Saranac Hale Spencer

January 22, 2015 | Law.com

In the summer of 1989, U.S. senators debating the Americans with Disabilities Act excluded behavior they deemed immoral from the ADA's protections, including "transvestism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments, or other sexual behavior disorders," according to the text of the law.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

January 21, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the summer of 1989, U.S. senators debating the Americans with Disabilities Act excluded behavior they deemed immoral from the ADA's protections, including "transvestism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments, or other sexual behavior disorders," according to the text of the law.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

January 21, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Department of Justice can't set a six-year deadline for federal workers to sue their employer for Title VII violations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

January 20, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Department of Justice can't set a six-year deadline for federal workers to sue their employer for Title VII violations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

January 20, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Texas law would bar a reference to promises made outside of a written franchise agreement in a trademark dispute brought by Motel 6 against owners of a hotel in central Pennsylvania, so those owners can't refer to alleged extra-contractual promises at trial in Harrisburg, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

January 19, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Texas law would bar a reference to promises made outside of a written franchise agreement in a trademark dispute brought by Motel 6 against owners of a hotel in central Pennsylvania, so those owners can't refer to alleged extra-contractual promises at trial in Harrisburg, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

January 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The CEO and chairman of the board at NOVA Bank were indicted on Friday for attempting to defraud the government's TARP—Troubled Asset Relief Program—to the tune of $13 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

2 minute read

January 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The CEO and chairman of the board at NOVA Bank were indicted on Friday for attempting to defraud the government's TARP—Troubled Asset Relief Program—to the tune of $13 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

2 minute read

January 16, 2015 | Law.com

A federal appellate judge with chambers at Sixth and Market could exist in isolation—driving into the parking garage and taking the judges-only elevator up to the top floors of the courthouse where he could read briefs and write his opinions, stopping to take lunch in the judges-only lunch room a few floors below, "where the food was really lousy," said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

January 15, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal appellate judge with chambers at Sixth and Market could exist in isolation—driving into the parking garage and taking the judges-only elevator up to the top floors of the courthouse where he could read briefs and write his opinions, stopping to take lunch in the judges-only lunch room a few floors below, "where the food was really lousy," said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read