Saranac Hale Spencer

May 23, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has dismissed a complaint against Arlin Adams in a case stemming from turmoil in the wealthy Perelman family.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

May 31, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit stepped gingerly to the edge of a very slippery slope as they heard arguments in a case challenging Obamacare.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

July 30, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Significant expansion over the last two years has bolstered the already high-performing intellectual property department at Pepper Hamilton.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

June 24, 2013 | Law.com

Following a bellwether trial on copyright infringement claims brought by a pornographic movie producer against various Doe defendants who viewed her videos for free through websites using BitTorrent technology, a federal judge in Philadelphia provided advice to other judges who may see similar cases.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

October 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two Western Pennsylvania dioceses have joined the wave of challenges to the contraceptive mandate in Obamacare.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

July 26, 2013 | Law.com

The patchwork of state laws sitting at the intersection of technology and society led a federal judge to make a direct appeal to Congress for an amendment to the Social Security Act that would address the new reality that a person can parent a child posthumously through medical technology and unify the distribution of survivor benefits to his or her children across the country.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

April 10, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. Steel's failure to provide a copy of a letter sent to a special master to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which has been engaged in a "lengthy and more than contentious" dispute with the employer, does not render void that master's recommendations, a federal district judge of the Western District of Pennsylvania has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

April 06, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

An imprisoned man's Fifth Amendment rights weren't violated when he was denied parole for refusing to admit to sexually assaulting his daughter as part of a state-required treatment program, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

August 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

After two decades on death row and several fruitless appearances before Pennsylvania state court judges, James Dennis has won habeas relief in federal court.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

April 05, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Without clear direction from the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has decided that judicial opinions enjoy First Amendment protections of free speech.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read