Saranac Hale Spencer

March 30, 2012 | Daily Business Review

U.S. District Court Judge Mary A. McLaughlin said that while Internet users have an expectation of privacy, that doesn't apply when they are allegedly infringing on another party's copyright.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

February 05, 2013 | Law.com

Two Philadelphia firms, Cozen O'Connor and Blank Rome, shot back at allegations brought in federal court in New York that the firms were involved in a scheme to defraud real estate investors of $27 million.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

December 07, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has given final approval to a $4 million class settlement in a case that alleged mortgage holders were charged excessive premiums in captive reinsurance arrangements by various progeny of Washington Mutual.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

September 12, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last year the BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — outpaced the United States in sales for DuPont, the chemical giant's general counsel told a room full of other GCs and law firm leaders grappling with how to increase diversity in their ranks.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

July 30, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Manipulation of the index used to calculate the interest rate paid by big banks to municipal bond issuers on interest-rate swaps led to sizable losses for Philadelphia and other government entities across the country, the city alleged in a complaint filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

July 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Leland Beloff, the former Philadelphia city councilman who was convicted of extortion more than two decades ago, filed a lawsuit earlier this year with his wife, Diane Beloff, making various claims against the substance-abuse rehabilitation center where she was treated.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

March 21, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's prediction that the state Supreme Court will adopt the Restatement (Third) of Torts, a federal judge has reconsidered an opinion he issued earlier this year, holding that there was clear error in his application of the case to the Third Restatement.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

May 06, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Five years after they were rolled out, the rules about the way complaints against federal judges are handled are under review.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

March 22, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A federal appeals court rules organizing electronic files to fulfill an e-discovery request is not a justified expense under discovery reimbursement law.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

December 26, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Three plaintiffs will be allowed to proceed anonymously in their suit against a western Pennsylvania school district that maintains a monument to the Ten Commandments in front of a public high school, a federal judge ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read