P.j. Dannunzio

August 08, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a nascent class action against vitamin and nutritional supplement chain GNC alleging the company's website violated New Jersey state consumer law.

By P.j. D'Annunzio

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August 08, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Nissan joins four other automakers that have agreed to settle claims by owners of vehicles with faulty Takata air bags.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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August 08, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella, currently serving a 28-year sentence for his role in the "kids-for-cash" scandal, is seeking to invoke in his bid for freedom the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that made it harder for public officials to be prosecuted for bribery.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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August 07, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Navient, the federal government's student loan servicer, can't shake claims that it mishandled students' payments and miscommunicated with them about repayment plans, a federal judge has ruled.

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August 05, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Nonreligious anti-abortion organizations are not exempt from the Affordable Care Act's mandate that their health insurers cover birth control in employees' insurance plans, a federal appeals court has ruled.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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August 04, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Any former National Football League players seeking benefits from the league's $1 billion settlement fund must register by Aug. 7, lawyers announced Friday.

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August 03, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

An undocumented immigrant with a criminal record can't be deported—at least not yet—because federal immigration authorities failed to demonstrate his crimes were morally disturbing.

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August 03, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has revised rules on the collection of electronic data sought by means of search warrant, endeavoring to clear up any potential confusion in the language of the existing rule.

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August 02, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia man claiming he was beaten by city police and subjected to a racial slur during an interrogation has lost his civil rights suit against the department.

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August 02, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Four people said they saw Vance Haskell burst into an Erie bar and gun down Darrell Cooley in 1994, but only one testified at trial. According to a federal appeals court, that witness lied on the stand, and the prosecutor who handled the case did nothing to address it.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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