The lawyers for the two remaining defendants in the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia sex abuse case have moved to strike the jury in the wake of a third co-defendant’s guilty plea. In the alternative, the lawyers moved to have individual voir dire of the panel to see what effect the news coverage has had on them.

Once again, a federal judge in Philadelphia has clipped the wings of some of the country’s largest egg producers hoping to hatch their way out of multidistrict class action litigation over alleged price-fixing for eggs and egg products.

Edward Avery has pleaded guilty to charges that he sexually abused a 10-year-old boy and conspired with church officials to conceal his history of abuse from Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia parishioners. Whether he agreed to cooperate against two co-defendants who are set to go to trial Monday was not disclosed.

The lawyers for a Catholic church official charged with endangering children allegedly abused by priests he supervised are arguing that their client’s Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel would be violated if the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is able to assert an independent attorney-client privilege.

The decision by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to place its general counsel on administrative leave appears to be the latest move in an effort by the new archbishop to bring in new outside and in-house counsel. A source with knowledge of the decision said the expectation is that Timothy Coyne will not be returning.