On Monday, September 14, U.S. District Court Judge William S. Stickman IV became the first federal or state judge in Pennsylvania to strike down Governor Tom Wolf’s emergency orders relating to the COVID-19 pandemic....more
9/16/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Dissenting Opinions ,
Due Process ,
Equal Protection ,
First Amendment ,
Governor Wolf ,
PA Supreme Court ,
Police Power ,
Public Gatherings ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Standard of Review
On July 1, in Wolf v. Scarnati, a divided Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejected House Resolution 836, in which the Commonwealth’s General Assembly attempted to terminate Governor Tom Wolf’s Proclamation of Disaster...more
Private citizens have separately challenged Governor Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 executive orders as unconstitutional takings in federal district court and in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Learn more about those cases here: Friends...more
On Monday, in Friends of Danny DeVito v. Wolf, a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to Governor Tom Wolf’s executive order closing non-life sustaining businesses. ...more
Congress has begun igniting its legislative engine to create a federal framework to prohibit price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Until now, price gouging has mainly been the province of state laws....more
4/14/2020
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corruption ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Goods or Services ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Price Gouging ,
Price Inflation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
White Collar Crimes
From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers have faced increased prices for numerous goods such as water, masks, and cleaning supplies. ...more
A class-action lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania late last week alleges that Governor Wolf’s orders closing non-life sustaining business constitute a taking requiring just compensation under the Fifth...more
3/31/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Due Process ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Eminent Domain ,
Executive Orders ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
State and Local Government ,
Takings Clause