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Bucks County law firm wants dismissal of trademark suit over phrase 'Education Lawyers'
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County-based law firm seeks dismissal of a Philadelphia firm’s lawsuit, which seeks review of an order which struck down its attempt to cancel the defendant’s trademark surrounding the phrase “Education Lawyers”, in reference to both of their areas of legal expertise.
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Philadelphia law firm denies it wrongfully terminated its former library and research manager
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia law firm has denied allegations from one of its former employees, a Florida man, in failing to accommodate his psychological medical conditions and terminated him in violation of both state and federal law.
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Saltz Mongeluzzi denies allegations made by former paralegal, over vax status disclosure
PHILADELPHIA – A prominent Philadelphia plaintiffs’ law firm has answered and denied claims made by one of its former paralegals, who alleged the firm disclosed her COVID-19 vaccination status to a legal news publication in violation of the confidentiality provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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Attorney who alleged other counsel stole his work product and refused to return it overcomes sanctions try
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania attorney who alleged that proprietary information from his law firm is in the possession of other counsel and that those defendants have refused to return his information to him has overcome an attempt at sanctions levied against him by the defendants.
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Attorney who said former firm owes him compensation reaches tentative settlement agreement
PITTSBURGH – An attorney who resigned from a local law firm at the end of 2021 and brought action on claims that the firm unfairly denied him compensation, has tentatively settled those same claims.
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Pa. man, N.J. law firm look to dismiss RICO case brought over debt collection suit
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania man and a New Jersey law firm seek dismissal in the case of a tangled series of legal wranglings stretching across two states, which originated with an underlying suit brought in New Jersey state court to collect a debt owed by a former student of Rutgers University, and then a countersuit brought in federal court against the collection law firm for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
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Contract dispute between finance law firm and marketing group headed to Pa. Superior Court
HARRISBURG – The case of a financial law practice’s breach of contract suit against a legal marketing company it alleged had devised a scheme to sabotage its website and social media outreach will come before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania this week.
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Attorney who alleged other counsel stole his work product and refused to return it now fights sanctions
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania attorney who alleged that proprietary information from his law firm is in the possession of other counsel and that those defendants have refused to return his information to him, is now fighting sanctions levied against him by the defendants.
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Saltz Mongeluzzi will face lawsuit from paralegal over vax status disclosure
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ruled that a prominent Philadelphia plaintiffs’ law firm will face litigation from one of its former paralegals, who alleged the firm disclosed her COVID-19 vaccination status to a legal news publication in violation of the confidentiality provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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Tort expert warns business community about SCOTUS forum-shopping decision
Every company with even a minimal presence in more than one state should heed a June SCOTUS ruling, Mallory v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., that exposes them to civil actions in states with “consent to jurisdiction statutes
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Attorneys accused of taking another lawyer's work product move for sanctions
PITTSBURGH – Two attorneys have not only refuted allegations that they illegally possess the proprietary information of another lawyer and refuse to return it to him, but they argue that his claim are time-barred, vexatious and worthy of sanctions.
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Plaintiff law firm moves to dismiss alleged ADA violation suit from one of its former paralegals
PHILADELPHIA – A prominent Philadelphia plaintiffs’ law firm has moved to dismiss litigation from one of its former paralegals, who alleged the firm disclosed her COVID-19 vaccination status to a legal news publication in violation of the confidentiality provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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Federal judge sanctions plaintiff counsel for $19K, for disruptive deposition conduct
PITTSBURGH – Subsequent to the securing of a sealed settlement for an Altoona couple, who claimed a device created to assist babies in sleeping instead caused the death of their three-month-old son from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome due to the product’s inherent defects, a federal judge sanctioned a member of plaintiff counsel for nearly $20,000 due to what the judge termed his disruptive conduct.
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Jane Doe who alleged ADA violation from Law School Admission Test admin group drops claims
PHILADELPHIA – An anonymous woman with vision impairment who alleged that a Pennsylvania group tasked with overseeing the Law School Admission Test violated her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 by not providing her with an accommodation for screen-reading software to take the test, has voluntarily dismissed her claims.
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Pittsburgh law firm denies it withheld compensation to one of its former members
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh law firm has rejected allegations it denied compensation to one of its former members, after he resigned from the firm at the end of 2021.
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Law School Admission Council denies it violated ADA in administering LSAT test to plaintiff
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania group tasked with overseeing the Law School Admission Test has denied claims that it failed to provide a woman with impaired vision proper accommodations for taking the test, actions which would be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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Attorneys accused of taking another lawyer's work product dispute conversion claims
PITTSBURGH – Two attorneys have refuted allegations that they illegally possess the proprietary information of another lawyer and refuse to return it to him, arguing that his allegations of conversion are ill-founded.
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Virginia company that wanted $30M in malpractice damages from Philly law firm loses case
PHILADELPHIA – A Virginia business who claimed a Philadelphia law firm’s negligent misrepresentation resulted in it losing $30 million has lost its case, through the firm’s successful attempt to dismiss the legal malpractice suit brought against it.
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Pittsburgh attorney holds onto breach of contract claim against his former firm
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh attorney maintains that his former law firm breached his employment contract and owes him thousands of dollars in unpaid wages, in violation of both state and federal law.
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Judge allows plaintiff filing ADA suit against Law School Admission Council to proceed anonymously
PHILADELPHIA – A woman with vision impairment who alleged that a Pennsylvania group tasked with overseeing the Law School Admission Test has violated her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 by not providing her with an accommodation for screen-reading software to take the test, will be allowed to pursue her case anonymously.