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TV reporter refutes PetSmart's objections to her suit that alleged her dog was killed during nail clipping
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh television reporter has reiterated that her dog suffered fatal injuries after being groomed at a local PetSmart store, in effect being hanged by his caretakers and asphyxiated during his nail trimming, and in opposition to preliminary objections from the pet retailer towards her case.
State College Area School District should allow all students to participate in extracurriculars, plaintiffs reiterate
WILLIAMSPORT – A religious rights group and two Centre County families have maintained that the State College Area School District is unfairly discriminating against home school and parochial school students within its area, by preventing them from participating in extracurricular activities in the District.
Pittsburgh argues search of plaintiffs' home for attempted murder suspect was justified at the time
PITTSBURGH – Alongside a Monroeville detective, the City of Pittsburgh has argued that it was within its rights to search the plaintiffs’ residence for an attempted murder suspect – and where an unsuspecting family lived, who it was later learned had no connection to the suspect or his alleged crime.
William J. Carr Prevails On All Claims in AAA Arbitration for FinTech Client
William J. Carr, a partner in Rawle’s Philadelphia office, successfully obtained a defense judgment in a commercial litigation matter in favor of a global financial technology institution.
Eckert Seamans Launches Official Military and Veteran’s Initiative
National law firm Eckert Seamans has launched an official Military and Veteran’s Initiative in advance of Veterans Day 2023.
Ogletree Deakins Named a “Law Firm of the Year” For 13th Consecutive Year
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management is pleased to announce that Best Law Firms® has recognized the firm as a “Law Firm of the Year” for the 13th consecutive year.
Blank Rome Highly Ranked in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2024 “Best Law Firms”
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that our firm was ranked nationally in 31 practice areas and regionally in 96 practice areas in the 2024 “Best Law Firms” survey by U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers®.
Obermayer Ranked in 2024 “Best Law Firms”
Obermayer earned high regional and national rankings in the 2024 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” List. We received three (3) national and seventeen (17) regional rankings.
Montgomery Mccracken Ranked in Best Law Firms 2024
Montgomery McCracken is pleased to be recognized by Best Lawyers in their Best Law Firms rankings.
Pa. Supreme Court regains 5-2 Democrat majority, with election of McCaffery to vacant seat
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has preserved its Democratic majority, as Superior Court Judge Dan McCaffery secured his bid for a vacancy on the Commonwealth’s top bench over Republican candidate and Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Carluccio.
Food service company brings to federal court and denies class action claims of shortchanging servers
PITTSBURGH – A food service company has removed to federal court and flatly denied class action claims that waiters in its employ were shortchanged out of mandated wages, in violation of both state and federal laws.
One defendant dismissed from litigation over whether alleged flaw in sleeping device killed infant
PHILADELPHIA – One company has been dismissed from litigation charging that the makers of an infant sleeping device failed to correct an allegedly-inherent flaw in the product, which resulted in the death of a nearly-four-month-old infant.
Nursing home personnel say employers failed to pay employee contributions for health care
PITTSBURGH – Two nursing home administrators have filed class action litigation versus their employer and two of its executives, claiming they collectively violated a state wage payment law in failing to make employee contributions to its health insurance provider, leading employees to lose their health care coverage and refused to provide remuneration for their payments.
Superior Court shuts down Amazon's attempt to move lawsuit out of Philadelphia
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has remanded a motor vehicle injury case involving a driver for Amazon to a Philadelphia courtroom, ruling that the case had been improperly transferred to Montgomery County.
Court trims the federal government's opioid lawsuit against Amerisource Bergen
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge allowed the government’s lawsuit against drug distributor Amerisource Bergen to proceed, but cut down the potential size of the government’s claims by ruling Amerisource could only be ordered to pay fines over opioids it shipped after Congress amended the Controlled Substances Act in 2018.
Numerous Reed Smith practices recognized in Best Lawyers' directory of top US law firms
Global law firm Reed Smith earned numerous top rankings among an overall 32 national and 142 metropolitan practice areas, in the 2024 Best Lawyers’ U.S. Best Law Firms rankings.
Pond Lehocky Giordano Named to 2024 Best Law Firms List
The team at Pond Lehocky Giordano is proud to announce that it has been named to the U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers® annual Best Law Firms list once more.
Dilworth Named in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2024 “Best Law Firms”
Dilworth Paxson LLP is pleased to announce that the firm was ranked nationally in six practice areas and regionally ranked in 20 practice areas in the 2024 “Best Law Firms” survey by U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers®.
Lancaster redirects liability for injuries sustained by woman who fell outside civic group's building
LANCASTER – The City of Lancaster has denied allegations of negligence, in litigation from a Delaware woman who claimed such circumstances resulted in her falling on a broken curb and sidewalk located in front of a local civic organization’s headquarters more than two years ago.
Allegheny County-run nursing facility denies wrongful death allegations
PITTSBURGH – After removing the subject case to federal court, an Allegheny County-ran nursing facility has refuted allegations of negligence and corporate negligence in the care-related death of his father more than two years ago.