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The Legal Intelligencer

Will the Supreme Court's 'Mallory' Decision Create Litigation Flood in Pennsylvania?

The Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway holding that a plaintiff whose cause of action did not arise in Pennsylvania could sue a corporate entity that did not have Pennsylvania citizenship in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas unsettles decades of personal jurisdiction jurisprudence.
7 minute read

The Recorder

California High Court Rejects US Supreme Court's PAGA Interpretation

A unanimous California Supreme Court says Private Attorneys General Act plaintiffs can still file representative litigation in court, even when their individual claims go to arbitration.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Adult Webcams Grew Popular in the Pandemic—But Were Performers Cheated?

"Holding companies who improperly misclassify performers accountable is becoming increasingly necessary," said plaintiffs lawyer Charles J. Kocher.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Employees Sue Edgewood Residential for Alleged Wage-and-Hour Breaches

Edgewood Residential Facility was slapped with a wage-and-hour class action on July 12 in California Superior Court for Los Angeles County. The court case,…
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Driver Sues Wanzer Trucking, Alleging Wage-and-Hour Breaches

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Daugherty Lordan Group Jumps to Freeman Mathis & Gary in Pittsburgh in Wake of Founders' Email Scandal

"We needed to extricate ourselves from that distraction," new Pittsburgh office chair Sunshine Fellows said of the derogatory messages sent by firm founders John Barber and Jeffrey Ranen while at Lewis Brisbois.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

What Employers Need to Know About the Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights

The Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights brings new employment protections to an estimated 130,000 temporary workers in New Jersey at a time when employers are increasingly turning to staffing firms to outsource job functions and fill gaps in their workforce.
12 minute read

Law.com

Union Workers File Federal Employment Lawsuit Against Southwest Airlines, Alleging Violations of Paid Sick Leave

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyer Sanctioned Over Discovery Orders and for Not Attending Court Conferences

"[I]t appears from the record that the sanctionable misconduct—failure to comply with discovery obligations, abide by court orders, and appear at conferences—is in part attributable to defendants and in part attributable to Mr. Karounos," the judge wrote.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Another Appeals Court Finds Arbitration Act Applies to Uber Drivers

Third Circuit finds the rideshare service's drivers generally were not engaged in interstate commerce that would exempt them from the law.
6 minute read

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