Dodaro Matta & Cambest PC didn't think a jilted investor in Alternative Energy Holdings had a leg to stand on when he included the law firm in a letter warning of liability, so the threat wasn't disclosed on an application for new legal malpractice insurance, the firm's attorney told a Pennsylvania state judge Monday.
A federal judge approved a Fair Labor Standards Act collective of more than 400 current and former servers at a Pennsylvania restaurant chain who claim they were underpaid when spending parts of their shifts on work that didn't earn tips.
A Pennsylvania state court judge threatened to hold an attorney in contempt of court for his repeated questioning of a star University of Pittsburgh Medical Center surgeon over his Suboxone use, saying it was not relevant to whether a recording of the surgeon allegedly discussing the drug with his doctor had been illegally made.
Multiple asbestos injury compensation trusts can't fight a Georgia-Pacific affiliate's subpoenas for claims data in a Delaware federal court, given that the trusts' shared claims agent tried the same arguments in a North Carolina bankruptcy court and lost, the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday.
The families of two men killed in a 2019 crash argued to a Pennsylvania state court Wednesday that Lyft had been negligent in enlisting the allegedly at-fault driver through a program with Hertz where he leased a vehicle and shared fares with the rental company, claiming the arrangement made it a "joint venture" where the companies should share liability for the crash.