Thomas E Sanchez

September 12, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Litigants in Pennsylvania, however, often overlook the statutory requirements for transferring state-law claims from federal to state court and, instead, simply file a new complaint in state court. Doing so runs afoul of the mandates of 42 Pa. C.S. Section 5103 and controlling Pennsylvania case law, which holds that a litigant must file certified copies of the federal dismissal order and related federal pleadings in state court.

By Thomas E. Sanchez

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August 25, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Although the department stopped short of asserting that incentive awards are categorically prohibited, it relied on Johnson to argue that requests for such awards should be viewed "with skepticism."

By Thomas E. Sanchez

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August 25, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Earlier this month, in Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, No. 18-12344, --- F.4th ----, (11th Cir. Aug. 3, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for rehearing of a three-judge panel's majority decision holding that class representative incentive awards are prohibited under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

By Thomas E. Sanchez

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