Saranac Hale Spencer

November 12, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

New Jersey law should govern a pharmaceutical products liability case, a federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled, holding further that under the Garden State's products liability law, a Pennsylvania doctor named as a defendant should be dismissed as fraudulently joined.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

November 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former Children's Hospital of Philadelphia pediatrician whose memory was impaired by a brain tumor and the treatment that followed isn't entitled to accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for taking his board certification exam, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

November 08, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, through a designated representative from the legal department of its corporate parent, Johnson & Johnson, pleaded guilty to one criminal charge in federal court, cementing the settlement announced earlier this week in the Risperdal case.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

November 08, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Since dropping Gov. Tom Corbett as a defendant in the federal suit challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage, the plaintiffs in the case have amended their complaint, hewing more closely to their grievances related to tax-filing status and death certificates.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

3 minute read

November 07, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ruth Perelman's will should be probated in Pennsylvania, a Florida appeals court ruled in a reversal of a lower court decision that had found she was domiciled in the Sunshine State and her will should be probated there.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

November 06, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former state Rep. Brett Feese has failed to convince a federal judge that the Attorney General's Office had destroyed evidence that could have kept him from being convicted on public corruption charges.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

November 05, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay $2.2 billion to resolve a suit involving, among other things, the marketing for off-label use of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

November 05, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay $2.2 billion to resolve a suit involving, among other things, the marketing for off-label use of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

November 04, 2013 | Law.com

At the same time the Corbett administration filed its objections to a challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage in state court, the governor was let out of a similar federal suit.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

November 01, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

A trucking company didn't violate the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired a driver who struggled with alcoholism, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read