Saranac Hale Spencer

September 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

After holding an evidentiary hearing, a federal judge has restated her decision finding that McNeil Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Tylenol, is a New Jersey company.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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August 30, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The National Football League has settled the concussion lawsuit brought by former players for $765 million, according to an order from the federal judge overseeing the case.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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January 16, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

J. Curtis Joyner, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, plans to step down and take senior status this spring, leaving the top spot to U.S. District Judge Petrese Tucker, who will be the first woman to serve that position in the district.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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June 26, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The inclusion of an "in futuro" clause on an automobile insurance policy's uninsured motorist benefits waiver that applied the waiver to any replacement policies or renewals doesn't void the waiver, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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August 28, 2012 | Law.com

U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania has awarded more than $1 million in attorney fees to members of the funeral industry who won in their suit against Pennsylvania's State Board of Funeral Directors in a tortured, years-long case that resulted in the state's Funeral Director Law being found unconstitutional.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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April 05, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Seven district court and bankruptcy judges in the Third Circuit were named among those who took sponsored trips in order to attend educational seminars over the last five years in a report from the Center for Public Integrity.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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November 30, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab of the Western District of Pennsylvania wasn't ordered to amend the time limit he imposed for an upcoming trial, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit did suggest that he do so.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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April 03, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Federal trial judges' sentencing enhancement decisions should only be disturbed if there was a "clear error," the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently said in an opinion that upheld the doubling of a prison term meted out to a Luzerne County official convicted of bribery.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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February 22, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The 14 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit who sat en banc to hear arguments on a school speech case demonstrated the difficulty in finding a unified answer to one of the case's central questions: whether or not the word "boobies" on a breast-cancer-awareness bracelet is sufficiently lewd to be banned from a middle school.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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March 21, 2012 | Law.com

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has compelled arbitration between a nurse and the hospital in which she used to work, ruling that a class action waiver does not render an arbitration agreement she signed upon hiring unconscionable.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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