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Saranac Hale Spencer

Saranac Hale Spencer

January 07, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Case Over Soured Wind Energy Deal Sent Out of Pa.

A federal judge in the Western District of Pennsylvania has transferred a case stemming from a wind turbine project in Cambria County, Pa., to the Eastern District of Tennessee.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

June 11, 2012 | Law.com

Justices Tighten Screws on Circuit Courts Over AEDPA

For the second time this year, the U.S. Supreme Court has summarily rejected a holding of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a habeas case, shoring up what some legal observers see as a trend in the high court.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

June 06, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

School Has No Constitutional Duty to Protect, Panel Rules

A public high school didn't violate the Fourteenth Amendment rights of two students when it failed to quell a bully, an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

June 04, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Surety Can't Be Sued for Bad Faith With Valid Contract

In an apparent case of first impression, a federal judge in Pittsburgh has predicted that neither the Pennsylvania nor the Ohio supreme courts would hold a surety to a fiduciary standard or allow a bad-faith tort claim to proceed when there is a valid contract between the parties.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

November 16, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Waived Right to Arbitrate, Court Rules

A pharmacy benefit manager waived its right to compel arbitration because it litigated for 10 months before asking the district court to enforce the arbitration clause of its contract with the pharmacies for which it worked, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled, reversing the district court.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

November 09, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

$1.2 Mil. Settlement in Organ Harvest, Wrongful Death Case

The parents of a 19-year-old man who died after a snowboarding accident settled with the hospital and organ donation center that they claimed were responsible for his early death for $1.2 million. Michael and Teresa Jacobs alleged that their son had been "intentionally killed at Hamot Hospital so that his organs could be harvested," according to their complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

March 01, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sovereign Bank, Land Developer Reach Accord in Bankruptcy Discovery Dispute

On the eve of a hearing to determine monetary sanctions, Sovereign Bank settled the underlying discovery-abuse claims with property developer 400 Walnut Associates, which is going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

October 03, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Third Party in Elevator Accident Case May Invoke Attorney-Client Privilege

Otis Elevator Co.'s communications with its distributor in Aruba, Caribbean Elevator, can remain confidential, a federal judge has ruled, because attorney-client privilege attaches to the third party.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

August 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Off-the-Record Conference Suggested in Tylenol MDL

Disagreement over the scope of discovery in the multidistrict litigation against the makers of Tylenol prompted lawyers to suggest an off-the-record conference with the judge to prime him on the scientific and regulatory background of the case.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

May 07, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Teenage Defendant Pleads Guilty in 'Jihad Jane' Case

The youngest person in the country to be arrested on terrorism charges appears likely to be deported to his native Pakistan after pleading guilty in federal court on Friday, his lawyer said.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read