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As a result of several recent United States Supreme Court decisions, courts across the country have applied a more exacting standard for assessing whether defendants can be subject to general personal jurisdiction in a particular forum.
Continue Reading Challenging the Consent-Based Theory of General Personal Jurisdiction in Pennsylvania

On March 1, 2016, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued employers for the first time for sexual orientation discrimination. The EEOC filed lawsuits in federal courts in Pittsburgh and Baltimore against manufacturing and health care employers for unlawful sex discrimination on behalf of employees alleging they were harassed and discriminated against based on their sexual orientation. …
Continue Reading EEOC Brings First Sexual Orientation Discrimination Lawsuits

As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog, Retailer Big Lots Stores, Inc. is facing a putative class action in Philadelphia, wherein the plaintiff alleges that the company “systematically” violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s (“FCRA”) “standalone disclosure requirement” by making prospective employees sign a document used as a background check consent…

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected a liability insurer’s attempt to overturn a Superior Court decision holding that insurers must defend product liability claims. See Indalex v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., No. 126 WAL 2014 (Pa. Sept. 18, 2014). The decision confirms that loss arising from a defective product may constitute…