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K&l Gates Advises on Launch of Invest Ad Global Asset Manager and Invest Ad Blackstone Private Debt Fund
Global law firm K&L Gates acted as sole legal advisers to Abu Dhabi Investment Company (Invest AD) in connection with the establishment and licensing of Invest AD’s fund management subsidiary, which was the first manager authorised by the Securities and Commodities Authority under its new investment funds regulations.
Transgender man sues insurer for not paying for second erectile pump
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania transgender man has gone to court after his insurer declined to pay for an $11,000 erectile pump as part of gender-affirmation surgery to build him a penis.
Androgynous nurse with feminine pronouns and a beard sues over treatment at orientation
PHILADELPHIA - An androgynous person with a beard who uses she/her pronouns is suing after she says she was mistreated during orientation at a Philadelphia nursing home.
Bradford County father who saw his son killed by Pa. State Police files lawsuit against officers
WILLIAMSPORT – A Bradford County father who witnessed his 15-year-old son being shot and killed by three Pennsylvania State Police troopers last year, has sued them for what he argues was his son’s wrongful death.
Plaintiff maintains that Comfort Inn hotel was responsible for her son's drowning death
PITTSBURGH – The mother of a man who died as a result of drowning in the pool of a Comfort Inn hotel in Pittsburgh insists that the hotel remains at fault for her son’s death.
Plaintiffs who alleged $400K in home damages from Rust-Oleum voluntarily dismiss case
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of Pennsylvania homeowners who said that a wood-staining product they purchased at a local Home Depot store caused a significant fire at their residence and led to more than $400,000 in damages recently ended their case through a voluntary dismissal.
Delco man settles excessive force case with Upper Chichester Township Police Department
PHILADELPHIA – A Delaware County man who alleged he was the victim of excessive force and suffered several serious injuries when he was assaulted without warning by several members of the Upper Chichester Township Police Department three-and-a-half years ago, recently settled his case.
Pregnant woman fired by Popeye's after struggles with drive-thru window sues
PHILADELPHIA - Popeye's faces a discrimination lawsuit from a woman who was hired and fired while pregnant and had difficulties operating the drive-thru window.
Third-grade teacher with health problems sues Philadelphia Schools after not getting an air conditioner
PHILADELPHIA - A federal lawsuit against Philadelphia's school district says an air conditioner was owed to a third-grade teacher struggling with health problems and a climb up several flights of stairs.
Woman sues Bowflex over head injury
PHILADELPHIA - Exercise ended in injury, a federal lawsuit against Bowflex alleges.
Lawsuit alleges injury on air mattress led to foot amputation
SCRANTON - A Lackawanna County lawsuit says a resident at Green Ridge Care Center ultimately lost a foot after being injured on a machine used to adjust air mattresses.
Lawsuit filed after delivery of fetus' remains takes five days
YORK - Parents are suing Wellspan York Hospital for not getting the remains of a fetus to their preferred funeral home in a timely fashion.
Reed Smith award goes to pioneer of attorney well-being programs
Industry-leader in law Reed Smith extends congratulations to Bree Buchanan, a trailblazing advisor on attorney well-being, for winning the Reed Smith Well-Being Award from the Institute for Well-Being in Law (IWIL).
Congressional Testimony on AI and Intellectual Property
Prof. Jennifer E. Rothman will testify on possible federal laws to address AI and how the proposed “No AI FRAUD Act” would make things worse.
Alexandra Yuill Joins Tucker Arensberg, P.c.’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Department
The law firm of Tucker Arensberg, P.C., one of the premier law firms in Pittsburgh with offices in Harrisburg, Beaver, Cleveland, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area*, is pleased to announce the newest addition to our Bankruptcy and Restructuring Department with the hiring of Alexandra (Ali) Yuill.
2024 Villanova Environmental Law Journal Blank Rome LLP Symposium, 02/09
Recent years have seen a surge of attention focused on environmental justice, recognizing that environmental burdens tend to fall disproportionately on certain populations.
Three defendants in $2M DEP suit over remediation costs found in default in federal court
PITTSBURGH – Three defendants have been found in default in litigation from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, which is looking to recoup more than $2 million in costs from a remediation and removal process it undertook and completed to remove hazardous substances from a Rochester warehouse property.
Widow of man who died from COVID-19 tries to keep suit alive against Allegheny County corrections officials
PITTSBURGH – The widow of a man incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail and who passed away from COVID-19 two years ago, a plaintiff who contended that institutional failures on the part of the jail and its officials directly contributed to his death, is now trying to refute an attempt to dismiss her case.
Pa. Supreme Court tells lower court to decide whether Medicaid can cover abortions
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s highest court has ruled that a lower appellate court will once again take up a case whose outcome will determine whether Medicaid funds will be permitted to cover the cost of abortions.
Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 02/08
Villanova Law welcomes Etienne C. Toussaint, associate professor of law at the University of South Carolina Joesph F. Rice School of Law, for its annual keynote lecture honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.