/pennsylvania?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Pennsylvania Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:31:23 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2421186?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2421186 The Trump administration unlawfully terminated Federal Emergency Management Agency funds intended to pay for disaster mitigating projects, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Thursday, describing the case as an "unlawful executive encroachment on the prerogative of Congress to appropriate funds" for specific purposes. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:21:21 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2421114?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2421114 More than 40 attorneys general have pushed Big Tech companies like Meta and Microsoft to adopt safety measures on AI chatbots, writing a letter that pointed to recent news of children and vulnerable people whose chatbot conversations ended in violence. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:21:41 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2420992?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2420992 The Third Circuit on Thursday refused to vacate a plea agreement in a drug case, finding that while a Pennsylvania federal judge violated judicial rules by imposing a longer sentence than prosecutors wanted, the defendant was unable to prove that the interference substantially violated his rights. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:18:47 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2420457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2420457 Jefferson Capital, a Minnesota-based debt collection firm, has been hit with a class action in Philadelphia alleging the company violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and state law by contacting third parties in the vicinity of people who owed money. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:14:04 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2420949?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2420949 The denial of a former NFL player's claim for benefits through the $1 billion concussion settlement was not erroneous or unjust, contrary to the player's latest argument, the league has told the Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the settlement. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:46:11 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2421068?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2421068 A trial court was wrong to deny a Philadelphia establishment's appeal for renewal of its liquor license, since nearly a dozen police reports the court considered should have been excluded as hearsay, a split appellate panel said Thursday. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:05:43 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2397158?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2397158 Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:31:45 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2418482?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2418482 On Dec. 12, the Eleventh Circuit will hear arguments in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, setting the stage for a decision that could drastically reduce enforcement under the False Claims Act, and presenting an opportunity to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the act's whistleblower provisions, say attorneys at Epstein Becker. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:48:10 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2419964?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2419964 A Pennsylvania appellate panel upheld a $931,000 fine for a Gladwyne, Pennsylvania-based investment adviser for selling unregistered securities, agreeing with a Department of Banking and Securities finding that the investments in "merchant cash advance" businesses were not federal securities exempt from the state Securities Act. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:00:07 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2420678?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2420678 The Third Circuit on Wednesday upheld a $2.1 million disgorgement award to a Maryland caulking-gun manufacturer that accused a New Jersey competitor of falsely advertising its products as American-made when they were imported from Taiwan, in violation of the Lanham Act and state law. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:41:10 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2418455?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2418455 After nearly 20 years in operation, the Miami Complex Business Litigation Division is a pioneer upon which other jurisdictions in the state have been modeled, adopting many innovations to keep its cases running more efficiently and staffing experienced judges who are accustomed to hearing business disputes, say attorneys at King & Spalding. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:03:55 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2420439?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2420439 U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who previously served as President Donald Trump's personal defense attorney and a top official at the U.S. Department of Justice, has been hit with a judicial misconduct complaint for his appearance at a Trump event on Tuesday night. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:17:42 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2420519?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2420519 Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania have recommended that the court impose a 10-year prison sentence for former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge following his admission to stealing and selling body parts from cadavers donated to the school for scientific research. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:51:45 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2420474?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2420474 An attorney with more than 30 years of experience counseling clients on their investment management strategies has moved his practice to Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's Pittsburgh office after nearly 12 years with K&L Gates. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:03:59 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2420617?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2420617 Frustrated by a string of court rulings disqualifying several of his U.S. attorney picks, President Donald Trump lamented recently that he might "just have to keep appointing people for three months and then just appoint another one, another one." Experts say the idea raises legal and practical issues. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:59:08 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2420098?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2420098 Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that the state's top election official could order voting machines to be yanked from service, closing one chapter on the tome of litigation that followed Fulton County's third-party inspection of its Dominion Voting Systems machines after the 2020 election. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:18:40 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2419754?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2419754 An overtime suit against the city of Philadelphia, its police department and some of the department's leaders should continue on to trial because qualified immunity doesn't apply and many questions remain unanswered, two ranking officers told a federal court. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:18:42 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2419407?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2419407 The University of Georgia Athletic Association recently sought to compel arbitration against former UGA football player Damon Wilson in a first-of-its-kind legal action for breach of a name, image and likeness contract, highlighting questions around student-athlete employment classification and professional liability insurance coverage, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:12:14 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2417627?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2417627 The national spotlight on the federal government's Make America Healthy Again movement is bolstering state-level actions regarding potential health impacts of certain food ingredients, increasing the difficulty and importance of maintaining effective compliance programs, say attorneys at Cooley. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:02:33 +0000 /pennsylvania/articles/2386722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pennsylvania/articles/2386722 A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday seemed skeptical of a former Drexel University administrator's claims that the tense workplace exchanges she experienced were spurred by racial and gender animus, appearing unconvinced that they were more than office disagreements.