JURIST

JULY 28, 2022

billion settlement with state and local governments to resolve lawsuits concerning Teva’s role in fueling the US opioid epidemic. State and local governments with lawsuits against Teva—excluding New York, which is pursuing separate litigation—are all potentially party to the settlement Teva announced Tuesday.

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Above The Law

MARCH 26, 2025

government can punish lawyers and law firms who represent certain clients or punish judges who rule certain ways. We cannot accept government actions that seek to twist the scales of justice in this manner. We reject the notion that the U.S. We reject efforts to undermine the courts and the profession. Words and actions matter.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Pennsylvania Chief Justice Debra Todd announced Sunday night that a portion of the Pennsylvania State Court’s website is unavailable because of a denial of service cyberattack. ” In the announcement, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts did not disclose the attacker’s motive or identity.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 7, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block orders by courts in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that threw out the congressional maps enacted by the states’ Republican legislatures and replaced them with maps drawn by the trial courts. The Pennsylvania case. Like the North Carolina case, the Pennsylvania dispute, Toth v.

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JURIST

JULY 23, 2021

New York State Attorney General Letitia James, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, and other bipartisan attorneys general announced Wednesday that a proposed $26 billion settlement will resolve claims against several large opioid distributors. billion, while Pennsylvania will receive $1 billion. New York will receive $1.25

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

“Pennsylvania G.O.P.’s

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 26, 2025

It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2020

The motion was part of a lawsuit filed in the middle district of the federal district court of Pennsylvania in September. The suit was brought by the American Freedom Law Center on behalf of two families who view a “face mask [a]s a symbol of oppression and an attempt by the government to control the citizenry.” DONATE NOW.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

Share The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Department of Justice has broad, but not unfettered, authority to dismiss whistleblower lawsuits filed under the False Claims Act’s qui tam provision even when the government initially elected to allow the whistleblower to proceed with the action.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Pennsylvania doctor is accused of scheduling multiple surgeries at once and billing government programs.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 2, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action ) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact with New York concerning governance and law enforcement over the Port of New York and New Jersey. In New York v. Oakland Raiders.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

.” Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Google has “prioritized profit over their users’ privacy” for years and warned that “companies will continue to compile large amounts of our personal data for marketing purposes with few controls” until government bodies introduce comprehensive privacy laws.

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JURIST

AUGUST 16, 2024

The judge noted that the ban has a “huge economic impact” and that regulation of non-compete clauses has historically been reserved to state governments. ” 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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JURIST

JUNE 7, 2023

The case resulted from Bryan Range’s appeal from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Bruen , the federal government “did not carry its burden of showing that our Nation’s history of firearm regulation supports disarming Range.” Circuit Judge Thomas M. Under 18 U.S.C. §

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 16, 2024

At least seven states have passed amendments in 2024 related to property rights: Louisiana , Illinois , Alaska , Pennsylvania , Alabama , Colorado and Wyoming. Illinois , Colorado , Pennsylvania and Alabama have all tied pore ownership to surface estate rights. Now some are turning their attention to pore space.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 31, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. (The plaintiffs are now back in the district court seeking much more modest relief.). Not so in the United States. Most recently, in the famous Juliana v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

Share The justices narrowly rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of a Pennsylvania law that allows any company doing business in the state to be sued there – even if the corporation is not headquartered in Pennsylvania and the conduct at the center of the lawsuit occurred somewhere else. of Philadelphia v.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that police officers who conducted a no-knock raid on a house and injured four unarmed people were not subject to qualified immunity , a type of immunity that protects individual government officials from being sued over acts in the course of their duties.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

After three years, the radio license renewal filing cycle closes on April 1 , with renewal applications due from stations licensed to communities in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Here is more on that date and information on some of the other dates and deadlines in April applicable to broadcasters. The TV renewal cycle continues through 2023.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 10, 2022

