Saranac Hale Spencer

April 24, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Opponents of hydraulic fracturing in Luzerne County can add defamation and conspiracy claims to their suit against the private surveillance company that the government allegedly hired to watch them, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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February 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Governor Tom Corbett exceeded his reach when he sued the NCAA in an effort to stop the organization from enforcing sanctions against the Penn State football program that the school agreed to in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, the NCAA argued in a motion to dismiss filed last week.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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September 18, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Evaluating for the second time a dispute between the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and an employment-test maker that sprouted from a case regarding a discrimination suit involving Kroger's use of that company's test in its hiring practices, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held that the company is obligated to turn over requested information to the EEOC.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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March 27, 2012 | Daily Business Review

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has compelled arbitration between a nurse and the hospital where she used to work, ruling a class action waiver does not render an arbitration agreement she signed unconscionable.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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September 17, 2012 | Law.com

Insider information passed between two members of Alcoholics Anonymous is sufficient to sustain allegations that one of them violated the Securities Exchange Act, a federal judge has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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February 15, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Nominees to federal courts in Philadelphia have been moving through the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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April 13, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Third Circuit heard arguments in a case brought by two middle school students, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, who were suspended for wearing breast-cancer awareness bracelets stamped with the phrase, "I [heart] boobies." The school district is appealing a decision that sided with the students.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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August 14, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former Luzerne County court official who pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge was not deprived of his constitutional due process rights when his retirement benefits were rescinded, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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July 19, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a battle over attorney fees that has been drawn out over eight years, a federal judge took a sharp tone this week in a 79-page opinion in which he expressed the "sincere hope" that it would close the dispute.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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March 22, 2013 | Law.com

When Berks County Court of Common Pleas Judge Stephen Lieberman increased the sentence of a sex offender sevenfold, he clearly showed judicial vindictiveness, a federal judge ruled.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

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