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Federal Judge Certifies Class Action ERISA Suit Against Comcast
A federal judge has certified a class action ERISA suit against Comcast in which employees of the cable TV giant claim they suffered losses in the company stock fund because it was heavily invested in Comcast stock during a period when its price was falsely and knowingly inflated by company executives. Nearly identical accusations were lodged in an unsuccessful securities fraud suit by outside investors. Now, the judge from that case has ruled that similar claims by employees are subject to a less exacting standard.Senior Federal Judge Green Dead at 84
Senior U.S. District Judge Clifford Scott Green, one of the founding members of Philadelphia's most prominent black law firm in the 1950s and 1960s who went on to serve more than 40 years as a state and federal judge, died Thursday evening due to complications from a stroke. He was 84.A New Twist on Municipal Redevelopment Powers
Although New Jersey's Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act may have been passed with good intentions, shortcomings in the language of the act and the possibilities it provides to municipalities to take a property owner's land without complying with federal and state constitutional mandates, render the act fundamentally flawed.Judge: Conflict Between MVFRL, Medicare Act
Although a clear conflict exists between Pennsylvania law and federal law on the issue of whether an insurer has the right to assert a subrogation claim against a plaintiff's tort recovery, U.S. District Judge Timothy Savage has ruled that the Pennsylvania courts must decide the question.100 Largest Law Firms in Pennsylvania
The following is a list of the 100 largest law firms in Pennsylvania as reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.Bowers v. The National Collegiate Athletic Association et al, etc.,
There is no right to contribution under � 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and, therefore, where plaintiff only brought suit against one university, that school's claims for contribution must be dismissed since plaintiff has not sued them directly.Plaintiffs Unable to Prove Securities Fraud
IKON Office Solutions Inc. paid $111 million to settle a shareholders` suit that accused the company of overstating its income, but a federal appeals court has now ruled that the same investors don`t deserve a penny from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young because they simply have no evidence that its audit was performed recklessly.Trending Stories
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