Saranac Hale Spencer
April 30, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Judge Has Harsh Words for Long Wait in Slip-and-Fall SettlementAlthough he was compelled to rule in defendants' favor, a federal judge skewered them for letting nearly a year pass since they settled a case without providing a release to the 86-year-old plaintiff in a slip-and-fall personal injury case.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
September 03, 2013 | Law.com
Hyundai Workers' Federal Wage-and-Hour Suit SurvivesFederal claims in a proposed class action filed against Hyundai may proceed, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled, but claims under state law are pre-empted.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
January 04, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Third Circuit Reinstates Arbitration Award, Reverses SchwabThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a Western District of Pennsylvania judge's decision to vacate an arbitration award, making it the fourth time that the appeals court has weighed in on Arthur J. Schwab's judgment over the course of a year.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
April 16, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Federal Statute Trumps State Jurisdiction in Bank Fees CaseAllegations of exorbitant overdraft fees fit within the narrow scope of state law claims that can be heard in federal court, a federal judge ruled last week.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
March 15, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Third Circuit Revives Basketball Referee's Gender-Bias LawsuitThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated a gender-discrimination case brought by a basketball referee after a New Jersey district judge dismissed her claims.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
6 minute read
August 16, 2012 | Law.com
Uphill Fight Seen for Hazleton Immigration Ordinance ChallengersThe U.S. Supreme Court may well have breathed new life into the city of Hazleton's ordinance barring employers and landlords from hiring or renting to illegal immigrants, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit implied in questioning at a hearing Wednesday.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
5 minute read
October 16, 2013 | Law.com
Judge May Require Oath for Allocution, Third Circuit SaysIt is up to the sentencing judge whether a criminal defendant's allocution is sworn or not, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled on an issue of first impression.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
5 minute read
July 09, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Class Certified in Action Over School Truancy FinesA class representing hundreds of students who are suing the Lebanon School District, alleging that it collected fines above the $300 allowed by the state's truancy law, was certified in federal court.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
August 01, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Officials Continue Sparring Over Pa.'s Gay-Marriage BanPennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has swung back at the Office of General Counsel after getting official word from the OGC that it would take up the defense of the state's law banning same-sex marriage since Kane had announced last month that she wouldn't.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
3 minute read
April 08, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Electrolux Wins Spoliation Argument in Third CircuitAn insurance company's disposal of a metal can was spoliation of evidence in a case involving a school-building fire, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
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