Saranac Hale Spencer

October 03, 2012 | Law.com

Voters won't have to show photo ID before casting a ballot in November, Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson ruled Tuesday, blocking that requirement in Pennsylvania's new voter ID law from taking effect in November.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

7 minute read

September 06, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has narrowed the circumstances under which plaintiffs may add new claims that relate back to the original complaint after the statute of limitations has run out.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

July 19, 2013 | Law.com

The government's legitimate interest in stopping child pornography trumps the burden imposed on pornography producers by a law requiring them to keep records of the ages of their models and actors, a federal judge held for the second time.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

January 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kraft Foods has settled claims that it failed to properly calculate overtime brought by people who stock grocery store shelves for $1.75 million.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

April 12, 2012 | Daily Business Review

The court heard arguments in a case brought by two middle school students, backed by the ACLU, who were suspended for wearing breast-cancer awareness bracelets stamped with the phrase, "I [heart] boobies."

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

May 18, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

A woman who was prescribed medications for off-label uses doesn't have standing to sue the drug company that marketed them, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit says.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

August 29, 2012 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania has awarded more than $1 million in attorney fees to members of the funeral industry who won in their suit against Pennsylvania's State Board of Funeral Directors in a tortured, years-long case that resulted in the state's Funeral Director Law being found unconstitutional.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

April 27, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has doubled the jury's award to the University of Pittsburgh in its patent infringement suit against Varian Medical Systems, making the total amount $73.6 million.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

October 08, 2012 | Law.com

Addressing a series of first impression maritime law issues in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a judge has ruled that a ship doesn't qualify as a product for the purposes of products liability and that makers of the components of those ships don't have a duty to warn "sophisticated" users about hazardous products, like asbestos.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

January 15, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's prediction that the state Supreme Court will decide the Restatement (Third) of Torts should apply in products liability cases under state law, a federal judge tossed several claims from a truck driver who fell from the steps on a Kenworth tractor-trailer.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read