A quirk in Pennsylvania’s legal code — the ability of private citizens to challenge government officials’ decision not to prosecute — enabled an animal rights group to set a new precedent for animal law and potentially expose the treatment of farmed animals that, thus far, has remained largely unscrutinized by the legal system, reports Vox.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

You will need to act fast as you only have 90 days to file a claim against a government institution.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Perhaps some of the justices will even enjoy a return to their law-school days, as they consider whether state or federal law should govern the enforceability of maritime choice-of-law clauses. Specifically, Great Lakes is a foreign insurance company that insured a yacht owned by Raiders, a Pennsylvania company.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Photo courtesy Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. To read about John Wetzel, the former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC), one might think he is the August Vollmer of prison management. Pennsylvania shows the road forward. John Wetzel.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2022

A new set of algorithms, created by members of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Idaho Justice Project and the University of Pennsylvania, aims to assess the likelihood of defendants being mistreated in court, reports Government Technology.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 22, 2022

In recent months, the government has reach agreements with, or filed suit against, institutions in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Colorado regarding ADA violations. It also targets facilities that retaliate against or punish those in recovery, particularly in the criminal justice system.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

Moreover, of the 20 states analyzed, only Alabama, Pennsylvania and Indiana had reliable data available on “indigent” defendants, otherwise known as individuals who need aid because they don’t have the means to hire a private attorney. Racial discrepancies continue. Failed promises and opaque systems undermine public trust.”.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

iSpoof (ispoof.me), the website in question, now redirects to a domain seizure notice from the FBI and the United States Secret Service under a warrant from the Western District of Pennsylvania. . Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. .

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 22, 2024

But a Middle District of Pennsylvania court recently established one key limit on states’ authority to block new transmission lines through the siting process. PJM Interconnection is one such RTO, which oversees a region encompassing thirteen states, including Pennsylvania, along with the District of Columbia. FERC Order No.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 15, 2021

Issue : Whether, when the government seizes a vehicle for civil forfeiture, due process requires a prompt post-seizure hearing to test the legality of the seizure and continued detention of the vehicle pending the final forfeiture trial. . § 1323 without the Yakama Nation’s prior consent required by 25 U.S.C. Customs and Border Protection.

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Law 360

MAY 15, 2024

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday approved a request from prosecutors and ex-Sandoz Pharmaceuticals executive Hector Armando Kellum for a one-year probation sentence in the generic drug price-fixing case against him, citing his cooperation with the government's investigation into a larger conspiracy.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Hundreds of Ohio and Pennsylvania residents affected by the fallout of the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern train derailment have accused the rail company, government agencies and several businesses of downplaying the ongoing harm of the incident, marking one of the latest lawsuits filed on or near the two-year milestone.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

Pennsylvania lost a seat in the House of Representatives after the 2020 census, and so was required to draw a new map before the 2022 midterm elections. After a flurry of litigation, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in late February voted 4-3 to impose a different map that would favor Democrats in 10 of 17 congressional districts.

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JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2022

Moerschel is additionally charged with destruction of government property and aiding and abetting. Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry , former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarri and William Todd Wilson , regional leader of the Oath Keepers , have also been charged in relation to the riot.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 26, 2022

By pairing the leadership of people most impacted by mass incarceration with the expertise of government partners, we hope this cohort of jurisdictions will challenge systemic racism in our justice systems and create policies and practices to sustain long-term change.”.

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The Crime Report

MAY 17, 2021

The paper offers numerous examples of legislation or state government policies that have either removed prosecutorial jurisdiction over certain crimes or in some cases even displaced the authority of the prosecutor. Gardner denied the charges, and claimed the investigation was another attempt by her “political enemies—largely from outside St.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 28, 2023

After he left the company, Mallory moved to Pennsylvania for a period before returning to Virginia. Mallory filed his lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court. In fact, Norfolk Southern has registered to do business in Pennsylvania in light of its “regular, systematic, [and] extensive” operations there. Washington , 326 U.S.

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