Saranac Hale Spencer

February 20, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Another federal judge in Philadelphia has extended a company's attorney-client privilege to independent consultants who communicated with its general counsel.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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February 20, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two federal judges in Pennsylvania have granted relief to people who had been barred by law from owning guns and brought Second Amendment challenges to that law.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

February 19, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two federal judges in Pennsylvania have granted relief to people who had been barred by law from owning guns and brought Second Amendment challenges to that law.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

February 18, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The chief judge of the Western District of Pennsylvania has denied attorney fees to a bank that had been accused of violating another company's patent in its banking app.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

February 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The chief judge of the Western District of Pennsylvania has denied attorney fees to a bank that had been accused of violating another company's patent in its banking app.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

February 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A company can fire its employees and offer them their jobs back as independent contractors under the condition that they relinquish any claim they may have had against the company, including discrimination claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

February 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A company can fire its employees and offer them their jobs back as independent contractors under the condition that they relinquish any claim they may have had against the company, including discrimination claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

February 13, 2015 | Law.com

The chief judge of the Middle District of Pennsylvania has set aside a default judgment that had been entered against MetLife, but also imposed sanctions on the insurance company and admonished it for its delinquency in handling the case.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

February 12, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The chief judge of the Middle District of Pennsylvania has set aside a default judgment that had been entered against MetLife, but also imposed sanctions on the insurance company and admonished it for its delinquency in handling the case.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

February 12, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The exception from Obamacare's contraceptive mandate for religious organizations is fair, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a reversal of decisions from two federal judges in Pittsburgh.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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