Saranac Hale Spencer

December 05, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Retired Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Thomasine Tynes will serve two years in federal prison for perjury in front of the grand jury that was investigating ticket-fixing in her court, under a sentence handed down by a federal judge Thursday.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

December 05, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Senate has confirmed the fourth and final judge from the package of nominees presented in June to join the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

3 minute read

December 04, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two more judges have joined the bench in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, leaving just one more nominee to be confirmed by the Senate in its current lame-duck session.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

3 minute read

December 04, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Robert Mulgrew will serve 18 months in prison for perjury in front of the grand jury that was investigating ticket-fixing in his court, under a sentence delivered Wednesday by a federal judge.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

December 03, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Major car manufacturers and the maker of defective air bags that have recently been recalled are pushing to have the cases filed against them by affected car owners across the country consolidated in an MDL in Pittsburgh while plaintiffs lawyers are divided over where they want the cases sent.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

December 03, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state is responsible for carrying out the terms of a settlement made between a disabled student and the now-defunct charter school that had signed the agreement, a federal judge has ruled in an apparent case of first impression.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

December 02, 2014 | Law.com

A caustic advertising campaign that has won the right to publish on public transportation in New York and D.C. is looking to come to Philadelphia. And the American Freedom Defense Initiative, the organization run by two bloggers who are critical of Islam, has won a round against SEPTA in federal court in Philadelphia.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

December 01, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The claims of two couples—who are among several suing oil and gas companies in northeastern Pennsylvania for negligence from the noise, traffic, lights and other disruptions from drilling—have been sent to arbitration by a federal judge.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

November 26, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The federal judge handling the multidistrict litigation against GlaxoSmithKline over its drug Avandia denied the bid for class certification made by an insurer trying to recoup the costs it paid to cover the illnesses allegedly caused by Avandia.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

November 25, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Philadelphia School District can't dodge a First Amendment case with qualified immunity, the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read