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Law clerk claiming age discrimination seeks mediation and files new complaint
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man who claimed that illegal age discrimination led to being fired from his job as a law clerk with the Dugan & Associates law firm, has both requested the case go to mediation and filed an amended version of his complaint.
Amtrak whistleblower alleges retaliation for reporting mismanagement, safety concerns
PHILADELPHIA — A former Amtrak engineer alleges he was terminated for reporting mismanagement and safety issues on rail line projects.
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT (VA 23-08) - Information Technology Technician II , Full-time position, Williamsport, PA
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is seeking qualified applicants for the position of full-time (40 hours/week) IT Technician II for the Clerk’s Office of the United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Judge James T. Giles Inducted into Philadelphia Business Journal’s Best of the Bar Hall of Fame
Blank Rome is pleased to announce that senior counsel Judge James T. Giles will be inducted into the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Best of the Bar Hall of Fame.
Public Notice - Solicitation for Court Reporting/Transcribing Services
In accordance with the advertising requirements of Volume 14, Section 315 of The Guide to Judiciary Policies and Procedures, the Clerk’s Office for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is soliciting open market quotations for Contract Court Reporting in Allentown, Easton, Philadelphia, and Reading Pennsylvania Courthouses.
Fox Rothschild’s 2023 White-Collar Symposium on September 27, 2023
Join Fox Rothschild’s White-Collar Criminal Defense & Regulatory Compliance lawyers for informative presentations, engaging discussion and networking at the 2023 White-Collar Symposium in Philadelphia.
Monroe County Courthouse Resumes Operations
Monroe County President Judge Margherita Patti Worthington has announced that the emergency circumstances at the Monroe County Courthouse have been resolved.
EPA Further Extends Comment Period on Proposed Plan to Clean Up New Cassel/Hicksville Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the public comment period for its proposed cleanup plan to address contaminated groundwater at a portion of the New Cassel/Hicksville Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Nassau County, New York to October 23, 2023.
Extended inactivity leads to ending of suit concerning boy injured by school bleachers
PITTSBURGH – A lawsuit from the mother of a high school boy who lacerated two fingers on the exposed metal portion of bleachers during his gym class lawsuit against the Jefferson Hills School District, was recently terminated due to prolonged inactivity.
Judge hands down split ruling in former George Junior Republic sexual assault case
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has issued a split decision on preliminary objections from the George Junior Republic rehabilitation and treatment center, in response to allegations from a former resident who said he was subjected to sexual abuse by one of his female counselors there in 2015 when he was just 16 years old.
Sysco worker sues pallet truck manufacturer after suffering crushed foot, ankle
PHILADELPHIA — A Sysco worker whose foot and ankle were crushed alleges a pallet truck manufacturer's faulty design and safety warnings are to blame.
Shapiro Administration Highlights Historic Expansion Of Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program During Visit To Lackawanna County Senior Health Fair
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Secretary Pat Browne and Department of Aging Secretary Jason Kavulich visited the Senior Health Fair in Moosic, Lackawanna County, to speak directly with older Pennsylvanians who will benefit from the expansion of the Property Tax/Rent Rebate (PTRR) program.
EPA Proposes to Strengthen 2020 Air Toxics Regulation to Prevent Emissions Increases and Protect Public Health
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to strengthen a 2020 Clean Air Act rule by ensuring industrial facilities that emit large amounts of hazardous air pollution cannot increase emissions when reclassifying from a “major source” of emissions to an “area source.”
PA’s Powerful Environmental Bill Of Rights (The “ERA”): Implementation Phase on September 27, 2023
The plurality opinion in Robinson Township, written by Chief Justice Ron Castille, together with the concurrence of Justice Max Baer, struck down Act 13, in which the Pennsylvania Legislature had overridden local zoning to permit fracking of natural gas throughout the Commonwealth. In so doing the Supreme Court had brought back to life Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, Pennsylvania’s powerful Environmental Bill of Rights (the “ERA”), which had been approved by referendum in 1971, four to one.
Statement of U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero on the Passing of JoAnne A. Epps
On behalf of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, I want to express how deeply saddened we are by the death of JoAnne A. Epps, Acting Temple University President. Acting President Epps is fondly remembered as a former Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1980 to 1985.
Emergency Judge Assignment
The Emergency Judge scheduled for Friday, September 22nd through Friday, September 29, 2023, is as follows
Abraham Reich to Be Inducted Into Best of the Bar Hall of Fame
Honored for the “indelible mark” he has made on the legal profession, Fox Rothschild Chair Emeritus Abraham C. Reich will be inducted into the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Best of the Bar Hall of Fame.
Sex trafficking victim alleges Lancaster hotel's negligence
PHILADELPHIA — A sex trafficking victim claims the owners of an Econo Lodge in Lancaster failed to see the obvious signs of illegal activity on their premises.
Del. woman says negligence led her to fall on sidewalk outside Lancaster civic group
LANCASTER – A Delaware woman alleges that collective negligence on the part of a local civic organization and the City of Lancaster, resulted in her falling on a broken curb and sidewalk located in front of the organization’s headquarters two years ago.
State College Area School District rejects plaintiffs' school activity exclusion claims
WILLIAMSPORT – The State College Area School District has denied claims from a religious rights group and two Centre County families that it is unfairly discriminating against home school and parochial school students within its area, by preventing them from participating in extracurricular activities in the District.