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.
GEORGETOWN, Del. – Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights sided with the Bucks County Employees Retirement Fund in a case against CBS Corp.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is hearing cases over a three-day span during sessions in Harrisburg this week, with the following cases being among those on the top court’s docket.
PITTSBURGH – The City of Pittsburgh and five of its police officers are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she doesn’t support President Trump, and that the same arresting officers allegedly called her a “bleeding heart liberal.”
PHILADELPHIA – The Atlanta Braves baseball team and its corporate owner Liberty Media Corp have denied claims made in a federal lawsuit accusing them of discriminating against and firing a former scout after they learned of his physical disabilities.
PITTSBURGH -- An ammunition distributor involved in a legal wrangle with a major sporting goods retailer cannot file an amended complaint that seeks to convert the dispute into a class action, a federal judge has ruled.
HARRISBURG - A woman who filed a loss of consortium lawsuit shortly after her husband died amid divorce proceedings was ordered to submit privileged documents to Wilkes-Barre Hospital Company LLC.
PITTSBURGH – A developmentally disabled young man and his parents who allege he was molested at a residential treatment facility for children have agreed to drop claims against the chief executive of the institution where the events were said to have occurred.
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.
United States Attorney Scott W. Brady congratulates Michael Baughman on his confirmation as United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – Testimony in the Risperdal punitive damages trial continued Thursday with a former Food & Drug Administration commissioner who said Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals sought to promote use of Risperdal in children and adolescents, before it was given such approval – but the company maintains it was safe for that age group.
PHILADELPHIA - The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County determined last month that Sherrie Cohen is not allowed to run for City Council after she received an order to withdraw from the race.
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.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal lawsuit accuses the Atlanta Braves baseball organization and its corporate owner, Liberty Media Corp., of discriminating against a former scout after they learned of his physical disabilities.
Joan C. Arnold, a partner with Pepper Hamilton and chair of the firm’s Tax and Private Client Practice Group, began her term as Chair-Elect of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation this month.
PHILADELPHIA - On July 23, a couple filed their opening brief as they appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit after a lower court dismissed their case against Newsweek over allegations that the publication used their child’s picture for racist propaganda.
PHILADELPHIA – After an incident in the recovery room after a routine medical procedure that allegedly led to her firing, a transgender woman and former employee of The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is suing the institution for wrongful termination, civil rights discrimination and sex discrimination.
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