Saranac Hale Spencer

June 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Federal Trade Commission's biggest settlement to date—$1.2 billion in a pay-for-delay case—came out of federal court in Philadelphia.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

June 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Federal Trade Commission's biggest settlement to date—$1.2 billion in a pay-for-delay case—came out of federal court in Philadelphia.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

June 03, 2015 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The former CEO of Massey Energy Co., now owned by Alpha Natural Resources, is entitled to have the company advance him payment for his legal fees associated with a criminal case filed against him over a coal mine explosion that killed 29 people in 2010, Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

3 minute read

June 03, 2015 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The former CEO of Massey Energy Co., now owned by Alpha Natural Resources, is entitled to have the company advance him payment for his legal fees associated with a criminal case filed against him over a coal mine explosion that killed 29 people in 2010, Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

3 minute read

June 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Thomas Burlington, the white news anchor who was fired after he used the word "n*****" in an editorial meeting, was largely successful in recent pretrial motions for his reverse discrimination suit against the Philadelphia Fox television station where he had worked.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

June 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court dodged a constitutional question about the degree of intent required to jail someone for making a threat, but it did address the issue on narrow statutory grounds in a case that came out of the Third Circuit.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

June 02, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Thomas Burlington, the white news anchor who was fired after he used the word "n*****" in an editorial meeting, was largely successful in recent pretrial motions for his reverse discrimination suit against the Philadelphia Fox television station where he had worked.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

June 02, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court dodged a constitutional question about the degree of intent required to jail someone for making a threat, but it did address the issue on narrow statutory grounds in a case that came out of the Third Circuit.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

June 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Companies aren't strictly liable for asbestos injuries caused by aftermarket parts they didn't manufacture, but they might be liable for a claim of negligence, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled, predicting how the state Supreme Court would come down.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

May 31, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Companies aren't strictly liable for asbestos injuries caused by aftermarket parts they didn't manufacture, but they might be liable for a claim of negligence, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled, predicting how the state Supreme Court would come down.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read