PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh health care clinic and its executive director have launched litigation against a local non-profit group and its president, charging that president with illegally recording and disseminating a telephone conversation in violation of federal and state wiretapping laws.
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.
U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced that the County of Indiana, Pennsylvania, received $58,008 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge in Philadelphia recently ordered a Montgomery County-based elder care company to comply with document-related subpoenas by June 26, in the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing battle to block the merger of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network.
RENO, Nev. – According to a federal judge, a Nevada ammunition distributor and prominent sporting goods retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods will resolve an ongoing dispute between them in a Pennsylvania court, as opposed to a Nevada one.
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania who are facing a lawsuit based on wrongful termination, civil rights discrimination and sex discrimination after a recovery room incident that allegedly led to a transgender employee’s firing, are trying to prevent further amendment of the plaintiff’s complaint.
PHILADELPHIA – Jenkintown’s Borough Manager George Locke is seeking reconsideration of a recent decision on a motion for summary judgment and qualified immunity, in a case from residents who say he and other officials retaliated against them through a series of bogus zoning code violations.
PITTSBURGH – Three Pittsburgh police officers have been dismissed from a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she doesn’t support President Trump.
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.
PHILADELPHIA – The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic have filed litigation against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in order to obtain documents that detail how the agency’s officers engage in civil immigration enforcement.
MEDIA – Delaware County is now suing to halt the creation of a trust fund agreement connected to Aqua Pennsylvania’s recent purchase of the Delaware County Regional Water Control Authority, which would be the water’s company biggest privatization of a public water and sewer system statewide.
Andrew C. Maher, Senior Counsel in Clark Hill’s Pittsburgh office in the Public Finance and Banking & Financial Services practices has been elected President of the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers, effective May 14, 2020.
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce the donation of $25,000 to the PHL COVID-19 Fund, a multi-sector initiative to help respond to the immediate demands of the community led jointly by the Philadelphia Foundation and the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.
ALLENTOWN – An attorney who recently filed a class action lawsuit in a Philadelphia federal court on behalf of all U.S. citizens impacted by the coronavirus against the People’s Republic of China has brought another similar case against the Chinese nation and its foremost political party – only now in Allentown and specifically on behalf of more than 20 different professionals and business owners, plus an FBI employee.
WASHINGTON – A battle between religious objectors and the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey over mandates to provide contraception-inclusive health care coverage has once again reached the U.S. Supreme Court, where oral arguments took place for more than 90 minutes by telephone on Wednesday.
PHILADELPHIA – A sports facility in Chester County that has laid off around 30 workers joins the growing legion of businesses pursuing legal action against their insurance companies for allegedly not providing it business interruption coverage during closures connected to the coronavirus.
Frank Donaghue, Of Counsel with McNees Wallace & Nurick, will moderate a panel of experts on the compelling topic The Expansion of iGaming in North America; What Might the Future Hold? Thursday, May 7, 8 a.m. PST
U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced that the City of Altoona Pennsylvania, received $42,842 in Department of Justice grants to purchase supplies that are essential for responding to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
PITTSBURGH – The City of Pittsburgh and five of its police officers have won conditional dismissal of a municipal liability claim brought by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she doesn’t support President Trump.
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