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November 26, 2002 |

3rd Circuit Hands Victory to Employment Bias Plaintiffs

In a significant victory for employment discrimination plaintiffs, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the federal caps on damages should be applied in a way that maximizes a verdict-winning plaintiff's recovery by assigning as much of the jury's award as possible to claims brought under state statute with no caps.
6 minute read
December 14, 2007 |

No Private Right to Sue Over Unwanted Mail

Under federal law, anyone who receives unordered merchandise in the mail has the right to treat it as a gift, but a divided federal appeals court has now ruled that the law does not create a private right of action for individuals to sue when they claim they were duped into paying for unordered goods.
6 minute read
December 17, 2007 |

3rd Circuit Finds No Private Right to Sue Over Unwanted Mail

Under federal law, anyone who receives unordered merchandise in the mail has the right to treat it "as a gift," but a divided federal appeals court has now ruled that the law does not create a private right of action for individuals to sue when they claim they were duped into paying for unordered goods. The 3rd Circuit upheld the dismissal of a class action suit, finding that §3009 of the Postal Reorganization Act provides only for enforcement by the FTC.
6 minute read
October 26, 2010 |

Jury Clears Hospital in Case Alleging Untimely Diagnosis

A Montgomery County jury has cleared a doctor and a local hospital of allegations that they failed to diagnose a patient with a rare sickness in a timely manner.
3 minute read
January 12, 2000 |

Federal Law Can Step In to Replace Claims For Punitives Under PHRA, Judge Rules

Now that punitive damages are no longer allowed under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, defense lawyers are asking judges to strike the requests for punitives from pending lawsuits where the original demand for punitives was made only under the PHRA count. But in the first ruling on that issue, U.S. District Judge John R. Padova held that in such a case, courts should construe the claim for punitives to be brought under both state and federal law and allow it to proceed whenever federal law allows.
3 minute read
February 02, 2010 |

In 'Pension Committee,' Judge Revisits 'Zubulake'

H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal, partners at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, write that the most vexing issues facing lawyers and clients today may be those accompanying efforts to institute and maintain a defensible legal hold and avoid a detour from the merits of litigation into a sanctions proceeding and endless "discovery about discovery."
15 minute read
October 15, 2009 |

Bar Exam Results

The Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners announced the results of the bar examination given July 28 and 29. A total of 1,997 applicants took the examination of which 1,623 passed. (The overall pass rate was 81 percent.)
17 minute read
July 25, 2013 |

New Deals

Mount Sinai Medical Center and Continuum Health Partners will merge to create one of the country's largest nonprofit hospital chains. Also, oil and gas company Apache Corporation has agreed to sell its operations in the Gulf of Mexico's shelf to a portfolio company of private equity firm Riverstone Holdings in a deal worth $3.75 billion.
4 minute read
September 21, 2009 |

A Matter of Trust

Sharon L. Klein, trust counsel and director of estate advisement for Fiduciary Trust Company International in New York, examines the critical importance of communication when serving in the trusted role of fiduciary and the unfortunate set of circumstances that can arise when a supposedly trusted family member or friend is appointed as trustee, but turns out not to be so trustworthy.
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