The subject of antitrust exemptions has been an oft-discussed topic here at TOTM (see, e.g. here and here).  In the latter of those two links I was somewhat critical of the DOJ for taking a neutral stance on the insurance industry exemption, which has now become rather wrapped up in the health care ...

Class-action status has been granted to a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. after they canceled a work shift they had previously agreed to add at one of their assembly plants in Canada. According to the lawsuit, many of the plaintiffs had quit other jobs after reaching an agreement with Ford to work th ...

Just in time for Valentine's Day, here's a reprint of my recent article from the Pennsylvania Law Weekly:Spread A Little Love:Being pleasant and considerate is part of being a professionalBy Daniel E.CumminsSpecial to the Law WeeklyDanCummins@comcast.net The New Year is still in its early stages and ...

San Francisco - Today a federal appeals court rejected a government claim of "lobbyist privacy" to hide the identities of individuals who pressured Congress to grant immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the government's warrantless electronic surveillance of millions of ordi ...

Amy Alanis and Joshua Molina are living every parent’s nightmare – the death of a child. On the evening of February 1, 2010, Ms. Alanis, Mr. Molina, and their 13-month old son, Joshua (J.J.), together with two friends, were heading home on the northwest side of Chicago when Putiporn Kaewmooka smash ...

Here's a summary of Burton v. Williams, a recent North Carolina Court of Appeals case (adapted from today's NAELA eBulletin): Plaintiff sued defendant as attorney-in-fact for decedent, alleging that an addendum and payment agreement release entered into between decedent and defendant regarding the ...

Here's a summary of Burton v. Williams, a recent North Carolina Court of Appeals case (adapted from today's NAELA eBulletin): Plaintiff sued defendant as attorney-in-fact for decedent, alleging that an addendum and payment agreement release entered into between decedent and defendant regarding the ...

In twin February 4, 2010 decisions, the Third Circuit reached opposite rulings on whether a school violated a student's First Amendment rights by disciplining him for creating a defamatory MySpace page about the school principal. In both cases, a student used an off-campus computer to create the pr ...

A recent post-Koken decision has been handed down in Philadelphia County in the case of Zerggan v. Rietman and Nationwide Insurance, No. 0906 o1752 June Term 2009 (Phila. Co. Jan. 20, 2010 McInerney, J.). Judge Patricia McInerney sustained the preliminary objections filed by the tortfeasor and trans ...

By –       Kurt R. Karst Two recent rulings out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania stemming from allegations about antitrust violations from the submission of citizen petitions have once again raised the issue of so-called “sham” citizen petitions and, insofa ...