ALLENTOWN – The City of Bethlehem asserted no less than 23 affirmative defenses supporting its decision to jail a New Jersey man through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl, in its response to the man’s false arrest and imprisonment lawsuit.
HARRISBURG – A proposed regulation to reshape the overtime compensation of employees throughout Pennsylvania was approved 3-2 by the Independent Regulatory Review Commission on Friday, and now heads to the desk of Attorney General Josh Shapiro for review.
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.
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.
ALLENTOWN – A New Jersey man jailed by Bethlehem authorities for allegedly soliciting sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl has sued the police department, claiming he was falsely taken into custody and imprisoned in the sting operation that resulted in his arrest.
PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania Attorney General office's long-running consumer protection case against companies alleged to have engineered an illegal internet-based payday loan scheme remains alive following a federal judge's ruling last month.
PHILADELPHIA – Former Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General employees caught up in the scandal around disgraced former Attorney General Kathleen Kane won't be getting her attorney communications, a federal judge recently ruled.
HARRISBURG – One possible outcome of Pennsylvania’s new legislation designed to defend citizens from unwanted solicitation calls is a boost to lawyers who bring cases under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has warned his fellow AGs that a reported $50 billion settlement of opioid claims will fall apart unless the states demand tight controls on fees to private lawyers and make sure the rest of the money is directed toward programs designed to address the opioid crisis, instead of state general funds.
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro wants to supplement regulations which are part of a state consumer protection law, but law scholars and business groups are concerned that he is trying to create a state anti-trust statute in doing so.
PITTSBURGH – The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office has filed a settlement agreement with Terminix that includes the company paying more than $81,000 dollars in restitution and penalties to the state to resolve alleged consumer protection law violations regarding credit agreements.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office is proposing to amend the rule standards contained in the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, an action it claims is necessary but which some observers say is happening without legislative input.
PITTSBURGH – The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has closed a civil lawsuit it filed versus the owner of an Allegheny County manufactured home community, which had accused him of engaging in “unlawful and deceptive business practices.”
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that a bipartisan coalition of 44 Attorneys General reached a settlement with Student CU Connect CUSO, LLC (“CUSO”) that includes more than $168 million in debt relief for more than 18,000 former students of ITT Tech schools nationwide.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania honored seven individuals and a task force for their exceptional service to victims of crime during the annual Victim Advocate Recognition Ceremony in the Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse on Friday, April 26.
HARRISBURG – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has filed a nine-count class action civil lawsuit against state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, claiming he violated federal law through “unlawful and unconstitutional interference with federal programs.”
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has reached settlement agreements amid an investigation against two companies for possible violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law in recent weeks.