Saranac Hale Spencer
August 14, 2012 | Daily Report Online
Judge in Pa. tosses 1,600 asbestos casesMore than 50,000 cases initially filed by merchant marines who were exposed to asbestos have sifted down to about 2,000 since a federal judge dismissed a chunk of the dwindling caseload last week.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
August 23, 2013 | Daily Report Online
Third Circuit: Cellphone Customers May Block RobocallsCellphone customers may revoke their consent to receive robocalls on those devices, the Third Circuit has ruled in a case of first impression.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
June 05, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Third Circuit Sets New Precedent On Attorney FeesSetting new precedent on attorney fee recovery in the Third Circuit, the appeals court has ruled offers of judgment in fee disputes that would preclude some recovery in certain circumstances are valid in environmental lawsuits brought by citizens.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
6 minute read
August 21, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Date Set for Montco Same-Sex Marriage Suit; Newlyweds to Join?More than two dozen same-sex couples who got marriage licenses in Montgomery County are asking to intervene in the case filed by the state against Montco's clerk of the Orphans' Court, who issued the licenses.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
5 minute read
August 06, 2013 | New York Law Journal
En Banc Panel Limits School's Power to Ban Student SpeechPublic schools do not have free rein to ban speech that isn't necessarily offensive, especially if that speech pertains to a social or political issue, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a split en banc opinion.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
5 minute read
April 24, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Settlement Terms Off Limits to Remaining Defendants in MDLA confidential settlement agreement between a large-scale window manufacturer and a flat glass producer is not discoverable by the remaining defendants in the multidistrict litigation case alleging price-fixing among makers of flat glass, a federal judge in Pittsburgh has ruled.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
May 11, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal
Third Circuit Rules Leave Must Be Granted To Sue Bankruptcy TrusteesThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit joins with half a dozen other federal appeals courts in reaffirming a century-old doctrine dictating that a bankruptcy court must first grant leave before a trustee can be sued in another venue.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
August 03, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Fed. Judge Denies Attorney Fees in Pharma Patent SuitFollowing its win on appeal, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals failed to persuade a federal judge to award it attorney fees for its defense against allegations that it violated Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' patent for a component to drugs that lower cholesterol.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
3 minute read
July 17, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Judge Denies Doctor New Trial in Case of Test Question TheftDr. Sarah Von Muller is still on the hook to pay $91,114 to the American Board of Internal Medicine after she stole more than 50 questions from its gastroenterology certification exam, a federal judge has ruled.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
6 minute read
September 27, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
New Challenge to Same-Sex Marriage Ban Strikes at DOMAA lesbian couple married in Massachusetts has filed suit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to gain recognition of their marriage in Pennsylvania.
By Saranac Hale Spencer
4 minute read
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