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By Max Mitchell | April 27, 2017
The Dragonetti Act is not unconstitutional as applied to attorneys, the state Supreme Court has ruled in a decision that could have ended several high-profile litigation matters.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | April 26, 2017
TransPerfect co-founder and CEO Elizabeth Elting is trying to thwart a last-minute bid in the Delaware Court of Chancery to avoid the court-ordered sale of the profitable translation-services company.
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By Max Mitchell | April 26, 2017
Does the Fair Share Act require juries in strict liability cases to determine the portion of liability to be imposed against each defendant, or can a judge simply apportion liability equally? The issue is a question of law trial courts have struggled with across Pennsylvania, and one that was squarely before the state Superior Court when it heard arguments Tuesday in
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 20, 2017
The Southern District has the most MDLs of any district in the country, three of which are now being handled by Judges Lorna Schofield and Paul Engelmayer.
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By Kristen Rasmussen | April 19, 2017
Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., rejected a lawsuit brought by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for $130 million in payments under the Affordable Care Act's risk corridor program.
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By Jenna Greene | April 17, 2017
Here's a travel ban case with a twist: live witnesses in court. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. will allow testimony from witnesses including a Sheppard Mullin partner. The move seems distinctly advantageous to the plaintiffs, represented by an army of lawyers from Arnold & Porter.
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By Charles Toutant | April 13, 2017
Roxane Laboratories must pay legal fees and costs for two defendants after filing a patent infringement suit that was "exceptionally meritless," a federal judge in Newark has ruled.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 11, 2017
Federal prosecutors in Western Pennsylvania tried and failed two times to get a conviction for a felon's possession of a gun, and now a federal judge is denying their request for a third bite at the apple.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | April 10, 2017
A U.S. magistrate judge in Delaware has recommended that the court transfer a suit against Occidental Chemical Corp. related to toxic pesticide exposure to New York federal court, finding a lack of jurisdiction in Delaware.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | April 7, 2017
A lawyer for Nova Chemicals Corp. on Thursday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to undo a $2.5 million award of attorney fees to Dow Chemical Co., its opponent in a long-running patent dispute, which the Canadian plastics and chemicals firm had accused of perpetrating fraud against the court.
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