Saranac Hale Spencer

September 12, 2014 | Law.com

A day after the Third Circuit heard arguments over the right of several former NFL players to appeal from the trial court's preliminary approval of the class settlement in the concussion litigation, it declined to exercise jurisdiction.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

3 minute read

September 11, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

All three judges on the appellate panel summoned by objectors to the settlement in the NFL concussion case wanted to know why their review had been sought at this point—before the trial judge has held the fairness hearing scheduled for November.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

3 minute read

September 11, 2014 | Law.com

Since closing the question about GSK's corporate citizenship last year, the Third Circuit opened the narrower question about where the remaining cases over its antidepressant drug Paxil would be heard. That issue was before the appeals court Wednesday.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

September 10, 2014 | Law.com

In an effort to save his "golden parachute" after being fired from the bank he founded, Vernon Hill argued to the Third Circuit that the trial judge's answer to a question from the jury was an error sufficient to warrant a new trial.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

September 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A subsidiary of Citigroup failed in its bid to compel arbitration in a life insurance dispute in federal court in Pittsburgh.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

August 29, 2014 | Law.com

The Third Circuit has reversed a district court on an issue that "implicates a core concern animating" the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

August 28, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Reading Hospital office worker's Family and Medical Leave Act claim has allowed the Third Circuit to set a standard for when an employee's right to return to work is triggered.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

August 26, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Actions to compel judgment on mechanic's liens must be filed separately from the liens themselves, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled, affirming both case law on the issue and the trial court's opinion.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

August 26, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The products liability bar has resigned itself to the confused state of the law in Pennsylvania since the rift between the state and federal courts emerged about five years ago.

By Saranac Hale Spencer, Max Mitchell and P.J. D'Annunzio

9 minute read

August 25, 2014 | Law.com

Calling out the National Labor Relations Board as moving toward "serving as the litigation arm of the union" rather than enforcing federal labor law, a federal judge granted the NLRB's broad subpoenas of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, but stayed their implementation so that UPMC can seek appellate review.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read