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AG Candidates Running in Shadow Of High-Profile Election Contests
Jim Eisenhower was among the many Democratic candidates for federal, state and local offices who shared the stage a week ago with presidential candidate John Kerry and former President Bill Clinton at a massive rally in Center City. But it was Eisenhower who managed to turn a few words with Clinton into a golden moment for his campaign to become Pennsylvania's next attorney general.
Greenberg Traurig Settles with Heller Estate for $5 Million
Publication Date: 2013-04-25 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
Another settlement domino toppled this week in the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy, when Greenberg Traurig agreed to a $4.9 million deal to resolve claims that one of its partners failed to disclose a conflict of interest with Heller lender Bank of America.
Corporations Trying to Shield Data By Closing Their Executives' Divorces
The nation''s courts are getting hit with a growing number of requests to seal divorce records, but not by squabbling couples. Divorce lawyers say corporations � along with the rich and powerful � are increasingly asking judges to seal the divorce records of top executives to protect trade secrets or crucial financial information from leaking out, or simply to avoid embarrassment.3rd Circuit Rejects Black Smokers' Civil Rights Suit Against Big Tobacco
Big Tobacco scored another significant win Thursday when a divided 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals court refused to revive a proposed class action civil rights suit brought by African-American smokers who say they were targeted in an aggressive marketing campaign. In Brown v. Philip Morris, the smokers claimed they were never warned of the increased health risks of mentholated cigarettes.3rd Circuit Rejects Hospitals' RICO and Antitrust Suit Against Tobacco Companies
Chalk up another victory for Big Tobacco. A federal appeals court refused to revive an antitrust and civil RICO suit brought by 16 nonprofit hospitals in Pennsylvania seeking reimbursement of the costs of treating non-paying patients with tobacco-related diseases. The court found the hospitals' claims were based on remote and indirect injuries, and they lacked standing to bring the claims.A Year Of Transition In Eastern District Of Pa.
For the judges of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania federal bench, 2003 will be remembered as the year that Judge Jay C. Waldman died and the year Judge Harvey Bartle III learned that he is likely to serve as the court's next chief.Laid Off Sales Staff Settles WARN Suit for $1.8 Million
A federal judge has approved a settlement of more than $1.8 million in a class-action suit brought by 1,200 tobacco company sales workers who said their employer violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Immediately after being buying American Tobacco, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. fired American's entire sales force. Under the WARN statute, employers are required to give 60 days' advance notice of a ``plant closing'' or a ``mass lay-off.''TRENDING STORIES
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