Saranac Hale Spencer

July 02, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A whistleblower suit against the YWCA of Bucks County survived a motion to dismiss, even though the allegations weren't filed under seal.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

October 16, 2012 | Law.com

A federal judge has ruled that most of the communication between a plaintiff and his former lawyer is covered by attorney-client privilege during the man's deposition in a suit he filed against his business partners and their lawyer.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

July 30, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A bankruptcy court is within its power to determine at the disclosure statement level that a plan for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy won't meet the standards for confirmation without holding a confirmation hearing, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

October 24, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiffs in the first federal suit filed in Pennsylvania challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage have submitted their briefs in opposition to the Corbett administration's motion to dismiss.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

January 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Like the private citizens before them, elected officials in Harrisburg lack standing to sue the state over Governor Tom Corbett's amendment to Pennsylvania's Financially Distressed Municipalities Act, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

February 07, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A surgical technician's claims that the design of a scalpel's plastic shield is needlessly unsafe didn't convince a federal judge, who granted summary judgment to the manufacturer, holding that the company's retractable-shield design isn't a reasonable alternative and, without that, the technician's strict liability claim must fail.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

July 09, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sifting through the conflicting opinions from the state and federal courts, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has ruled the Restatement (Second) of Torts is still the law in Pennsylvania in products liability cases.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

May 25, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has extended the parameters of its test used to determine when there is a valid claim against a company undergoing bankruptcy.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

September 11, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has ruled that a four-year statute of limitations period doesn't begin to run until a plaintiff with a common law bad-faith claim against an insurer has been exposed to damages

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

June 05, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Because Dell Financial Services is not a debt collector, it cannot be held to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a federal judge ruled, granting the company's motion to dismiss.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read