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The California General Corporation Law providers that the corporate existence begins upon filing of the articles.  Cal. Corp. Code § 200(c).  However, some California corporations have...

The University of North Carolina System is asking a federal judge to move a sex assault lawsuit to a courtroom closer to Chapel Hill. A motion filed Monday would shift the case from the state's Western District to the Middle District.

PHILADELPHIA – In a class action, sexual abuse lawsuit brought by seven former residents of The Summit Academy, the plaintiffs have rejected calls from Philadelphia’s Juvenile Probation Department for Eleventh Amendment-based immunity to be granted to it.

Founding Father John Jay took his oaths as first chief justice of the Supreme Court on this day in history, Oct. 19, 1789. He served less than six years before resigning at age 49.

PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has granted a final opportunity to amend a class action complaint, for plaintiffs who claimed significant harm was sustained on behalf of themselves and/or their loved ones, based on a shortage of a pharmaceutical drug named Fabrazyme that began in 2009 and lasted until 2012.

PHILADELPHIA – Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has denied claims that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, when it allegedly terminated a manager whose medical condition prevented him from participating in drug screen testing.

PHILADELPHIA – For the second time, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is pursuing a complete dismissal of litigation brought by the family of a man who died from COVID-19 shortly before he was to be released from prison after more than four decades, litigation which charged that state officials did not approve the decedent’s pardon in a timely manner, allegedly leaving him at greater risk for contracting the virus and causing his death.

An expelled student suing the University of North Carolina over its handling of sexual assault allegations can continue to proceed anonymously.

JOHNSTOWN – The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and several liquor store employees have motioned to dismiss litigation from a former store clerk, which alleged she was sexually harassed and denied disability accommodations during her time working at the store.

EXPLANATORY NOTE On September 18, 2023, LumiraDx Investment Limited, one of the subsidiaries of LumiraDx Limited , entered into an eleventh amendment to that certain Loan...