Saranac Hale Spencer

October 17, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The time for Edmund Andre to bring a suit against the maker of thalidomide has long since passed, a federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled, rejecting Andre's expert and the argument that the company's initial cover-up of the drug's effect on babies born to women who took it would extend the statute of limitations.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

October 16, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The unsettled question of whether an agricultural collective's accidental inclusion of a non-agricultural member would cut through the collective's shield from certain antitrust laws has been certified to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

October 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Yahoo Messenger chat transcripts, screen captures and videos can be shown at the trial of a man accused of lying in his application for naturalization, a federal judge in Pittsburgh has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

October 14, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An accounting firm has to reimburse its insurer for trial expenses after one of its senior analysts skimmed millions of dollars from a major class-action settlement he was in charge of administering, the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

October 13, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A nursing and rehabilitation facility chain is paying $38 million to settle claims that it defrauded Medicare and Medicaid programs by billing for substandard care in what the U.S. Department of Justice is calling the largest failure-of-care settlement with a chain of this type yet.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

October 10, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Cases alleging that GlaxoSmithKline's antidepressant drug Paxil caused birth defects that have been in limbo between state and federal court are to be heard in state court, the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

October 10, 2014 | Law.com

The deadline for former players to opt out of the proposed settlement with the NFL won't be moved back, the federal judge handling the case has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

October 09, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The deadline for former players to opt out of the proposed settlement with the NFL won't be moved back, the federal judge handling the case ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

2 minute read

October 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

First Commonwealth Bank's insurance company could still be on the hook for covering a $3.5 million loss after a Russian hacker got access to an energy company executive's account information.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

October 07, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The maker of Adderall, Pennsylvania-based Shire Pharmaceuticals, has settled a whistleblower suit for $56.5 million in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read