News from September 2023
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
Emergency Judge Assignment
The Emergency Judge scheduled for Friday, September 22nd through Friday, September 29, 2023, is as follows
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.
Duane Morris Welcomes Corporate Partner Michael S. Harrington and Special Counsel Elizabeth G. Hodgson in Philadelphia
Michael S. Harrington has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its Philadelphia office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Harrington was a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP.
Family of deceased Walmart shopper allegedly assaulted by police drop their case
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for the family of a Walmart customer who alleged that police who responded to a reported shoplifting incident tackled her in the parking lot, causing her to hit her head on the pavement and suffer a traumatic brain injury, have ceased pursuing their case.
Lawsuit alleging assault outside elementary school is withdrawn three days after filing
MEDIA – A complaint from a Glenolden man alleging he was assaulted and threatened by an employee of a cleaning service outside his child’s elementary school, has been withdrawn three days after it was filed.
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation settles for $4.4 Million in double-billing and cost-shifting case
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) has recently reached a settlement of $4.4 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act. The settlement comes after an extensive investigation into NASC's actions related to Defense Contract Audit Agency audits and violations of the False Claims Act.