Saranac Hale Spencer

February 06, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge signaled her reluctance to allow plaintiffs to opt out of a settlement with DuPont now that the deadline has passed.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

February 06, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Cheryl Ann Krause, who practices white-collar defense at Dechert, will be nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, according to a release from the White House.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

February 05, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Rastafarian incarcerated in federal prison should have been able to develop a record for his claims that he was denied a diet that accords with his religion, the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

February 03, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The whistleblower claims brought by a former sales representative for Abbott Laboratories alleging that the company illegally marketed its drug TriCor for off-label uses have survived a motion to dismiss in federal court.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

January 31, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge in Philadelphia joined his colleagues in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and held that McNeil Pharmaceuticals is a New Jersey company, thereby preserving the diversity jurisdiction to keep the case in federal court.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

January 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge's unexpected rejection of the settlement in the NFL concussion case earlier this month has drawn praise from lawyers for some of the former football players who allege they've been kept in the dark on the details of the deal.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

January 29, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Three major manufacturers of zippers, snaps, buttons and hooks have settled for $17.6 million with a class of thousands of plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation case alleging price-fixing.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

January 28, 2014 | Law.com

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is taking an interlocutory appeal on a question that it opened after declaring last June that GlaxoSmithKline is a corporate citizen of Delaware, not Pennsylvania.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

January 28, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Corbett administration is seeking review of the Commonwealth Court's decision that the law requiring voters to show ID at the polls is unconstitutional.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

2 minute read

January 27, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A class action brought against Hemispherx Biopharma by its shareholders has survived a motion to dismiss in federal court in Philadelphia.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read