PHILADELPHIA – According to a federal judge’s ruling, a pair of female Philadelphia police officers who claim they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination will be permitted to examine documents relating to investigation of sexual harassment complaints within the Philadelphia Police Department.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Cynthia G Eberly against Berkley Insurance Company, Berkley Mid Atlantic Group and Firemans Insurance Company of Washington, D.C. on Nov. 2.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Cynthia G Eberly against Berkley Insurance Company, Berkley Mid Atlantic Group and Firemans Insurance Company of Washington, D.C. on Nov. 2.
PHILADELPHIA – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has filed for summary judgment and argued it did not illegally withhold information from families and loved ones of crash victims in violation of the Freedom of Information Act.
HARRISBURG – A federal judge has dismissed without prejudice the bid of a group of Republican lawmakers and candidates who sued Philadelphia County, Delaware County and Centre County, alleging both GOP candidates and voters are being hurt by the use of nonprofit grant funds from the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL).
United States Attorney Scott W, Brady announced that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Eric G. Olshan and Lee J. Karl will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 3, 2020, general election.
United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Assistant United States Attorney Richard P. Barrett will lead the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the general election on November 3, 2020.
PITTSBURGH – A jurisdictional dispute is currently underway in the case of an Allegheny County man who brought class action litigation against a well drilling contractor, claiming it unlawfully withheld overtime pay from himself and other employees in violation of multiple wage payment laws.
SCRANTON – A welder who suffered second-degree burns in a “catastrophic” gas explosion at a job site and sued the corporate owner of the property where his accident took place, is seeking to consolidate his case with a separate-but-related action.
United States Attorney David J. Freed announced that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Eric Pfisterer will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 3, 2020, general election.
WILLIAMSPORT – A group of Republican lawmakers and candidates are suing Philadelphia County, Delaware County and Centre County in a federal court, alleging both GOP candidates and voters are being hurt by the use of nonprofit grant funds from the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL).
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations has hit back at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s claims that its investigation into alleged race discrimination at its publication has violated its First Amendment rights.
HARRISBURG – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has stayed a lower court’s ruling declaring Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus emergency measures unconstitutional while the appeal process continues, thereby keeping restrictions on crowd sizes relating to the pandemic in place.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia federal court has added itself to the growing number of judiciaries ordering the U.S. Postal Service to rescind service changes it enacted this year, finding that Pennsylvania and other states would otherwise be irreparably harmed.
PHILADELPHIA – The Delaware Riverkeeper Network argues that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot have its lawsuit over the implementation of a specific tenet of the Clean Water Act dismissed it says, due to new federal laws creating standing for it in the litigation.
PITTSBURGH – A series of construction companies continue to claim they were deprived of constitutional due process by top state authorities, during their enforcement of shutdown orders meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Sept. 10. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and the Environmental Protection Agency over the implementation of a specific tenet of the Clean Water Act has other states and industry trade organizations intervening, and the EPA filing to dismiss the case.
