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Counties, lawmakers sue Gov. Wolf in federal court over shutdown order
HARRISBURG – Seventeen plaintiffs, including four Pennsylvania counties and four members of the state House of Representatives, are seeking declaratory judgments that their constitutional rights were violated by Gov. Tom Wolf’s business shutdown orders in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. -
U.S. Supreme Court rejects businesses' challenge of Gov. Wolf's coronavirus shutdown
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from plaintiffs who claimed Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s executive order to close down non-life-sustaining businesses was an overreach of executive power and an unlawful infringement of their constitutional rights. -
'Battle for the soul': SCOTUS hears nuns' case against Pennsylvania over Obama's contraception mandate
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. -
Gov. Wolf asks U.S. Supreme Court to affirm his controversial coronavirus business shutdown order
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says his executive order to close down non-life-sustaining businesses was lawful and that a wave of new coronavirus infections among the public may be in the cards, if the U.S. Supreme Court decides to support a challenge to his order. -
Business owners shut down by coronavirus, Gov. Wolf are looking to U.S. Supreme Court for help
HARRISBURG – An attorney for plaintiffs who recently lost their challenge of Gov. Tom Wolf’s executive order which mandated “non-life sustaining” businesses shut down during the coronavirus quarantine, says the state Supreme Court erred in its decision-making and further legal action to the U.S. Supreme Court is in the works. -
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. -
Third Circuit sends Pennsylvania lead paint litigation to state courts in win for private lawyers hired by counties
PHILADELPHIA – According to a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, public nuisance cases filed by two Pennsylvania counties against manufacturers who provided lead-containing paint for use in housing developments were properly remanded to state court for a lack of jurisdiction. -
Should Indiana woman be allowed to use Pennsylvania courts to sue New Jersey company? Supreme Court to decide
HARRISBURG – The future of both pelvic mesh lawsuits and the concept of personal jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have the potential to be greatly impacted by arguments and a forthcoming decision in the Hammons v. Ethicon case, set to be argued before the state Supreme Court next week on March 10. -
SCOTUS declines review, agrees with Third Circuit on abiding by state and federal aircraft design standards without pre-emption
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has concurred with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in ruling that abiding by state and federal design standards for aircraft components without federal pre-emption is permissible. -
Pennsylvania firearms dealer sues ATF, U.S. attorney general over license restoration
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania firearms dealer is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and U.S. Attorney General William Barr over allegations they have unlawfully failed to make a timely decision on his license restoration application. -
Sherwin-Williams still fighting to prevent Pa. counties from filing lead paint lawsuits
PHILADELPHIA – After a dismissal at the district court level, Sherwin-Williams is taking its argument against an alliance of government officials and private lawyers who are considering suing the company over lead paint to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. -
DOJ tells SCOTUS to overturn decision on who enforces standards for aircraft engines; Boeing issue cited
WASHINGTON – According to an amici brief filed by the Solicitor General with the U.S. Supreme Court, design standards for aircraft engines are the exclusive purview of the federal government and not applicable state law – a counter-argument to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruling which said such pre-emption was not required. -
Out-of-state businesses afraid of Philadelphia's court should pay attention to coming Superior Court decision
HARRISBURG – Plaintiffs lawyers and the business community await a ruling from an en banc panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, which is deciding whether the state can require companies who wish to do business here to consent to also being sued here. -
Judge won't let Sherwin-Williams block lead paint litigation initiated by private lawyers hired by counties
PHILADELPHIA - On Oct. 4, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sherwin-Williams against the County of Delaware and related parties. Sherwin Williams requested a declaration that threats of a lawsuit against it violate a number of the paint company’s constitutional rights. -
REED SMITH LLP: Supreme endeavor: an analysis of major business cases accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court with opinions expected to be issued in the 2019-2020 term
Join our panel of Reed Smith lawyers as they break down major business cases accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket for its 2019–2020 term. -
Bus driver loses post-Janus union dues case
PHILADELPHIA - A bus driver’s lawsuit against Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, its superintendent and human resources director, which stemmed from the revocation of his union membership, has been dismissed. -
Attorney: $8 billion Risperdal verdict is 'another black eye' to Philadelphia's reputation
PHILADELPHIA – Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals have called a Philadelphia jury’s gigantic verdict of $8 billion in punitive damages against it for alleged malice connected to the marketing of anti-psychotic drug Risperdal “grossly disproportionate” and “a violation of due process” and are seeking to immediately overturn it. -
Judge denies ex-police officer's second motion to reconsider dismissal of pension claim
Philadelphia – U.S. District Court Judge Joseph F. Leeson denied, for the second time, a motion for reconsideration by Aurellio Bonilla in his lawsuit against the city of Allentown and the Allentown Police Pension Fund Association. -
J&J senior director says Risperdal targeting to child doctors wasn't off-label promotion
PHILADELPHIA – Johnson & Johnson did not market anti-psychotic drug Risperdal off-label to pediatricians and pediatric psychologists prior to receiving Food & Drug Administration approval, according to a senior official testifying in a trial meant to determine if the pharmaceutical giant will be penalized with punitive damages. -
Philly judge recommends Superior Court affirm $41M pelvic mesh verdict against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia judge who presided over a case where a Lancaster woman claimed she suffered permanent injuries to her genitalia after the installation of a pelvic mesh implant manufactured by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon, Inc., is recommending the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirm the action’s $41 million verdict on appeal.