Christianson Award
The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Public Utility Law Section presented its Christianson Award to McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC Chairman David M. Kleppinger on May 24 during the Public Utility Bench Bar Conference at the Hilton Harrisburg. -
Facing lawsuit over fall, Home Depot says it doesn't make ladders
PHILADELPHIA — After allegedly falling from a ladder he purchased at a Home Depot store, Jeffrey Nein has filed a lawsuit against a range of defendants. -
House subcommittee to hear testimony on bill seeking to curb ADA lawsuit abuse
Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice today in support of a new bill he introduced earlier this year. -
Pa. companies apprehensive about upward pressure on wages
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf’s decision last week to sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for state workers and those who work for state contractors raises expectations for boosting the minimum wage for all workers statewide, but employer representatives fear unintended financial consequences of such a move. -
PA Chamber focuses on “safe and responsible” energy in wake of fracking decision
GRANT TOWNSHIP, Pa. – After a district court judge issued an opinion effectively supporting hydraulic fracking within Grant Township, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry celebrated the role that the energy market has played in the state’s development. -
Pa. Supreme Court strikes down as unconstitutional key provisions in Oil and Gas Act
In a ruling that could have widespread implications for natural gas drilling
