a man with a mustache is screaming and saying he 's a menace to the entire city . Alt: J. Jonah Jameson is screaming and saying “he's a menace to the entire city!”

“Dog Bites Man” is not news. “Capybara Bites Child,” on the other hand… www.law360.com/pennsylvania...

Towson math tutor Tim Smith remembered for quirkiness, love of music Tim Smith, a Towson-based math tutor who loved music and running, died Feb. 4 of cancer. He was 67.

Thank you to the @thebaltimorebanner.com’s Cayla Harris for this wonderful obit for my uncle. He’s been one of many wonderful examples I’ve had for how to be a good dad and a good person. We’ll miss you, Uncle Tim.

Justices Won't Hear Fight Over 2020 Election Voting Machines - Law360 The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it won't decide if two Pennsylvania county leaders had standing to sue Dominion Voting Systems over allegations that voting machines used during the 2020 electi...

The U.S. Supreme Court said it would not take an appeal from 2/3 of the Fulton Co., Pennsylvania commissioners over their standing to sue Dominion Voting Systems, after their post-2020 inspections got the county sanctioned more than $1M: www.law360.com/articles/245...

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Restaurateurs Say Partner's Past Imperils Liquor License - Law360 The founders of a Pittsburgh restaurant say a third part-owner has jeopardized their business' liquor license by not telling them about his criminal convictions from more than a decade ago and his rec...

The founders of Fig & Ash on Pittsburgh's North Side brought in a 3rd partner w/ a $250K investment, but say his undisclosed criminal history & recent arrests imperil the renewal of their liquor license - now they want to buy him out for less than 2% of his investment: www.law360.com/pennsylvania...

Feds Say Atty Used Stolen Nonprofit Funds To Buy Crypto - Law360 An attorney and former president of the nonprofit preserving Pittsburgh's Duquesne Incline has been indicted, accused of embezzling nearly $1.4 million from the organization, federal prosecutors annou...

An attorney who was president of the group preserving Pittsburgh's historic Duquesne Incline was indicted on charges that he transferred $1.4M from the group's account to his own, using at least $650K to buy crypto and personally profit from its trading: www.law360.com/pennsylvania...

Nah, looks Welsh. @ashleighhaddad.bsky.social?

Pa. Utility Regulator Seeks $2.6M Fine Over Fatal Explosion - Law360 The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission wants the gas company whose pipe leak allegedly caused the fatal 2023 explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, to pa...

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is seeking $2.6M in fines against UGI Corp., alleging that among other things, it left a plastic pipe tee close to steam lines that warmed up their surroundings, despite warnings about degradation - leading to the RM Palmer chocolate factory explosion:

ICE Must Face Class Claims Over Virtual Access To NJ Courts - Law360 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement can't duck a lawsuit that New Jersey detainees at a Pennsylvania detention center had filed over their lack of virtual ...

DHS/ICE can't dismiss a proposed class-action suit brought by detainees at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, who claim the center's denial of online access to NJ state courts prolongs their detention and violates their rights: www.law360.com/articles/245...

Atty Convicted Over Threats Storms Out Of Discipline Hearing - Law360 A Pennsylvania attorney jailed for threatening state disciplinary officials abruptly left a virtual disciplinary hearing on Monday after he unsuccessfully objected to an alleged victim remaining in th...

Story here: www.law360.com/articles/242...

He also failed to respond to the disciplinary counsel's proposed exhibits (he was in prison for making the threats), which meant at a January hearing, they were deemed "admitted." There, he kept talking over DC, got his mic cut, and closed with "'Admit' you're an ass" before storming off camera.

Last Lawsuit Over 2022 Pittsburgh Airbnb Shooting Settles - Law360 The last of nine consolidated lawsuits stemming from a 2022 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh Airbnb has settled, according to court records.

Multiple lawsuits cropped up after a 2022 shooting at a Pittsburgh Airbnb party that killed two and injured nine; last week, the last remaining one settled on undisclosed terms: www.law360.com/articles/245...

Maybe Gemini is trying to grasp linear time, or is extremely solipsistic? “I was created in 2023, did these photos exist before me?”

Lack Of 'Wages Due' Vexes Pa. Justices In Damages Bid - Law360 Members of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Thursday seemed to doubt the ability of a debt collection firm's former CEO to sue his employer solely for punitive damages over bonuses the company eventual...

A former CEO says he was owed bonuses that his company belatedly paid, but he still sued for "liquidated damages." A couple justices of the PA Supreme Court asked how he had "wages due" under state law, but his lawyer noted the state law still had deadlines for payment that were missed:

Pa. High Court To Determine If Miranda Waiver Wavered - Law360 A murder-for-hire defendant urged the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday to uphold an order tossing his conviction, saying during oral arguments that an appellate court rightfully found a detecti...

