Pam G. Cochenour will make a presentation at the 2012 Pittsburgh Human Resources Association Annual Conference held in Pittsburgh, PA.
PITTSBURGH, PA- Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP just completed its third year as a founding flagship sponsor of the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Greater Pittsburgh 5K walk. Team Pietragallo held many successful fundraising events to help raise money for the cause. The firm would like to thank all the… Read more »
Background On September 5, 2012, the Second Circuit issued its decision in U.S. ex rel. Feldman v. Van Gorp., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18667 (2nd Cir. Sept. 5, 2012), a case with important implications for the “materiality” standard under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) as well as the issue of how to properly calculate FCA damages. This… Read more »
Joseph D. Mancano will present, “Understanding Bank Agreements” and “Legal Pitfalls in Treasury,” at the University of North Carolina Treasury Management Series held at the Univserity of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC on October 2, 2012. Related Information: Program Information
Bradley A. Matta authored a 50 state compendium on the adoption of §2 the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability.
On August 17, 2012, the federal district court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denied a claim by two former security officers to certify a class action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) against the firm’s client, Guardsmark, LLC. In Hall and McCombs v. Guardsmark, No. 11-213, 2012 WL 3580086 (W.D. Pa. August 17, 2012),… Read more »
Marc S. Raspanti will serve on the FCA Whistleblower Counsel Panel, “Candid Observations and Insights by Experienced Counsel,” at the AHLA/HCAA Fraud & Compliance Forum on October 1, 2012 in Baltimore, MD. Related Information: Program Information
In 1993, Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski co-authored an article for the Yale Law Journal, wherein the authors explained the term “Chutzpah.” See Alex Kozinski and Eugene Volokh, Lawsuit Shmawsuit, 103 Yale L.J. 463 (1993). Although the authors offered no formal definition for the term, as demonstrated in the opinion of a panel of the Ninth Circuit, one… Read more »
On September 24, 2012, DOJ announced the resolution of its prosecution of a subsidiary of TYCO International Ltd. (TYCO) under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In accordance with the agreement, TYCO Valves & Controls Middle East, Inc. (TVC ME) entered a plea of guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of… Read more »
The Wall Street Journal recently featured the story of Kenneth Kassab, an individual who, almost as an afterthought, withdrew his plea of guilty to federal explosives charges, and ended up being acquitted by a jury. Gary Fields and John Emshwiller, Federal Guilty Pleas Soar as Bargains Trump Trial, Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2012, A1. The… Read more »