The U.S. Department of Justice has deemed the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional in a brief it filed in a Pennsylvania case regarding whether the wife of a former female Cozen O’Connor partner is able to collect the partner’s profit-sharing plan benefits under federal law.

A Pennsylvania federal judge, in a case of first impression, has adopted a California test to determine whether a party is owed attorney fees and costs for a misappropriation of trade secrets claim that is made in bad faith.

A Pennsylvania federal judge, in a case of first impression, has adopted a California test to determine whether a party is owed attorney fees and costs for a misappropriation of trade secrets claim that is made in bad faith.

Two Pennsylvania courts have recently denied defense motions asking for access to plaintiffs’ private social media pages, apparently evening the social media scoreboard and giving plaintiffs some much-needed case law to counter a trio of opposing decisions.

A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that an insurance broker and its employee are not entitled to indemnity under their “advertising injury” coverage for a $30 million judgment levied against them in a federal suit in which they were alleged to have copied language from a rival’s client documents and used it for their own.