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Plaintiff lawyer penalty coming for not backing theory of liability
SCRANTON - A plaintiff lawyer will have a punishment hanging over his head as he pursues a lawsuit that alleges man was discharged from a senior living facility and sent on a three-hour Uber drive, during which he experienced a medical emergency and later died.
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Saltz Mongeluzzi wins case by ex-paralegal who refused COVID vax
PHILADELPHIA - A former paralegal at a prominent Pennsylvania plaintiffs firm has lost a lawsuit against it, as a federal judge found she was the first one to tell the public she refused the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Lawyers want three times more than they won client in age discrimination case
PITTSBURGH - Lawyers who scored a nearly $80,000 jury verdict in an age discrimination lawsuit now want to be paid three times that amount.
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Court won't boot lawyers off Blank Rome case, or DQ retired judge
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge has refused two disqualification motions in litigation brought by a lawyer who is suing Blank Rome.
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Attorneys could get booted off case after calling other side's expert
PHILADELPHIA - A lawyer suing Avco Corp. and the Blank Rome law firm for allegedly defaming her now wants Avco’s lawyers disqualified for improperly calling her psychology expert. The ex parte contacts may have scared off the expert, complained Veronica Turner in a filing seeking sanctions against the defense lawyers.
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Lawyers make $433K for getting $250K for Kings Family Restaurant servers
PITTSBURGH - Lawyers will take nearly $200,000 more in fees than they scored for 400 Pittsburgh-area restaurant servers in a class action lawsuit.
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Loretto officials file suit in newest chapter of long-running feud with former councilman
PITTSBURGH – Loretto, its Mayor and the President of its Borough Council have filed a sprawling lawsuit against a fellow former member of Council, his spouse, a law firm and its attorneys, and a New Jersey insurance company, the latest in a long-standing feud between the political officials involved.
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Pa. judge tells lawyers to fess up when using AI in her court
SCRANTON – As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) proliferates, one federal judge in Pennsylvania has made it clear that use of the tool in her courtroom will only occur if it is disclosed and what portions of legal documents it was used to generate are clearly specified.
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Trial on horizon for EEOC's discrimination claims against Defender Association of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the Defender Association of Philadelphia will continue toward trial, after a federal judge denied the latter’s motion for summary judgment.
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Lawsuit between rival firms over 'Education Lawyers' trademark will proceed
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation brought by a Philadelphia law firm which seeks review of an order which struck down its attempt to cancel a Bucks County-based firm’s trademark surrounding the phrase “Education Lawyers,” in reference to both of their areas of legal expertise, will proceed after a federal judge denied the defense’s motion to dismiss the case.
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Ghosts of Schnader Harrison must battle class action over 401(k) money
PHILADELPHIA - The former Philadelphia firm Schnader Harrison will face a class action lawsuit from a former employee who says her retirement money was used to dissolve the firm in 2023.
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Judge preserves Florida plaintiffs' Dragonetti Act claims against Avco, Textron and Blank Rome
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ruled that a Florida plaintiff couple – one of whom is an attorney who represented Avco Corporation in aircraft crash litigation and later alleged law firm Blank Rome pursued an injunction she said would have ruined her career – have pled proper claims under the Dragonetti Act.
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Saltz Mongeluzzi seeks summary judgment for allegations made by former paralegal, over vax status disclosure
PHILADELPHIA – A prominent Philadelphia plaintiffs’ law firm has filed for summary judgment in defense of 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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Plaintiff in class action against Gannon University now seeks $371K award in extra costs
ERIE – An undergraduate student who filed a class action lawsuit against Gannon University claiming that he and others were deprived of the on-campus education and experience they paid for when the COVID-19 pandemic occurred and learning shifted to remote status – and then settled the case for $1.1 million - now seeks an award of attorney’s fees, costs and other expenses in excess of $371,000.
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Avco Corporation and Textron seek judgment on the pleadings against former counsel
PHILADELPHIA – Avco Corporation and Textron are seeking judgment on the pleadings in litigation brought by a Florida plaintiff couple, one of whom is an attorney who represented Avco in aircraft crash legislation and later alleged law firm Blank Rome pursued an injunction she said would have ruined her career.
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Philly law firm quickly withdraws case against Department of Defense entities over email block
PHILADELPHIA – A local law firm’s litigation against a group of U.S. military entities over the imposition of an email block the defendants put on its website server, which prevented the firm’s attorneys from receiving emails from federal agencies under the defendants’ control, was dismissed one week after its filing.
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Registered trademark litigation continues to have education law-based firms at odds
PHILADELPHIA – A local law firm continues to seek review of an order which struck down its attempt to cancel a Bucks County-based firm’s trademark surrounding the phrase “Education Lawyers," in reference to both of their areas of legal expertise.
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Law firm denies improper representation in transaction surrounding liquor license transfer
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh law firm has denied allegedly engaging in dual-representation of a pair of Latrobe plaintiffs and an opposing party, and positioning themselves to receive legal fees and proceeds from the sale transfer of the plaintiffs’ liquor license.
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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.