Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 17, 2010No. 24 EAP 2009PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.

This appeal of the trial court’s order denying the motion of appellant Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. (“Janssen”) to disqualify contingent fee counsel retained by appellee, the Commonwealth’s Office of General Counsel (“OGC”), is before this Court on a grant of extraordinary relief pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 726,1 by which we exercised jurisdiction to consider the possible statutory and constitutional implications of the contingent fee representation agreement entered into between OGC and the Texas law firm of Bailey Perrin Bailey, LLP (“Bailey Perrin”).2 We affirm.

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. City of Philadelphia v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Commonwealth v. ShifflerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Pennsylvania Financial Responsibility Assigned Claims Plan v. EnglishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Pittsburgh Palisades Park, LLC v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Commonwealth v. KaretnySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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3Cited by37 opinions

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