Saranac Hale Spencer

September 18, 2013 | Law.com

D. Bruce Hanes, the clerk in Montgomery County who had been issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples until he was ordered to stop last week, is appealing the Commonwealth Court's decision.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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May 14, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has let stand a $5.75 million jury award to creditors in a complex bankruptcy case that has volleyed between the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit since it was transferred from the bankruptcy court in 2010.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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August 06, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Public schools don't have free rein to ban speech that they deem to be offensive, especially if the speech comments on a social issue, the Third Circuit ruled in a split en banc opinion in a case brought by two Easton middle school students who were suspended after wearing breast-cancer awareness bracelets that said "I ♥ boobies."

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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September 30, 2013 | Law.com

Deepening a recent split among judges in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Senior Judge Michael Baylson has remanded a case against GlaxoSmithKline over its antidepressant drug Paxil, ruling it should be tried in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. GSK had argued the case belonged in federal court.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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June 18, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Allegations that Cephalon illegally marketed its pain medication called Actiq have survived a motion from the drug company requesting that the court reconsider its denial of summary judgment issued a year ago.

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April 09, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

More than a dozen suits alleging price-fixing on the part of major manufacturers of drywall have been consolidated in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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December 05, 2012 | Law.com

A federal judge granted most of the attorney fees requested after an employment discrimination case was resolved with a Rule 68 offer of judgment, despite the defense's argument that one of the attorneys lacked experience in employment cases.

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October 25, 2012 | Law.com

A federal judge has confirmed a $35 million arbitration award, plus $5.6 million in attorney fees, to a security services firm following a soured business deal.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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February 25, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Walgreens missed its window to remove a case against it to federal court and U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania wasn't persuaded that its second notice of removal would qualify for an exception to the 30-day removal deadline.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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March 22, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Adele Kensinger is entitled to the $76,000 in her late ex-husband's retirement plan, but his estate is equally entitled to enforce the waiver she signed giving up her right to collect the benefits once they have been distributed, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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