Saranac Hale Spencer

January 06, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Cases arising from technological issues took up much of the Third Circuit's docket in 2014 and allowed the court to set precedent on the intersection of the law and the Internet, among other things.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

8 minute read

January 06, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A dispute over access to custom software and stored data between a company that monitors seismic vibrations and the tech company that built specialized software for it has been sent from federal court in Pittsburgh to federal court in Delaware.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

January 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Cases arising from technological issues took up much of the Third Circuit's docket in 2014 and allowed the court to set precedent on the intersection of the law and the Internet, among other things.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

8 minute read

January 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A dispute over access to custom software and stored data between a company that monitors seismic vibrations and the tech company that built specialized software for it has been sent from federal court in Pittsburgh to federal court in Delaware.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

January 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Psychological evaluations for a student who allegedly touched the genitals of another student in their special-needs class are privileged under a combination of state and federal laws, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

January 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Taking center stage across Pennsylvania's three federal judicial districts in 2014 were: football in the Eastern District, civil rights in the Middle District and cybercrimes in the Western District.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

7 minute read

January 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Psychological evaluations for a student who allegedly touched the genitals of another student in their special-needs class are privileged under a combination of state and federal laws, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

December 22, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Marriage means sharing priorities. And joys. And burdens. Above all, marriage is commitment. That's how the plaintiffs who challenged Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage described the institution during individual interviews with The Legal.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

7 minute read

December 22, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Classwide arbitration is a murky area of law and a federal judge in Pennsylvania has certified one of its threshold questions—whether district courts or arbitration panels are supposed to decide which one will determine if a given contract allows for arbitration of classwide claims—as an interlocutory appeal to the Third Circuit.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

December 19, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The target of a qui tam case can proceed with its counterclaims related to the use of confidential documents by the whistleblower, a federal judge has ruled

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read