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Supreme Court Ruling on School Curriculum Puts Focus on Religious Opt Outs

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On the final day of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public schools must accommodate parents’ religious objections to certain instructional materials — in this case, LGBTQ+-inclusive storybooks used in elementary...more

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Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, June 30, 2025

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Legislators to Miss Budget Deadline Again Amid $5.5B Gap, Policy Disputes -For the fourth consecutive year, Pennsylvania lawmakers have missed the June 30 budget deadline as negotiations stall over how to close a projected...more

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PA Supreme Court Reverses Longstanding Case Law Regarding Specific Loss Benefits

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has just issued a decision in Christina Steets (deceased) v. Celebration Fireworks Inc., specifically overturning longstanding case law regarding whether specific loss benefits are payable after...more

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Supreme Court Broadly Interprets Wire Fraud Liability

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On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Court held that a defendant could be convicted of federal wire fraud pursuant to 18 USC § 1343 even when the fraud did not result in any economic loss for the victim. This holding expands the...more

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Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, April 28, 2025

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Hospital Closures Renew Push to Limit Private Equity in Health Care - The closure of Crozer Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital, resulting in over 2,600 job losses, has prompted Pennsylvania legislators to push for...more

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Federal Fraud Charges Under Scrutiny in Kousisis v. United States

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On December 9, 2024, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kousisis v. United States, a case that has the potential to limit the scope of federal criminal fraud charges. Kousisis involves allegations that a defendant...more

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FTC's Rule Banning Non-Competes Survives Pennsylvania Challenge

On July 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a decision greenlighting the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final rule banning most non-compete agreements in the United States and...more

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Third Circuit Adopts Majority Approach for Determining Whether Time Spent Donning and Doffing Must Be Compensated Under the FLSA

On August 16, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit clarified the test courts should use when determining whether workplace uniforms or safety gear are integral and indispensable to an employee's principal...more

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The Supreme Court Declares Registered Out-of-State Businesses “At Home” in Pennsylvania

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If a Wisconsin citizen is injured in Wisconsin on the property of a Wisconsin company, where can the citizen sue the company? One option is where the accident occurred—Wisconsin. Another option is where the company is...more

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Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.: Supreme Court Recognizes Existence of Consent-Based Theory of General Personal...

The US Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co holding that a Pennsylvania statute requiring corporations to "consent" to suit in Pennsylvania courts in order to register to do...more

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Now What: Recent Supreme Court Decision Opens the Door for Expanded Corporate Personal Jurisdiction

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Here at Foley, we routinely represent companies, whether manufacturers, distributors, service providers, or others that are, by necessity, registered to do business in most or all of the fifty states. For years, the U.S....more

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Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. Likely to Spawn New Attempts at Litigation Tourism

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Tag, You’re It! SCOTUS Ruling Against Norfolk Southern Extends Reach of Personal Jurisdiction Upon Corporate Defendants - A plurality of the United States Supreme Court recently issued a ruling that will likely permit...more

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Losing Your International Shoe: Corporations May Waive Contacts-Based Personal Jurisdiction in Consent-by-Registration States

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Late last month the Supreme Court of the United States opened the door to a potential sea change in personal jurisdiction over corporate entities. In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, the Court held that any...more

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Can You Be Sued In Any State? The Supreme Court’s Decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Suggests So

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A recent (and surprising) ruling of the United States Supreme Court may allow businesses to be sued in states in which they have little connection. The United States Supreme Court, split 5-4 (Gorsuch, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor...more

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Mallory Opinion: Constitutionality Of Jurisdiction By Registration May Be A Mirage

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The Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.. concerned the constitutionality of a Pennsylvania statute providing that registering to do business in the state constitutes a sufficient basis...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Decides Major Personal Jurisdiction Case: Impact in Florida Remains to Be Seen

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A recent United States Supreme Court decision on the scope of personal jurisdiction, i.e., a court’s authority to exercise jurisdiction over a particular party, could potentially have lasting impacts on the way states decide...more

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It Just Got Real for Out-of-State Defendants! US Supreme Court Upholds 106-Year-Old “Consent by Registration” in Sending Mallory...

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On Tuesday, June 27, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the highly anticipated opinion in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (U.S. 2022) considering whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Where Businesses Can Be Sued

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The constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s “registration statute,” which requires corporations that register to do business in Pennsylvania consent to the “general personal jurisdiction” of Pennsylvania, was the subject of oral...more

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Pennsylvania Superior Court: No Creditor Protection for Inherited IRAS

Under longstanding Pennsylvania law, retirement savings vehicles like individual retirement accounts (IRAs), 401(k) and 403(b) accounts, pensions, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are generally exempt from creditor...more

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Personal Jurisdiction: Scotus to Decide if Registration by Out-of-state Corporations Confers General Jurisdiction

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On April 25, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari of a case in which the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that an out-of-state corporation’s mere registration to conduct business within the Commonwealth did not...more

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