Saranac Hale Spencer

October 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a case presenting three separate forum options, a federal judge has chosen not to enforce the selection clauses in some of the contracts between the parties.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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March 28, 2013 | New York Law Journal

A defamation claim against Merck and its in-house counsel cannot proceed because it rested on a letter stating the lawyer's opinion, which is not capable of being defamatory, a federal judge has ruled.

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March 22, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge hearing arguments in the wake of the kids-for-cash scandal has allowed 45 new plaintiffs to enter the suit.

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May 01, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The American Civil Liberties Union expected to file suit against Pennsylvania today in the Commonwealth Court, bringing claims that the new voter ID law violates the state constitution, according to the organization.

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August 01, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal appeals court has reduced the amount of money an insurance company owes an attorney following his dispute with the company to fund his defense in sanctions proceedings.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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August 01, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of Pennsylvania's most famous breweries is under fire from a graphic designer who alleges that Yuengling is planning to use a label he created for its Oktoberfest beer without having paid him for it, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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February 07, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The judiciary is often referred to as the "third branch" of the federal government. But U.S. Court of Appeals Judge D. Brooks Smith of the Third Circuit, in a speech to Penn Law students this week, retold a joke told by one newly elected member of the House that would have given the federal courts a demotion.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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June 13, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Dolores K. Sloviter, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, told President Obama in her official letter of resignation that she plans to maintain 80 percent of her current workload when she accepts status as a senior judge of the court later this month.

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August 02, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

President Obama has nominated Edward Smith, a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Northampton County, and Gerald McHugh, a partner at Raynes McCarty, for seats on the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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December 20, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The law firms of Blank Rome and Cozen O'Connor are under fire from real estate investors who say that a former partner who worked at both firms cheated them out of millions of dollars on a phony development project, according to media reports. The investors filed a suit in the Southern District of New York this week, according to a report from Reuters.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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