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  • January 31, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Commonwealth Court Strikes Down Ordinance Due to Illegal Spot Zoning

    In a recently published opinion, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in Chaffier v. Hellertown Borough Zoning Hearing Board, struck down an attempted change in a property's zoning classification as illegal spot zoning.

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  • February 1, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Attorney-Client Privilege and Common Interest Doctrine May Provide Less Protection Than You Think

    In particular, the Sandoz court held that, even wholly within a corporate client, nonlawyer personnel cannot disseminate corporate counsel's legal advice without losing the privilege; and the court held that the common interest privilege attaches only to communications that include lawyers representing all of the clients participating in the common effort, and does not apply to communications between or among the clients themselves.

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  • Federal Trade Comm. v. Vyera Pharms. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-25
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission: Markus H. Meier, Bradley S. Albert, Armine Black Daniel W. Butrymowicz, D. Patrick Huyett, Neal J. Perlman, J. Maren Schmidt, James H. Weingarten, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. For Plaintiff State of New York: Letitia James, Christopher D'Angelo, Elinor R. Hoffman, Saami Zain, Amy McFarlane, Jeremy Kasha, Bryan Bloom, Office of the New York Attorney General Antitrust Bureau, New York, NY. For Plaintiff State of California: Michael D. Battaglia, Office of the Attorney General of California, San Francisco, CA. For Plaintiff State of Ohio: David Yost, Beth Finnerty, Elizebeth M. Maag, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, OH. For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Josh Shapiro, Tracy W. Wertz, Joseph Betsko, Stephen Scannell, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA. For Plaintiff State of Illinois: Richard S. Schultz, Office of the Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, IL. For Plaintiff State of North Carolina: Joshua H. Stein, K.D. Sturgis, Jessica V. Sutton, North Carolina Dept. of Justice, Consumer Protection Division, Raleigh, NC. For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Virginia: Mark R. Herring, Sarah Oxenham Allen, Tyler T. Henry, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendants Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Phoenixus AG: Stacey Anne Mahoney, Sarah E. Hsu Wilbur, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY., Scott A. Stempel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C. Steven A. Reed, Francis A. DeSimone, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA. Noah J. Kaufman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, One Federal Street, Boston, MA. For Defendant Martin Shkreli: Christopher H. Casey, Esq., A.J. Rudowitz, Esq., Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA. Edward T. Kang, Kandis L. Kovalsky, Kang, Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendant Kevin Mulleady: Kevin J. Arquit, Albert Shemmy Mishaan, Kenneth R. David, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20cv706

    UTPCPL Claim Fails to Adequately Allege Shkreli's Anticompetitive Conduct Was Fraudulent

  • June 17, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Commonwealth Court Sees Spot Zoning, Overturns Industrial Rezoning

    The Commonwealth Court recently upheld such a challenge in Allen Distribution v. West Pennsboro Township Zoning Hearing Board, No 524 C.D. 2019 (Pa. Commw. Ct. May 11, 2020), finding that West Pennsboro's decision to change the zoning of two parcels constituted illegal spot zoning.

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  • August 26, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Nonconforming Use Certificates Cannot Extinguish a Nonconforming Use

    On July 14, the Commonwealth Court rendered a decision in Hunterstown Ruritan Club v. Straban Township Zoning Hearing Board, 2016 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 327 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016), confirming that

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  • Huff Energy Fund, L.P. v. Longview Energy Co., 04-12-00630-CV (Tex.App. Dist.4 11/25/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-12-07
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-25
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourth District, San Antonio
    Judge: Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice
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    Case Number: 04-12-00630-CV

    From the 365th Judicial District Court, Zavala County, Texas Trial Court No. 11-09-12583-ZCVAJA Honorable Amado J. Abascal, III, Judge Presiding Sitting en banc: Sandee Bryan

  • November 8, 2013 |

    Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. v. LSI-Lowery Systems Inc.

    Click here for FC&S  Legal Expert AnalysisPhiladelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. v.LSI-Lowery Systems Inc.2013 WL 5567719Only the Westlaw…

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  • West Pottsgrove Township v. West Pottsgrove Police Officers' Association

    Publication Date: 2002-01-23
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    Date Filed: 2002-01-22
    Court: Pa. Commw. Ct.
    Judge: Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.
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    Case Number: 996 C.D. 2001,,

    Argued: November 5, 2001OPINIONThis case involves the cross-appeals of West Pottsgrove Township (the Township) and the West Pottsgrove Police Officers' Association (the Association) from an orde

  • Roman v. Jury Selection Commission of Lebanon County

    Publication Date: 2001-07-17
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    Date Filed: 2001-07-16
    Court: Pa. Commw. Ct.
    Judge: Senior Judge Flaherty
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    Case Number: 2215 C.D. 2000

    Submitted: March 9, 2001On November 23, 1999, Jose Roman, William J. Dumas (Appellant), Roosevelt Davis, Shirlee Nazario and Digna Rivera (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed a civil rights action in t

  • Paul J. Dooling Tire Co. v. City of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Date Filed: 2001-12-06
    Court: Pa. Commw. Ct.
    Judge: Senior Judge Flaherty
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    Case Number: 130 C.D. 2001

    Argued: November 6, 2001The City of Philadelphia (City) appeals from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) which granted Paul J. Dooling Tire Company's (Tire