Saranac Hale Spencer

April 28, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Chevron v. Donziger; Kahn v. M&F Worldwide; Chocolate Antitrust Litigation; Asahi Kasei Pharma v. Actelion

By Mark Hamblett, Rebekah Mintzer, Saranac Hale Spencer, and Jan Wolfe

8 minute read

April 25, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's law requiring the transfer of deeds to be recorded with the county where the land sits isn't vague, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

April 24, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A major provider of home hospice and health care services has settled whistleblower claims for $150 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

April 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An insurance company failed in its bid to maintain diversity jurisdiction in a case seeking to collect underinsured motorist benefits.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

April 22, 2014 | Law.com

The Corbett administration and the dozen couples challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage have agreed to forgo trial, instead asking the judge to decide the case on the briefs, a move that shifts the focus to legal, rather than factual, arguments.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

April 18, 2014 | Law.com

Officers of the Transportation Security Administration aren't immune to Bivens actions, a federal judge has ruled in a case arising from the contentious search of a woman's baggage at the Philadelphia airport.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

April 18, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The federal judge handling the NFL concussion litigation clarified Thursday that she has issued no new rulings in the case.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

2 minute read

April 17, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Three months after the $760 million settlement between the NFL and its former players was denied preliminary approval, the terms of what will ultimately be accepted are still unclear.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

April 16, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pittsburgh's major hospital system can make a copy of the former mayor's computer in a case stemming from the ongoing dispute over the hospital's obligation to pay payroll taxes, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

April 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pfizer has asked the federal judge handling the multidistrict litigation alleging that its antidepressant drug Zoloft causes birth defects to limit a key plaintiffs expert's testimony to the content of her report.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read