Matthew Santoni

The former administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement over the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, said it had been following a federal court's plan of distribution, not defying it, when it paid personal injury claimants based on a starting amount of $25,000 each.

In a case poised to determine the legality of the Pennsylvania Skill games proliferating in gas stations and storefronts, at least four justices on the state Supreme Court seemed ready on Thursday to consider them gambling devices, given that the skill element could be skipped or may have already been contemplated in the state's gaming code.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's November session will tackle the legality of the "Pennsylvania Skill" games that have popped up in gas stations and convenience stores, answering the long-simmering question of whether they should be regulated like slot machines. Here are some of the cases the state supreme court will hear during its three-day session in Harrisburg.

The Third Circuit on Monday affirmed that the publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had been bargaining with its unions in bad faith and should not have unilaterally imposed a new contract on newsroom employees more than five years ago.

The former chief financial officer of a Pittsburgh-area steel company told a Pennsylvania state court he was promised severance pay when he was terminated as part of the company's sale, but has yet to get any of the $112,500 he signed up for.

The former chief financial officer of a Pittsburgh-area steel company told a Pennsylvania state court he was promised severance pay when he was terminated as part of the company's sale, but has yet to get any of the $112,500 he signed up for.

A former member of the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees said board executives defamed him and retaliated against him for his efforts to review matters they claimed were outside his purview as a board member, according to a lawsuit recently removed to federal court.

A generic-drug company has claimed in a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania federal court that Mallinckrodt LLC and a subsidiary have cut off the supply of active ingredients necessary to make competing drugs that include oxycodone and acetaminophen.

Even as the Pennsylvania General Assembly has struggled to agree to a state budget since the summer deadline passed, legislators have introduced and advanced bills dealing with perennial topics like cannabis legalization or responding to newer concerns like AI-fueled fraud.

A Washington sportswear company can't get a new trial over its alleged infringement of Pennsylvania State University's trademarks on its print-on-demand merchandise, after the company was permanently barred from using the university's name or logos by a federal judge.

The owners of a high-end furniture and accessories business shuffled assets and real estate to avoid being subjected to a co-founder's $2.4 million judgment for unpaid wages, according to a lawsuit the co-founder filed in Pennsylvania state court.

The gas development and gathering arm of New York utility National Fuel Gas Co. has been hit with criminal charges, accused of violating Pennsylvania environmental laws, state Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Friday.

A Pennsylvania attorney told a Florida bankruptcy court that debtors he'd been trying to collect from for years had unreported assets, just days after he allegedly threatened their lawyer that he would do so if they didn't pay up, state ethics watchdogs told a disciplinary panel Thursday.

A Pennsylvania appellate judge has decided to keep the state from enforcing a rule that says each medical marijuana dispensary must have its own pharmacist, doctor or nurse practitioner available for consultations, until the full Commonwealth Court can hear a challenge claiming the rule oversteps the state's medical marijuana law.

The city of Pittsburgh argued Monday that a developer group can't retroactively add a member's project-specific subsidiary to a lawsuit just to shore up the group's standing to challenge the city's "inclusionary zoning" mandate for certain neighborhoods.

A Charlotte, North Carolina, fire chief says he has reached a settlement with the city over his claims of racial bias, years after he thought the deal was done the first time.

A Charlotte, North Carolina, fire chief says he has reached a settlement with the city over his claims of racial bias, years after he thought the deal was done the first time.

An Ohio federal judge has granted a request from class counsel to advance a bid to hold the administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million derailment settlement in contempt without having to wait for the results of a court-ordered audit. 

A Pennsylvania university was hit with a proposed class action in federal court after announcing it had suffered a data breach early this year, potentially affecting more than 27,600 current and former students.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider whether insurance policy language blocking coverage for injuries "arising out of" the ownership or use of "autos" was unclear enough to be interpreted in favor of granting coverage for an accident involving a small terminal tractor truck.