Saranac Hale Spencer

August 14, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in re-examining the city of Hazleton's controversial immigration ordinance in a hearing set for Wednesday, could be the first court in the nation to reconcile the U.S. Supreme Court's two most recent pronouncements on state and local attempts to regulate the flow of persons into the United States.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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October 15, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge didn't wait for an English court to decide on the arbitrability of a case between Teva Pharmaceuticals and an excess patent insurer before sending the case there for arbitration.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

March 28, 2012 | Law.com

Workers can bring claims against their employers under both federal collective actions and state law class actions simultaneously, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

September 14, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Enterprise Rent-A-Car failed to establish that a former assistant manager's job duties were executive or administrative and therefore exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act requirement of overtime pay, a federal judge has ruled, denying the company's summary judgment motion.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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March 20, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A bill of more than $360,000 to be recovered by defendants for electronic discovery costs has been slashed by more than 90 percent, as 3rd Circuit Judge Thomas Vanaskie said for the three-judge panel that organizing electronic files cannot be considered part of the copying expense.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

November 07, 2012 | Law.com

The detention facilities that housed juveniles in the Luzerne County "kids-for-cash" scandal won't be able to get the teens' criminal records during discovery in a civil action brought by dozens of the teens who were put away, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

November 14, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former CFO who has anxiety and depression following a traumatic brain injury from a car accident in 2007 is eligible for long-term disability benefits, a federal judge ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

6 minute read

July 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has been let out of a federal lawsuit alleging that an AstraZeneca employee's application for long-term disability was denied in violation of ERISA regulations.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

August 09, 2013 | Law.com

Obamacare's amendment to the Black Lung Benefits Act allows the widows of coal miners to collect benefits when they file a claim for benefits previously denied to them, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

March 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Labor to stop calculating the prevailing wage for guest workers using a method that another federal judge ruled to be invalid over two years ago.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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