Mason Lawlor

February 07, 2023 | Law.com

Pittsburgh-based law firm Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Basick & Raspanti announced that two whistleblowers from Florence, South Carolina, have settled their 10-year qui tam nonintervened lawsuit against Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) for $19 million.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

February 02, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"The court will not tolerate false responses or statements in any pleading or motion filed before it," U.S. Magistrate Judge Hope Cannon wrote.

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

January 30, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The first U.S. state court jury trial in litigation brought by private plaintiffs over the opioid epidemic began in Georgia with opening arguments Monday morning.

By Mason Lawlor

6 minute read

January 30, 2023 | Daily Report Online

After more than five years of litigation, Georgia's two highest state courts have now ruled that Snapchat could indeed be held liable for a car crash allegedly caused by a woman's misuse of one of the platform's popular features while on the road.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

January 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Elizabeth and Scott are talented lawyers who add value and depth to our membership," firm chairman Scott Parrish said in a press release announcing the promotion. "The firm welcomes these enthusiastic and proven leaders as we continue to grow and serve clients across our practice areas."

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

January 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"Nowhere in Dr. Cook's 19-page report does he explain how he reached his causation opinion, and it is clear from the report that Dr. Cook did not identify a harmful dose of any chemical that could cause the [later manifested physical conditions] at issue and did not follow any epidemiological methodology," U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers said.

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

January 24, 2023 | Law.com

A federal magistrate judge stopped short of issuing the harshest requested sanctions in a dispute over the deletion of electronically stored information, finding that a failure to preserve the data did not equal an "intent to deprive" the plaintiffs of it.

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

January 20, 2023 | Daily Report Online

A cataclysmic breakdown amongst two lawyers who collaborated in several medical malpractice cases is currently stuck in the Georgia State-wide Business Court, awaiting word on whether the plaintiffs' alleged termination of contract is actionable and constitutes a separate tort.

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

January 20, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I don't care how long you've been doing it; it's still an adrenaline rush," Barnes said of the moment went a jury is about to deliver its verdict.

By Mason Lawlor

6 minute read

January 19, 2023 | Law.com

The newly launched Legal Influencer Marketing Agency, or LIMA, represents online influencers who can help connect legal tech companies, universities and nonprofits to lawyers and law students through social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read