Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Pace-O-Matic Granted Access to Additional Eckert Seamans Logs

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Monday, December 4, 2023

The order grants POM additional access to Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC’s privileged logs regarding the representation of casinos against skill games.

Key Points: 
  • The order grants POM additional access to Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC’s privileged logs regarding the representation of casinos against skill games.
  • This decision overrules an appeal by Eckert Seaman Cherin & Mellot, LLC to exclude 120 documents from being produced.
  • The suit also alleges that Eckert “violated their most basic fiduciary duties and concealed and misrepresented material facts to POM’s great detriment.
  • Eckert appealed Jude Saporito’s ruling, which required Eckert to turn over to POM many internal emails.

Commonwealth Court Again Rules Pennsylvania Skill, Powered By Pace-O-Matic, Is Not Regulated by Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

HARRISBURG, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Pace-O-Matic (POM) announced the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has again ruled the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has no oversight in the licensing or regulation of skill games.

Key Points: 
  • HARRISBURG, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Pace-O-Matic (POM) announced the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has again ruled the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has no oversight in the licensing or regulation of skill games.
  • “This ruling once again establishes that our skill games are not regulated by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board,” said POM’s Chief Public Affairs Officer, Mike Barley.
  • The Commonwealth Court is scheduled to hear the state appeals of our legal victories in both Dauphin and Monroe counties in October.
  • Pennsylvania Skill games are also manufactured in the commonwealth, and over 90% of the profits stay inside the state.

Pace-O-Matic Granted Access to Eckert Seamans Privileged Logs

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Monday, June 26, 2023

The suit also alleges that Eckert “violated their most basic fiduciary duties and concealed and misrepresented material facts to POM’s great detriment.

Key Points: 
  • The suit also alleges that Eckert “violated their most basic fiduciary duties and concealed and misrepresented material facts to POM’s great detriment.
  • In November 2021, US Magistrate Judge Joseph Saporito, Jr. found that Eckert acted in “bad faith” by seeking to withhold emails that demonstrated Eckert was representing both sides.
  • Eckert, Saporito ruled, “actively and clandestinely managed and participated in the representation of Parx in the Commonwealth Court litigation against its other client, POM.
  • Eckert appealed Jude Saporito’s ruling, which required Eckert to turn over to POM many internal emails.

Firm Partner Jamie L. Ford, Esq. Wins Appeal in Whistleblower Case Against William Penn School District

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Monday, May 15, 2023

PHILADELPHIA, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As an emotional support supervisor, Mr. Carpenter developed and oversaw emotional support programs for special education students within the School District and served as a liaison with Child Guidance Resource Center. He reported multiple wrongdoings by the School District, including failure to maintain a safe "time out" de-escalation room for students, failure to properly implement Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), mental health care staffing failures, submission of fraudulent IEPs to the State, and submission of fraudulent billing to Medicaid.

Key Points: 
  • On May 4, 2023, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reversed the lower court's order dismissing Randolph Carpenter's claims of whistleblower retaliation against William Penn School District.
  • Jamie L. Ford, a Partner at Sidney L. Gold & Associates P.C., represents Mr. Carpenter, a School District employee, in what could be a landmark employment retaliation case.
  • The School District then declined to promote Mr. Carpenter to fourteen separate positions for which he was qualified.
  • The lower court dismissed Mr. Carpenter's complaint after improperly viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the School District.

Pennsylvania Skill highlights gaming revenue in PA continues to grow

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Monday, November 21, 2022

Barley added that Pennsylvania Skill and Pace-O-Matic have exhaustively studied whether skill games have had an impact on casinos – and the lottery -- in the state by contracting with Dr. Peter Zaleski of Meadows Metrics, former head of economics of Villanova University.

Key Points: 
  • The impressive revenue from casinos, I-gaming, sports betting and truck stop VGTs is happening while Pennsylvania Skill is expanding its games in the commonwealth.
  • According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the total revenue for October is $24.3 million more than the revenue collected in October 2021.
  • This is all great news for Pennsylvania, said Mike Barley, spokesman for Pennsylvania Skill.
  • Pennsylvania Skill supports legislation that would further regulate and increase taxes on skill games.

Greenwood Gaming, Parx Casino Bring Baseless Lawsuit Against Pace-O-Matic and Pennsylvania Small Businesses & Fraternal Clubs Operating Legal Skill Games

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Duluth, GA, Oct. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pace-O-Matic (POM), a gaming company that does significant business throughout Pennsylvania, today released the following statement in response to a baseless lawsuit brought by Greenwood Gaming and Parx Casino against POM and thousands of small businesses and fraternal clubs operating skill games across the state.

