ABA Journal

JULY 13, 2023

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JURIST

AUGUST 16, 2024

A US federal judge in Florida ruled on Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) impending ban on non-compete clauses in employment contracts is likely unlawful and enjoined it. ” In a later win for the FTC, however, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled that the non-compete ban is lawful.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A Pennsylvania debt collection company accused of trying to bribe Illinois officials for contracts will not face prosecution if it meets certain conditions over two years, federal officials announced Tuesday while also saying the company's ex-CEO pled guilty in a separate deal.

Contract 98

Contract 98

Law 360

AUGUST 29, 2022

A Pennsylvania federal judge has trimmed a lawsuit claiming Rite Aid misused a design firm's font for a new logo, but has left alive claims of unjust enrichment and breach of contract against the pharmacy chain.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The nurses were working for the jail’s contracted medical provider, Pennsylvania-based PrimeCare Medical, Inc. Because of the unsanitary conditions in the cell, the baby developed a type of staph bacteria infection that is resistant to many antibiotics.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives introduced House Bill 1886, legislation amending Act 164 of 1970, which relates to Indemnification Agreements in certain contracts.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

million in attorney fees and costs to a $34,224 judgment in a contract dispute between a father and son over ownership of a manufacturing company, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Friday. A suburban Philadelphia court clerk exceeded their legal authority when adding more than $1.37

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Pennsylvania Bar Association Formal Opinion 2020-300 (April 10, 2020). Pennsylvania Bar Association and Philadelphia Bar Association, Joint Formal Opinion 2021-100 (March 2, 2021). Issues addressed: Working remotely. Issues addressed: Withdrawing from representation due to fear of COVID-19. 2, 2020). Working out of state.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Kohl's department store customers hit the retail giant on Wednesday with a putative breach of implied contract class action in Pennsylvania federal court alleging the store failed to protect data from 1.9 million customers from a hack targeting a contractor the retailer uses for debt collection.

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Law 360

JULY 29, 2021

A group of consumers is suing Dick's Sporting Goods, Best Buy and other major retailers in a Pennsylvania federal court for contracting with a consumer reporting agency they claim invaded their privacy and violated state and federal laws.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 13, 2021

The Western District of Pennsylvania recently granted an insurer's motion to dismiss claims asserted against an insurance adjuster after finding that the insured could not maintain breach of contract or bad faith claims against the insurance adjuster.

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Contract 52

LegalReader

APRIL 2, 2021

Activists allege that Berks County's commissioners have refused to inform of the public of their plans to use the facility as part of a mysterious federal contract.

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Immigration Contract Litigation Litigating 97

Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The question presented was whether, under federal admiralty law, a choice-of-law clause in a maritime contract can be rendered unenforceable if enforcement is contrary to the “strong public policy” of the U.S. It held that choice-of-law provisions in maritime contracts are presumptively enforceable as a matter of federal maritime law.

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 29, 2021

District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania sided with Le Tote, holding that it “appropriately pled a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets under both the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act and its Pennsylvania state law analogue,” despite Urban’s argument that the 9-year-old fashion rental company failed to make its case. .

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Court Manufacturing Contract Laws 88

Law 360

JUNE 26, 2023

A jailed former bottling executive's second chance at filing a breach of contract claim against his defense attorneys was his last after a Pennsylvania federal judge threw out the complaint for failing to state a claim.

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Law 360

APRIL 4, 2023

A New Jersey and Pennsylvania bistate commission handling a Delaware River bridge project went beyond its powers when it mandated that contractors make project labor agreements with specific unions in order to bid on the construction contract, a Garden State appeals court ruled Tuesday.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Great Lakes went to federal court in Pennsylvania, seeking a ruling that the insurance policy was invalid. But the district court dismissed the three counterclaims that were based on Pennsylvania law. And when that principle is applied, it contends, the choice-of-law provision in its contract with Raiders Retreat is enforceable.

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The Fashion Law

AUGUST 18, 2021

” And before that, Olaplex filed suit and then landed a $66 million win in the trade secret suit that it filed against L’Oreal in January 2017, in which the haircare startup accused the beauty titan of pilfering confidential information about its products during potential M&A discussions for a deal that never came to be.

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Manufacturing Diligence Court Contract 98

Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The proposal is a broad one, proposing to prohibit any agreement that has the same effect as a noncompete agreement, including broad nondisclosure agreements that would preclude a worker from working in their field at a new company, or contract clauses that require an employee to repay a company for training costs if the employee leaves the company.