A murder suspect signed a Miranda waiver when talking to Philadelphia detectives, but when he said "You all gonna use this in court on me?" the detectives said "Nobody's using anything in court." Law360's Elizabeth Daley covered the state Supreme Court's discussion of whether that undid the waiver:

Pa. Justices Doubtful Law Unclear In AG-DA Opioid Deal Row - Law360 Multiple Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices on Wednesday doubted a state law was ambiguous about whether the attorney general could step in and settle claims brought by county-level district attorney...

When then-AG Josh Shapiro joined PA to a $26B opioid settlement, he relied on his role as the state's top lawyer & supposed ambiguity in the consumer-protection law to nix separate suits by the Allegheny Co. & Philadelphia DAs. But several justices didn't see the ambiguity in arguments yesterday:

Always be looking for the local angle.

Pa. Justices Wonder When Printed Parts Become Guns - Law360 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court struggled Tuesday with where to draw important lines for a case involving Philadelphia's ban on 3D-printed "ghost guns," looking for distinctions between "parts" and "fi...

Faced w/ a suit claiming Philadelphia's ban on 3D-printed "ghost gun" parts is a violation of state law preempting local gun regs, the state Supreme Court pondered when parts become "firearms," whether printed or hypothetically carved from a block of wood - www.law360.com/pennsylvania...

This is a journalist-turned-columnist who writes NYT op-eds and books, not a "seasoned journalist." I'd posit that a good chunk of distrust and feeling that all journalists are elitist stems from not making distinctions like that. Billy Byline isn't checking a $5M portfolio at the council meeting.

The youngest of the family changed his name to Emilio Café but still went into the same business.

Post-Gazette Says Health Plan Order Contempt Bid Is Moot - Law360 The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says it is complying with a court order to put its newsroom employees back on a union-sponsored healthcare plan, so a request from the National Labor Relat...

The Post-Gazette says it is finally complying with a 3rd Circuit order to rewind newsroom employees' health insurance to a union-backed plan they had in 2020. Coverage will start March 1 - about two months before the publisher says they will shut down the paper: www.law360.com/articles/243...

I have followed along with protests and been in the middle of actual riots, always as a journalist and observer, and I know thousands more people have done the same. This is stupid and dangerous and it is wrong to shitpost in celebration of a violation of the First Amendment.

Bondi Elevates Pa. US Atty Amid Appointments Scrutiny - Law360 The first assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania is being retained and elevated to full U.S. attorney, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced Thursday, though the appointmen...

Troy Rivetti, who prosecuted Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers, has been appointed US Atty for Western Pennsylvania - but he’s not been nominated for Senate confirmation and his appointment is only for 120 days, or else he could face the same disqualification as Alina Habba or Lindsey Halligan:

Steelers Sue Organizer Over Alleged Unpaid 'Fan Cruise' Fees - Law360 The Pittsburgh Steelers sued an event organizer over a now abandoned fan cruise series, alleging the company failed to pay sponsorship fees and tarnished the team's reputation by associating it with a...

The Pittsburgh Steelers signed a sponsorship deal for a 2026 "Fan Cruise," but are now suing the organizer for $3M after it never paid for the rights and canceled the cruise, Elaine Briseño reports for @law360.bsky.social: www.law360.com/pennsylvania...

Harsh but fair, and I include my own work as a baby PG County reporter in that assessment.

NLRB Pushes Contempt For Pittsburgh Paper's Defiance - Law360 The ailing Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is still defying the Third Circuit's order to restore newsroom workers it railroaded in collective bargaining to their old healthcare plan, the National Labor Relati...

Time is running out for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which announced it would close in May as a result of court orders to go back to an old labor contract while bargaining a new one, but the NLRB wants the paper held in contempt for continuing to ignore that order, Braden Campbell reports:

I guess it's a side-effect of subscriptions (no ads!) being aimed at law firms, businesses and regulators. There at least used to be an option where you got a certain number of free articles if you clicked through from a social media link but I don't know if that's still true.

Well he hands you a nickel
And he hands you a dime
Then he goes into default
And you charge interest for your time
Then he absconds with your funds and locks the doors
No, I ain't gonna lend to Maggie's Farm no more

Lender Says Distillery Partner Diverted Funds Meant For Bills - Law360 A minority owner of Pittsburgh-based Maggie's Farm distillery allegedly took $10,000 from the business for his own venture with the help of an employee and a partner from Maiello Brungo Maiello, accor...

A part-owner of Maggie's Farm distillery allegedly took $10K from the business just before announcing its shutdown this summer, and a lender with $1.9M in bills said it should have dibs on that money. The distillery has reopened but the co-owner has allegedly started a competing business:

(This complaint taught me the word "cacophemism" - the opposite of a euphemism, where an innocuous term is made more filthy. Apologies to anyone who has to deal with me working that into future conversations.)