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False Claims Act overused, reform advocates say
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) -- The United States has come a long way since the Civil War era.
Legal Reform Summit: Tort reform is a global issue
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) -- Perhaps we're not that different after all.
Pa. SC reinstates defense judgment in consolidated asbestos cases
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) -- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently overturned a lower appellate court's ruling that allowed three asbestos mass tort claims to proceed, with the high court noting that even the plaintiffs in the consolidated cases admitted that the litigation should be tossed.
Pa. court affirms Sandusky's conviction, sentence
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) -- It appears as though convicted child rapist Jerry Sandusky will be spending the next three to six decades in state prison after all.
Mediation between NFL players, Riddell continues
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) -- The recent $765 million settlement reached between the NFL and the former players who sued over concussion related injuries may have been, as the mediator termed it, "historic," but the move still requires approval by the federal judge who was assigned to oversee the multidistrict litigation.
NFL, players reach concussion settlement
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) -- In a rather unexpected move, the National Football League and more than 4,500 former professional football players who were suing over play-related head injuries have announced they reached a multi-million settlement in the litigation.
Union Carbide seeks transfer of asbestos mass tort claim in Philly
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) -- Attorneys for Union Carbide Corp. have petitioned the federal court in Philadelphia for a transfer of an asbestos mass tort claim that was brought last month by a Florida woman at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Pa. Senate committee unanimously backs Stevens for state SC justice
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) -- Pennsylvania's Senate Judiciary Committee is backing Superior Court President Judge Correale F. Stevens as nominee to the state Supreme Court.
Judge issues preliminary injunction in Pa. AG's case involving tax-free cigarette scam
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) -- A federal judge in Harrisburg has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the shipping, transporting, receiving or distributing of unstamped cigarettes destined for Pennsylvania or other states.
ACLU joins fight against NSA phone surveillance
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- The American Civil Liberties Union this week joined the legal fight challenging the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's recently revealed domestic spying program involving what the group calls the "unprecedented mass surveillance of phone calls."
Lawyer files suit challenging NSA phone record collection
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) -- A lawyer from the group Freedom Watch has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of himself and a Philadelphia couple challenging the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's recently revealed program involving the collection of Verizon customers' phone records.
Sides meet for first time in federal NFL injury case
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) -- Attorneys representing both sides in the massive multidistrict football players' injury litigation playing out at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia sparred face-to-face for the first time Tuesday, addressing the National Football League's motion to dismiss the case.
First NFL concussion MDL oral arguments set for April 9
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) -- When the country's major tobacco companies paid out more than $200 billion in the late 1990s to settle claims that they misled consumers about the health risks associated with cigarette smoking, it seemed as though no other legal settlement could possibly come close in terms of size and scope.
Former Pa. governors back judicial merit selection
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) -- Three of Pennsylvania's former chief executives took part in a conference call with reporters on Monday to discuss their collective support for a move toward judicial merit selection.
House looks at asbestos claim transparency bill
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The button pinned to the wheelchair-bound woman's sweater said it all: "Asbestos caused my cancer."
House panel examines 'Litigation Abuses'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Third-party financing. Contingency-fee counsel. Forum shopping. Fraudulent joinder.
