The rise in nuclear verdicts threatens every business and individual in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is the epicenter of the nuclear verdict trend making it the preferred forum of plaintiffs’ attorneys. Loose venue rules allow defendants all across Pennsylvania to be dragged to Philadelphia’s notoriously hostile court system. While plaintiffs’ lawyers would like us to believe that their…
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General Assembly Wraps Up Appropriations Hearings, Legislators Scheduled to Return for Voting Session
The state House and Senate have finished their respective Appropriations Committee hearings with agency officials following Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget address touting his proposal for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The appropriations hearings marked the second phase of the annual budget process with negotiations continuing throughout the spring as legislators and the administration work towards a…
Massive Lawsuit Targets Food Industry
The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas – notably the nation’s top judicial hellhole – is home to what could be a new wave of civil litigation targeting our country’s food industry. The firm of Morgan & Morgan has chosen the City of Brotherly love to file a first of its kind lawsuit against manufacturers of “ultra-processed foods.”…