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Broker-dealer found grossly negligent for employees’ Ponzi scheme operated out of its offices.

A group of investors alleged causes of action, including breach of fiduciary duty and respondeat superior, against the broker-dealer for its failure to supervise four of its employees who operated a Ponzi scheme out of the broker-dealer’s Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2023 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers.

The lack of a retainage payment to a general contractor did not bar payment to the general contractor’s subcontractors, regardless of a condition precedent requiring that the general contract be paid before the subcontractors.

As addressed in the unreported case of J &M Interiors, Inc. v. Centerton Square Owners, LLC, (A-2536-19, 2021 WL 1976648 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2023 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers.

Superior Court: Yes, we actually mean actual authority for an actual settlement of a civil case.

Driscoll and King were partners in a venture operating a restaurant. Their relationship soured, and so as not to sour matters for their customers, they sought to separate amicably. Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2023 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers.

Third Circuit reaffirms high bar for showing ‘severe and pervasive’ harassment for hostile work environment claims under Title VII.

A nurse practitioner sued her employer alleging, inter alia, a hostile work environment on the basis of her sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII). Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2023 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers.

Pennsylvania court denies stay in action filed against insurer and insurance broker.

An insurance broker sought to stay the plaintiff’s negligence action asserted against it pending a determination on the claims of breach of contract and bad faith alleged against the insurer. Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2023 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers.

Political subdivisions need only be reasonable, not Herculean, in their attempts to locate records to be produced in response to public records request.

A relator filed a mandamus action to compel the City of Sheffield to produce documents in response to a public records request. Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2023 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers.

Plaintiffs lacked prudential standing to assert claims because their complaint alleged only damages suffered by non-party companies.

The district court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss in an action asserting claims for breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice. Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2023 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers.

The en banc Third Circuit concludes citizens with prior felony convictions for welfare fraud are among ‘the people’ protected by the Second Amendment.

In 1995, Bryan David Range pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to obtain food stamps in violation of Pennsylvania law and faced up to five years’ imprisonment. Following the conviction, Mr. Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2023 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers.