On August 25, 2022, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued an Order amending Rules 1006, 2130, 2156, and 2179 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, all of which pertain to venue in civil ...

A 20-year rule implemented to prevent “venue shopping” and frivolous lawsuits has ended. The rule limited the venue a plaintiff could bring a suit to only the jurisdiction where the injury took place.

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With Election Day right around the corner, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court remains silent about its review of a key procedural rule that has been a boon to the plaintiff’s bar: the court’s 2023 repeal ...

The Pennsylvania Superior Court in Somerlot v. Jung, 2025 Pa. Super. 166, recently ruled that venue-selection clauses in contracts are more potent than Pennsylvania’s own procedural rules. The court ...