/pennsylvania?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Pennsylvania Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:43:28 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400980?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400980 In our inaugural Injury Law Roundup, juries in the Golden State were busy as Uber won a closely watched sexual assault trial and Johnson & Johnson got crushed with a near $1 billion verdict in a talc case, while Boies Schiller Flexner LLP admitted to an artificial intelligence gaffe in a sex-assault-related case. Here, we put Law360 readers on notice of what's been recently trending in personal injury and medical malpractice news. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:13:51 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2401001?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2401001 The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed Friday that Erie Insurance Exchange acted in bad faith when it withheld payment from its insured following arbitration over a claim for underinsured motorist benefits, but vacated a $1.75 million judgment against the insurer based on improper calculations of attorney fees and interest. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:12:25 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400985?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400985 The Third Circuit in a precedential ruling Friday declined to apply immigration precedent concerning counsel's obligation to advise their criminal defendant clients about deportation risks associated with prosecutions to the civil setting, holding that the standard applies only in highly specific circumstances. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:45:14 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400967?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400967 The Third Circuit declined Friday to reconsider a panel decision allowing the IRS to pursue a woman's unpaid taxes more than 20 years later — well after the normal three-year deadline — because her return preparer committed fraud on her filings without her knowledge. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:54:21 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2401026?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2401026 The federal court system has run out of money and will scale back operations beginning Monday as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, possibly leading to case delays. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:19:20 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400448?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400448 A former assistant U.S. attorney in Michigan and an attorney with more than 20 years of experience advising clients on trusts and estates matters have recently moved their practices to Saul Ewing LLP's Pittsburgh office. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:13:35 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400362?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400362 A Pittsburgh auto parts warehouse employee moved a loading dock plate while a delivery driver had her back turned, causing her to fall into an unseen gap and severely injure her shoulder, according to a lawsuit seeking to hold Rohrich Automotive Group and affiliates liable for the incident. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:40:03 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2401003?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2401003 A litigation funder has been dismissed from a suit brought by a plaintiff accusing his former lawyer of conspiring to charge him inflated legal fees to cover high-interest litigation loans, according to a court filing made public Friday. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:30:49 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400070?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400070 The Third Circuit's recent ruling in NRA Group v. Durenleau, finding that "unauthorized access" requires bypassing technical barriers rather than simply violating company policies, is forcing employers to recalibrate insider misconduct investigations and turn to contractual, trade secret and state-level claims, say attorneys at Sidley. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:52:05 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2398043?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2398043 As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to decline, the court should adopt a collegial framework in which all justices decide questions of recusal together — a reform that respects both judicial independence and due process for litigants, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 22:53:43 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400123?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400123 A proposed class action against 32 colleges and universities fails to turn the "early decision" application process into an alleged conspiracy not to compete for applicants, in part because the schools have no reason to entice committed students away from their first choice of colleges, the defendants argued to a Massachusetts federal court. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:54:31 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2399982?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2399982 La Colombe's hourly paid production workers have received final approval of a $450,000 settlement with the coffee chain, which was accused of failing to pay them for time spent donning and doffing protective equipment before and after their shifts, according to an order by a Pennsylvania federal judge. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:29:30 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400436?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400436 Actavis and Mylan have urged the Third Circuit to reverse the certification of two classes of buyers for a pair of medications in the sprawling multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the generic drug industry. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:39:15 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400622?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400622 A pair of authors accused Salesforce of improperly training its artificial intelligence models on copyrighted works, telling a California federal court Wednesday that the cloud-based software company used their pirated books in "its acts of massive copyright infringement." Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:32:00 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400350?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400350 Attorneys general from across the country are suing the Trump administration for allegedly violating the Constitution and federal law by canceling a $7 billion program providing solar equipment to low-income households. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:00:28 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400316 Following a federal court decision upholding an $11 million arbitration award against former Conrail CEO David LeVan that stemmed from a failed Gettysburg casino project, Saul Ewing has urged a Philadelphia judge to find that LeVan is time-barred from bringing his malpractice case against the firm, in which he accused it of poorly advising him during the fallout of the collapsed deal. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:41:29 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400355?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400355 The Fair Labor Standards Act tackles only who can litigate claims and is silent on whether settlement class members who have not opted into a collective can release their claims under the federal law, the Third Circuit found Thursday. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:00:50 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2400319?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2400319 The full Third Circuit won't weigh whether the U.S. Department of Labor had the authority to use in-house administrative proceedings to impose more than $580,000 in fines on a New Jersey farm for what the department said were violations of the H-2A visa program. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:24:22 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2380722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2380722 Traveling by myself has taught me to assess risk, understand tone and stay calm in high-pressure situations, which are not only useful life skills, but the foundation of how I support my clients, says Lacey Gutierrez at Group Five Legal. Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:31:02 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2399984?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2399984 The Third Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of a securities fraud class action against a cannabis-focused real estate investment trust that alleged the trust violated securities laws by ignoring red flags about a tenant, with the panel finding that investors failed to show they were intentionally misled.