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Dog the Bounty Hunter searching after YouTubers beat lawsuit
MEDIA, Pa. - Television personality Dog the Bounty Hunter has appealed what is thought to be the first successful use of a free-speech defense offered by a new Pennsylvania law. -
Philly DA Krasner sues AG Josh Shapiro's office in Commonwealth Court over proposed $26B opioid settlement
PHILADELPHIA – A proposed $26 billion settlement with opioid distributors and manufacturers which would benefit a group of states including Pennsylvania, has come under fire from Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner – who feels the City’s compensation would be undervalued in the agreement, wants to continue litigating and has filed his own lawsuit seeking to preserve that right. -
This Pennsylvania committee is proposing changes that benefit five of its members' law firms
A Pennsylvania Supreme Court committee is proposing a new rule that will help medical malpractice lawyers, but a look at the makeup of the committee shows five lawyers, including its chair, who work at firms that file medical malpractice cases. -
Opioid lawyer trying to avoid 'cesspool' asked for by major national firm
Several Pennsylvania counties are fighting to keep control of their opioid lawsuits as the national law firm Simmons Hanly Conroy, with the active support of the companies it is suing, seeks to create what a rival attorney calls a litigation "cesspool." -
A dissident emerges in Pennsylvania's opioid litigation: Lehigh Co. claims its case has been highjacked
The fight for control of Pennsylvania’s opioid litigation is not over, as Lehigh County is not happy that its case has been grouped in with more than 30 others and that lawyers it previously rejected have been tasked with overseeing the proceedings.