Key Points: 
  • Duluth, GA, Oct. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pace-O-Matic (POM), a gaming company that does significant business throughout Pennsylvania, today released the following statement in response to a baseless lawsuit brought by Greenwood Gaming and Parx Casino against POM and thousands of small businesses and fraternal clubs operating skill games across the state.
  • The lawsuit against legal skill games launched by Parx Casino and Greenwood Gaming is meritless and attacks thousands of Pennsylvania businesses who operate skill games and rely on their revenue.
  • We feel confident, as we always have, in the legal status of our skill games.
  • Parx Casino is attempting to shield its efforts, through various consultants, and use the levers of government to harm legal skill games, and in particular POMs Pennsylvania Skill games.

Essential Utilities Appoints Kimberly Joyce Corporate Secretary

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

Essential Utilities announced today that Vice President, Regulatory and Government Affairs Kimberly Joyce has added the role of corporate secretary to her responsibilities.

Key Points: 
  • Essential Utilities announced today that Vice President, Regulatory and Government Affairs Kimberly Joyce has added the role of corporate secretary to her responsibilities.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220816005796/en/
    Kim Joyce has been named corporate secretary for Essential Utilities.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    As corporate secretary, Joyce adds critical responsibilities associated with the Essential board of directors, Securities & Exchange Commission filings, and the companys legal entity structure.
  • Joyce serves on the board of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia and leads the partnership with Villanovas engineering school service learning initiatives.

Pace-O-Matic Announces Major Fraud Suit Against Prominent Pennsylvania Law Firm

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Monday, July 11, 2022

Duluth, GA, July 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pace-O-Matic (POM), a Georgia-based gaming company that does significant business throughout Pennsylvania, today announced a major fraud claim against one of Pennsylvanias most prestigious law firms.

Key Points: 
  • Duluth, GA, July 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pace-O-Matic (POM), a Georgia-based gaming company that does significant business throughout Pennsylvania, today announced a major fraud claim against one of Pennsylvanias most prestigious law firms.
  • Make no mistake about it, Eckert engaged in an egregious conflict of interest where they unethically pitted one client against another, said Michael Barley, POMs Chief Public Affairs Officer.
  • Eckert is a major law firm that has more than 300 lawyers across a network of 15 offices, including Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Boston, Washington, DC, and Richmond, VA.
  • Parx Casinocalls itself the #1 casino in Pennsylvania and is owned and operated byGreenwood Racing Inc.
    Eckert, working at the behest of Parx Casino and its consultants, sought to block Pace-O-Matic from doing business in Pennsylvania.

Jushi Holdings Inc. Issues Statement on Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Order Lifting the Stay of Temporary Injunctive Relief in Case Challenging Vaporization Product Recall

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Thursday, June 16, 2022

Under Pennsylvania law, all medical marijuana products, including the recalled vaporization products, are subject to rigorous, redundant safety and quality testing and Department approval before they can be manufactured or dispensed.

Key Points: 
  • Under Pennsylvania law, all medical marijuana products, including the recalled vaporization products, are subject to rigorous, redundant safety and quality testing and Department approval before they can be manufactured or dispensed.
  • As to the recalled products specifically, DOH was neither able to cite a safety or quality testing deficiency nor a single adverse event relating to any recalled products.
  • said Jim Cacioppo, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Founder for Jushi Holdings Inc.
  • Nothing is more important to Jushi than the health and wellbeing of our customers, especially medical cannabis patients.

Pace-O-Matic Files Amended Complaint Against Pennsylvania Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement Adding Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

Harrisburg, PA, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pace-O-Matic, which powers Pennsylvania Skill games, today amended its lawsuit in Commonwealth Court against the Pennsylvania Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement (BLCE) by adding the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) as a defendant, stating that they engaged in coordinated harassment against Pennsylvania Skill operators and location owners where legal skill games are played at the urging, behest, and direct direction of big casino interests.

Key Points: 
  • Harrisburg, PA, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pace-O-Matic, which powers Pennsylvania Skill games, today amended its lawsuit in Commonwealth Court against the Pennsylvania Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement (BLCE) by adding the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) as a defendant, stating that they engaged in coordinated harassment against Pennsylvania Skill operators and location owners where legal skill games are played at the urging, behest, and direct direction of big casino interests.
  • The complaint indicates that the BLCE and PGCB were actively in communication and directed by casinos and their agents to target POM skill games and their customers.
  • To do this, PGCB used funds it controls and can allocate to county district attorneys and local law enforcement agencies to assist in crime associated with casinos.
  • In 2014, a common pleas court determined that Pennsylvania Skill games are legal because of the skill factor.