Calendaring 97

Calendaring Manufacturing Drafting Contract 97

SCOTUSBlog

JULY 6, 2021

It marks a major victory for states that seek to innovate or tinker with their election laws — to expand them or to contract them. States will have ample freedom to innovate, to expand opportunities to vote, and, if they see fit, to contract them. Pennsylvania , letting state election officials’ decisions stand.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 6, 2021

Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) in the California courts, considering contract terms, arbitration and litigation strategy, arbitral award and judgment recognition, and the application of the Hague Service Convention. Pennsylvania lawyers may receive CLE substantive credits for up to 7 hours. EDT each day.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

DOJ has used the False Claims Act to recover more than $70 billion since 1986, much of it driven by whistleblower lawsuits and largely focused on health care and defense contracting. A federal district court in Pennsylvania granted the government’s request and dismissed the case, and the U.S.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

JANUARY 1, 2023

The individuals allege they weren’t paid for all hours worked, including overtime, and that the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Pennsylvania Wage Act, and was also guilty of unjust enrichment and contract breach.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A groundbreaking study by the Rand Corporation and the University of Pennsylvania Law School makes this point. Any intrusion beyond what is necessary is inherently illegitimate. This version of well-supported defense function made the prosecutors better prosecutors. Heaton was a co-author of the Rand/Penn study.).

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

April 3 is also the deadline by which radio and television stations licensed to communities in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas with employment units of five or more full-time employees must upload Annual EEO Public File Reports to station online public inspection files.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

Although he currently lives in Virginia, he sued Norfolk Southern (a company then incorporated and based in Virginia) in state court in Pennsylvania, asserting claims under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA). The five Justices agreed that the Supreme Court has never overruled Pennsylvania Fire and that it thus controls this case.

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Vanguard

MAY 20, 2020

Headquarter ed in Pennsylvania , Kepro partners with federal and state government-sponsored health plans, providing quality reviews, assessments and care management services and solutions primarily for Medicare and Medicaid recipients. . We ’re willing to see what others do first and what facts we need to rely on.” .

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Attorney Contract Government Legal 75

Vanguard

APRIL 30, 2020

” The bigger surprise, he says, was the contract with a large Fortune 500 company in April to support call center staff—another unforeseen in a crisis marked by its unpredictability. “Airespring’s customer base consists of businesses, so its total call volume in March was somewhat down,” Rummelsburg explains. Still dialed in.

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Attorney Contract Government Legal 63

Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Then, every two months thereafter, stations in another group of states files applications, until April 1, 2014 when radio stations in Pennsylvania and Delaware bring the radio renewal cycle to a close. We have written about this requirement before (see our posts here and here ).

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Throughout the course, the special nature of cross-border employment was acknowledged and the participants were acquainted with the concepts of triangular contracts, weaker-party protection, International Labour Organisation, the ‘decent work’ objective, etc.

Tort 52

Tort Contract Laws Statute 52

ALPS

APRIL 28, 2021

For example, California, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, and Wyoming have enforced arbitration provisions for lawyers. 2015) (arbitration provisions in attorney-client employment agreements enforceable like any other contract); Watts v. States Enforcing Arbitration Provisions. Lopez , 467 S.W.3d 3d 494, 504-505 (Tex.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 13, 2024

This has immense significance regarding the security of contracts, enforcement of obligations, and overall predictability of solutions on these issues. For example, a court may be called upon to interpret contracts and commercial transactions on religious and customary interests. 11] In Great Lakes Insurance SE v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Here, for example, a foreign insurance company insured a yacht owned by a Pennsylvania company. Although neither party to the contract is from New York, the insurance contract selected New York law, as these contracts typically do. But other than Kagan’s comments, most of the argument was smooth sailing for the insurer.

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Contract Laws Court Statute 110

Fordham Law News

JANUARY 5, 2024

5] Article 1 of the Sherman Act Article 1 of the Sherman Act has long held, “[e]very contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal.” [6] 16] However, there is a split on this issue, such as in Piazza v.

Sports 52

Sports Stare Decisis Laws Court 52

The Crime Report

JULY 12, 2021

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports just 22 percent of Pennsylvania Department of Corrections guards were vaccinated as of mid-June, according to voluntary department reports. But over 75 percent of the people incarcerated in Pennsylvania’s 24 state prisons have received their shots.

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Contract Laws 145

SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

Mallory sued the railroad in a state court in Pennsylvania, seeking to hold the company liable for his exposure to asbestos and other toxic chemicals that he says caused his cancer. The state court rejected Mallory’s contention that the company had agreed to be sued in Pennsylvania when it registered to do business in the state.

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Fordham Law News

OCTOBER 13, 2021

10] In addition, crypto enables decentralized finance (DeFi), an “open, permissionless, and highly interoperable protocol stack built on public smart contract platforms, such as the Ethereum blockchain.” [11] The SEC has consistently maintained that ICOs are investment contracts, and thus securities, because they pass the Howey test. [16]

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