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Commonwealth Court rebuffs latest legal challenge to Act 77, affirms Pa. mail-in voting law

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law has withstood another legal challenge, as the state’s Commonwealth Court reaffirmed the legislation in a decision handed down on Tuesday.

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Pa. House Judiciary Committee Chair introduces constitutional amendment to establish civil case venue

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – The Chairman of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has introduced legislation to amend Pennsylvania’s constitution to prohibit venue shopping in medical liability cases, a potential game-changer for civil litigation statewide if it were to be passed.

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Pa. House passes broad COVID-19 liability protections bill for businesses, now headed to Senate

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a broad-based liability shield for the COVID-19 pandemic for commercial businesses and health care entities statewide, in a bill that would protect them from lawsuit claims related to coronavirus exposure.

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After botching, constitutional amendment helping church sex abuse victims could have new path to law

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – A state constitutional amendment which would retroactively extend the timeline for victims to file civil actions against their abusers, stalled in a procedural snafu that cost the former Secretary of the Commonwealth her job, may see new life and its place on the May primary election ballot restored, as an emergency amendment.

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Williamsport agrees to end ADA litigation, pay $55K and make its City Hall compliant

By Nicholas Malfitano |
WILLIAMSPORT – A group of disabled citizens and the City of Williamsport have agreed in principle to end Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 litigation over accessibility gaps in its City Hall building, through a consent decree providing compensatory damages and outlining compliance improvements.

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Pa. Supreme Court decision looks like trouble for businesses in consumer protection cases

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed a lower court ruling which declared not only that Amerprise Financial was deceptive in its sale of insurance and financial services, but that proving intent to deceive isn’t required to win such a case filed under the state consumer protection law.

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'Beyond disappointing': Boockvar's error leads to her resignation, more delay for priest abuse victims

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar will resign her post this Friday, after Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration revealed that the Department of State failed to advertise a proposed constitutional amendment that would retroactively extend the timeline for victims to file civil actions against their abusers.

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Teacher alleges three Pa. school districts violated Criminal History Record Information Act in denying him employment

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A teacher has alleged that three Pennsylvania school districts have violated the Criminal History Record Information Act, by denying his application to work as a substitute teacher on the basis of a groundless arrest on his record from 55 years ago.

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Bad lawyer review update: Google cites Communications Decency Act in argument to take down review

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – Google maintains that the Communications Decency Act bars the argument made by a Pittsburgh attorney, who is attempting to compel the search giant to take down an unfavorable professional review about him that he claims is both fraudulent and from a person who doesn’t actually exist.

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Federal judge rejects EPA's motion to dismiss Clean Water Act-related suit from Delaware River group

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied an attempt from the Environmental Protection Agency to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, over the implementation of a specific tenet of the Clean Water Act.

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AG Shapiro joins colleagues in antitrust suit against Facebook, accusing it of monopoly

By Nicholas Malfitano |
WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is among 48 such officials who have filed an antitrust lawsuit against social media giant Facebook, alleging it has created a monopoly through using its large market share to eliminate its business rivals.

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Dead voters update: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania says Indiana group has not pled its case

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania argues that an Indianapolis legal advocacy group is off-base in its assertions that the state has violated the National Voter Registration Act, in allegedly failing to maintain and update its rolls by removing deceased voters.

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Gov. Wolf vetoes bill that would have given businesses some protection from COVID-19 lawsuits

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed legislation passed by the General Assembly which extended immunity protections from liability connected to COVID-19 to a diverse array of health care entities and other businesses.

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Bernstein Litowitz and Saxena White get nod to lead FirstEnergy litigation; Berger Montague left out

By John O'Brien |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers representing a St. Louis union will get their wish to lead litigation against FirstEnergy over an alleged $60 million bribe to a prominent Ohio legislator.

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Decision in TCPA case will give defendants ammo to fight litigation, Pittsburgh lawyer says

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh attorney says that a recent decision in a Louisiana federal court has resurrected the potential for defendants facing litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to claim that the law is unconstitutional in its entirety.

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Group says Pennsylvania violated law by not removing 21,000 dead voters from rolls

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – An Indianapolis legal advocacy group claims that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has violated the National Voter Registration Act, in allegedly failing to maintain and update its rolls by removing deceased voters.

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Republican lawmaker introduces resolution to impeach Pa. Supreme Court Justice David Wecht

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – A Republican lawmaker has authored a resolution calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Justice David N. Wecht, alleging that the judge is guilty of “misbehavior in office.”

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EPA looking to dismiss Clean Water Act suit from Delaware Riverkeeper Network, as U.S. states intervene

By Nicholas Malfitano |
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.