Riley Brennan

August 28, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"The court need look no further than Mr. Fitchett's own words. Mr. Fitchett suggests that the issue class ruling he seeks would bring all putative class members to the 'five-yard line' on potential UTPCPL claims."

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

August 27, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Despite the owner's manual stating the cooker's built-on safety valves prevent this explosion, Grooms claims it failed as a dangerous amount of pressure built up inside the product.

By Riley Brennan

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August 26, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The ruling marks the second time this month that a Pennsylvania federal court has rejected a plaintiff's attempts to invalidate an arbitration agreement based on the July 2023 Pennsylvania Superior Court ruling in Chilutti v. Uber.

By Riley Brennan

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August 26, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"We are pleased that the court agreed that the claims in this case should move forward. We are looking forward to pursuing these claims further in discovery to so we can address UPenn's discriminatory actions, which have negatively impacted the education and future of a bright student," said the plaintiff's attorneys, Kristen Mohr and Andrew T. Miltenberg of Nesenoff & Miltenberg.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

August 23, 2024 | Law.com

Attorneys with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit in a Massachusetts federal court on behalf of SharkNinja, which seeks a declaration of noninfringement for five vacuum cleaner patents against industry competitor Dyson.

By Riley Brennan

3 minute read

August 22, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Any taking by a railroad does not warrant an automatic and conclusive finding of benefit to the public. Instead, courts must analyze any purported public benefit of the taking while considering the technological, social, and economic landscape 'of the period in which the particular problem presents itself for consideration,'" Justice Kevin Dougherty said.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

August 22, 2024 | Law.com

The sum also includes attorney fees for time the attorneys spent attempting to review 20,000 pages of nonsearchable PDF documents that had been turned over.

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3 minute read

August 21, 2024 | Law.com

Upon obtaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the plaintiffs claim the defendants "unilaterally cancelled plaintiffs' manufacturing and distribution rights, and unfairly demanded that plaintiffs agree to new, less favorable terms, or else defendants would choose a new manufacturer and cut plaintiffs out entirely. When plaintiffs refused to capitulate to defendants' deceptive scheme, defendants made good on their threats by deserting the deal and ignoring plaintiffs' demands for just compensation," according to the complaint.

By Riley Brennan

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August 19, 2024 | Law.com

"Mere inability to use a room thus does not amount to direct physical loss of the room. Moreover, the policy expressly excludes '[l]oss or damage arising from … loss of use.' This exclusion straightforwardly applies to bar the loss of use claim asserted by AMAG here," wrote U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun of the District of Massachusetts.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

August 19, 2024 | Law.com

Abbott has also put forth evidence of Revitalyte retweeting comments referring to Revitalyte as 'the adult version of Pedialyte,' 'like Pedialyte but for adults,' 'barstool sports Pedialyte,' 'barstool sports brand Pedialyte,' 'barstool sports branded Pedialyte,' and 'Barstool Pedialyte.' These comments also provide examples of actual consumer confusion," said U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank for the District of Minnesota.

By Riley Brennan

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