Saranac Hale Spencer

October 03, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A state court judge has effectively revived the loss of consortium claim brought by a same-sex couple in a medical malpractice suit against Temple University Health System by granting immediate appeal from the July order dismissing the claim.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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May 17, 2012 | Law.com

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 held.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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September 21, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Because the district court judge didn't review videos depicting violent sex acts perpetrated on children before letting the jury see them, he abused his discretion and allowed the potential for the jury to be prejudiced, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled this week. As a result, David Cunningham, who was convicted on charges related to the distribution of child pornography in 2010, is going to get a new trial.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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January 31, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has been released from a whistleblower suit in federal court in Philadelphia.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

October 02, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has imposed sanctions on lawyers for GMAC, the bank that acts as the financial-services arm of General Motors that is now called Ally Financial, as requested by a pair of now-defunct car dealerships that had won a $4 million jury verdict in 2009 against the bank.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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August 05, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Although the White House has now officially made two nominations to the federal bench in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a total of four vacancies remain there and a total of three are on the horizon on the western side of the state.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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December 17, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

An opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit was swiftly vacated two business days after it was issued November 29.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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September 10, 2013 | Law.com

The battle over federal public defenders taking on death-row cases in state court — highlighted by a scathing opinion by Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille a few years ago — is still being vigorously fought on several fronts.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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June 12, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Having pleaded guilty last month to conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, Mohammed Khalid was before a federal judge Monday with a motion to be released from detention in order to enter a state-run juvenile facility in Loysville, Pa.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

May 01, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge denied SAP's motion for summary judgment in a patent infringement suit against the software giant in which, he stated in his opinion, there could be a billion dollars at stake.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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