Legal Communications Privilege; Asbestos case filings in Philadelphia by 32%; Lawsuit Watch Welcomes PMA’s David Taylor PCCJR Weighs in on Legal Communications Privilege Issue Should an attorney’s work product lose attorney-client and work-product privileges if it is shared with a public relations firm retained to work on the lawsuit at issue? This question is at the heart…
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PCCJR Update – March 16, 2018
Trial Lawyers Scramble to a Preserve Pain Cream Profits; PA Supreme Court Makes Pa Businesses Vulnerable to Out of State Consumers; Do we really want to be a magnet for mass tort cases? Lawyers, Cream and Money| Gov. Wolf’s biggest PAC donor includes money from secretive compounding pharmacies | Philly.com — You gotta read it to believe it!…
Gov. Wolf’s biggest PAC donor includes money from secretive compounding pharmacies
Philadelphia Inquirer| William Bender | March 9, 2018 Gov. Wolf has dozens of political action committees helping to fund his reelection, but one PAC towered above them all last year. Fairness PA, based in Center City, poured $1 million into Wolf’s campaign coffer during the second half of 2017 — twice the total from any…
98 Members of PA House Vote to Perpetuate Opioid Crisis
That’s right. Every Democrat and more than a handful of Republicans in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted against a bill that would have helped curb opioid abuse by injured workers. SB 936 establishes an evidence-based prescription drug formulary for the workers compensation system. This bill is designed to bring consistent and high-quality health care…
Here’s another step that policymakers can take to protect injured workers from opioid addiction | Opinion
Guest Editorial by Curt Schroder | PennLive.com| March 7, 2018 Last fall, Gov. Tom Wolf declared the opioid epidemic an official disaster because no community in Pennsylvania is spared the sorrow of addiction. Declarations, however, are only useful when followed up by action. The Pennsylvania House will soon have the opportunity to strike a blow…
PCCJR Update — March 2, 2018
Holding coordinated, activist-driven litigation attacks accountable; ATRA President Featured Guest on Lawsuit Watch; In the News PCCJR Board Member David Taylor: Holding coordinated, activist-driven litigation attacks accountable Lawsuit abuse is disturbing enough when someone sues Junior Mints for not filling its entire box or Starbucks for serving a latte with too much foam. But coordinated litigation efforts…