Saranac Hale Spencer
April 23, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Citizens Bank Wins FLSA Jury Verdict in Western DistrictCitizens Bank dodged a multimillion-dollar bullet when a federal jury in Pittsburgh agreed with its designation of assistant branch managers as salaried employees not eligible for overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
November 13, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
In Egg Price-Fixing Case, $7.5 Mil. in Attorney Fees AwardedSatisfied with the attorneys' explanation of their requested fees, a federal judge awarded $7.5 million to the plaintiffs' lawyers who negotiated a $25 million settlement with three of the defendants in a case alleging price-fixing among egg producers.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
5 minute read
October 18, 2012 | Law.com
No Right to Mine Coal at 9/11 Crash SiteNearly 300 acres in rural Pennsylvania where Flight 93 crashed on September 11, 2001, has been taken by eminent domain, but the rights to the coal underneath the land are still a point of contention.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
February 28, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Former Chief Judge Scirica to Step Down From Third CircuitJudge Anthony J. Scirica of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, who finished his term as chief judge of the Third Circuit in 2010, is set to take senior status.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
3 minute read
September 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Too Late for GSK to Remove Paxil Case, Judge RulesA plaintiff in the Paxil mass tort litigation has seen her case remanded to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas after GlaxoSmithKline had removed the case to federal court.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
5 minute read
May 10, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pollak, Fed. Judge Who Was Key Voice Of Third Circuit, DiesForged by the moral certitude of the law, Louis Pollak saw injustice clearly and trod a path right through it. He died Tuesday at the age of 89.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
7 minute read
January 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
$3.7 Mil. Awarded to PTSD Veteran in Med Mal Suit Against VAWhen Stanley Laskowski, a combat veteran of the war in Iraq, dressed himself from head to toe in black and broke into a pharmacy in Olyphant, Pa., to steal drugs in the summer of 2007, it had been four months since he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder at the Wilkes-Barre Veterans' Affairs Medical Center.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
June 27, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Third Circuit Hears Arguments in Case Brought by Ex-PHA EmployeeVincent Morris, who had been an executive assistant in the Philadelphia Housing Authority, brought his whistleblower claims to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which heard arguments on Tuesday morning in a case that counsel on both sides said might widen the circuit's allowance for government whistleblowers.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
July 12, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Kane Won't Defend Pa.'s Ban on Gay MarriagePennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced Thursday that she will not defend the state's ban on gay marriage after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a suit Tuesday challenging the law.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
June 07, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Two Orders Granted In Childrens' Lung Transplant CasesA federal judge in Philadelphia has granted emergency TROs two days in a row to critically ill children seeking eligibility for adult organ transplants.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
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