Saranac Hale Spencer

November 21, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Wendy Beetlestone, a lawyer at Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, was confirmed Thursday by the U.S. Senate to join the federal bench in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

November 20, 2014 | Law.com

The peculiar fault lines in the case against the NFL split before the federal judge overseeing the litigation during the highly anticipated fairness hearing for the settlement in a class action over head injuries Wednesday morning.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

November 19, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Several months after tossing the key expert witness for plaintiffs who allege that Pfizer's antidepressant drug Zoloft causes birth defects, a federal judge in Philadelphia considered allowing them to offer a new one.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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November 18, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge in Pittsburgh has moved a RICO suit stemming from the "kids-for-cash" judicial scandal to Scranton, where the events underlying the case took place.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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November 17, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Shifting legal arguments made on behalf of a medical device manufacturer that is facing a whistleblower suit have cost the company attorney fees for the plaintiff.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

November 14, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Luis Felipe Restrepo, who joined the Eastern District of Pennsylvania just over a year ago, has been nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

November 14, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Third Circuit's application of the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege announced earlier this year will stand for now, since the U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to review the case.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

November 13, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A New Jersey debt collection law firm can enforce the arbitration agreement included in a sales contract for a Ford Fiesta that has now been repossessed, a federal magistrate judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

November 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

District courts have split in three directions on how to apply the exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act for computer professionals and, now, the Western District of Pennsylvania has weighed in.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

November 10, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Thirty lawyers and a federal judge wrestled with the question of whether the U.S. Supreme Court introduced a new threshold for plaintiffs to reach when they challenge the payments made by major pharmaceutical companies to generic drugmakers in order to keep the cheaper drugs off the market.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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