Saranac Hale Spencer

August 08, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Because a transmission repairman was injured in a car accident while running a personal errand, an "auto business exclusion" in his insurance policy doesn't apply, the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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December 07, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The $3.6 million wrongful death judgment to the widow of a mechanic who was crushed by a tractor-trailer was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit this week.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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March 30, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Internet service providers have to disclose the names of their subscribers who are accused of using a file-sharing site to copy a pornographic movie, a federal judge has ruled in a copyright infringement suit.U.S. District Court Judge Mary A. McLaughlin of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said that while Internet users have an expectation of privacy, that doesn't apply when they are allegedly infringing on another party's copyright.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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June 22, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America is not obligated to defend or indemnify Robert Mericle in suits stemming from the "kids-for-cash" scandal in Luzerne County.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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October 09, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Attorneys retained by the Corbett administration have responded to two of the lawsuits challenging Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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May 29, 2012 | Law.com

Blank Rome and another law firm got some breathing room last week from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a sealed case that had the firms caught between a defunct corporation and the government, which is seeking hundreds of allegedly privileged documents that are being held by Blank Rome. The government is seeking the documents as part of a grand jury investigation involving clients of the two firms.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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March 16, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled that allegations that a former chief technology officer sabotaged a planned merger by sending information stored securely on executives' computers to potential suitors did not bring into play the protections of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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February 14, 2013 | Law.com

DuPont has agreed to replace tens of thousands of trees killed by its herbicide, Imprelis, across the country as part of a settlement agreement that got preliminary approval from a federal judge this week.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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December 11, 2012 | Law.com

A suit challenging two statutes that require pornographers to keep lists of their actors and make them available to the government has survived in federal court.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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July 24, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline lost a round in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit when a three-judge panel sent a breach of contract claim brought by a generic drug manufacturer with rights to the formula for Paxil back to district court for trial.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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