A federal judge has allowed Philadelphia personal injury firm Larry Pitt & Associates to proceed with its Dragonetti Act and Lanham Act claims against competitor Lundy Law, and is permitting the Pitt firm to replead its claims alleging Lundy Law’s exclusive contracts to advertise on the outside of buses and other spaces violated antitrust laws.
In a Dec. 13 opinion issued in Larry Pitt & Associates v. Lundy Law, U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed without prejudice the Pitt firm’s Sherman Act, unfair competition and tortious interference with contract claims, saying the plaintiff failed to show that Lundy Law’s exclusive advertising contracts with KYW radio, the Wells Fargo Center, SEPTA and another regional mass transit system were unlawful.
