Goldbeck Case Update

In the post reprinted mmediately below you will find the Post from December discussing the case of Loughren v. Bair, GD 10-021437. Since the post below was written in December, PO’s were filed, followed by an amended complaint whereby Loughren, who filed the original complaint, became the representative party in a class action. Robert F. Dailey of Pierce & Pierce has taken over as counsel for the plaintiff. The Defendants are represented by James Schadel of Weinheimer Schadel & Haber, Pittsburgh.

Westmoreland County Suit Against Rex Energy, Inc. Settled.

No. 658 A group of landowners who executed leases with Rex Energy, Inc. have reached a settlement on their claims for bonuses on leases which the driller had obtained but never accepted. Many leases, not just those from Rex, were written in such a way that the lessee could accept or reject the lease after […]

Don’t use Google Scholar, use Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search.

No. 632 If you’ve been disappointed by Google Scholar for legal research, try the advanced version. It enables you to select jurisdictions, such as Third Circuit and Pennsylvania Courts. Once you find a case you like, click on the “How Cited” tab. Of course, there is no statute search, but you may be able to […]

Judge Wettick Holds that Verification by an “Authorized Representative” of Party Does Not Satisfy the Rules of Civil Procedure.

No. 620 Complaints in mortgage foreclosures and credit card cases are frequently verified by individuals who are not employees of the plaintiff, but of some service company engaged by the plaintiff for that purpose. Judge Wettick, as the judge handling preliminary objections in arbitration cases, has held that such verifications do not comply with […]

Electronic Discovery Update: “We’ll Need Just One of You.”

No. 595. Dear young (or maybe not so young) lawyer: Don’t count on making a career out of working on electronic discovery projects. Unless, of course, you are the boss. You may have seen articles recently about software that does the work of hundreds of document coders, only more efficiently, quickly and accurately. Well, its […]

The Super Bowl Effect.

Judge Jeffrey Manning ordered jury selection in the Orie trial delayed from February 7 to February 8 because the Steelers play in the Super Bowl the night before. The Judge’s stated reason was that there might be celebrations occurring that day. The unstated reason, of course, is that there might be celebrations occurring the night before and it is hard enough to get up on a cold February Monday when you haven’t been drinking and raising hell the night before. That applies to judges and court personnel as well as jurors.

Update: FHLB of Pgh. v. J P Morgan et al.

No. 560 Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh v. J P Morgan Securities, LLC, J P Morgan Acquisitions Corp., J P Morgan Mortgage Acceptance Corporation I, Chase Home Finance LLC, Chase Mortgage Finance Corporation, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Moody’s Corporation, Moody’s Investor s Services, Inc., The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc and Fitch, Inc. No. GD09-016892 On […]

Loughren v. Bair Update: Goldbeck Strikes Back.

No. 556 A month ago, on December 4, 2010, we reported about a potentially very important case in which a Pittsburgh lawyer had just filed in an equity action against a Philadelphia law firm specializing in mortgage foreclosure. The gist of the complaint is that the law firm of Goldbeck, McCafferty & McKeever, PC had […]

Obamacare and the Courts.

Despite what they tell you on Fox News, the decision by US District Judge Hudson in Richmond means little concerning the final resolution of the issues relating to the constitutionality of the requirement that everyone acquire health care insurance by — did someone say 2013?

WETTICK PARTIALLY SUSTAINS PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS BY J P MORGAN COMPANIES AND RATING AGENCIES IN MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LITIGATION. FOUR MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CASES PROCEED TO DISCOVERY PHASE.

The securities suit brought by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh against a group of J P Morgan companies and the rating agencies they used, filed last year in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, is being closely watched as a bellweather for similar cases filed by others in the FHLB system. One commentator saw the ruling in Pittsburgh as a positive sign for FHLB plaintiffs in San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and Indianapolis, whose cases have not yet advanced to this point, since the Pittsburgh FHLB’s case survived preliminary objections on general allegations of fraud.

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