Max Mitchell
Max Mitchell is ALM's Regional Managing Editor for The Legal Intelligencer, New Jersey Law Journal, Delaware Business Court Insider and Delaware Law Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @MMitchellTLI. His email is [email protected].
April 21, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Man Acquitted of Killing Officer Wins $1M Against Phila.A man acquitted of vehicular homicide charges after he struck a police officer with his car has been awarded more than $1 million for claims that he was the victim of a malicious prosecution stemming from the fatal incident.
By Max Mitchell
9 minute read
April 21, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Plaintiff in Dismissed Paxil Case Seeks Stay, New TrialThe plaintiffs in the Paxil birth-defect case that was tossed midtrial earlier this month have asked for a new trial, and a stay in the mass tort litigation.
By Max Mitchell
11 minute read
April 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Court Won't Overturn $10.1M Award Against CHOPA Philadelphia judge has denied the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's bid to overturn a $10.1 million verdict awarded last year over a child's delayed meningitis diagnosis.
By Max Mitchell
9 minute read
April 19, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Court OKs Uber Subsidiary in Pa.A subsidiary of the ride-sharing giant Uber will be able to operate in Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
By Max Mitchell
12 minute read
April 16, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Suit Over Weight-Loss App Developed By Nutrisystem Should Be TossedA Philadelphia judge has asked the state Superior Court to uphold his decision to toss a case claiming the weight-loss industry giant Nutrisystem stole trade secrets when developing a weight-loss smartphone application.
By Max Mitchell
10 minute read
April 15, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Lifting Child Sex Abuse Time Bar Could Bring Claims, ComplicationsIf a bill aimed at lifting time restrictions in civil and criminal child sex abuse cases becomes law, a wave of new prosecutions and civil suits could wash over Pennsylvania. But according to attorneys, the litigation wouldn't be without complications.
By Max Mitchell and Ben Seal
11 minute read
April 14, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Few Attorneys Equipped to Handle Phila.'s PCRA BacklogPhiladelphia court officials have identified a backlog of at least 600 pending Post-Conviction Relief Act cases sitting in the court system, and exacerbating the problem is the fact that there are fewer than 10 attorneys on the list of court-appointed counsel who are equipped to handle these cases.
By Max Mitchell
12 minute read
April 14, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Phila. Jury Hands Up $6.4M Asbestos VerdictA Philadelphia jury has awarded a former PECO Energy employee and his wife more than $6.4 million over claims that he was exposed to asbestos-containing products that caused him to develop lung cancer.
By Max Mitchell
9 minute read
April 13, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Court: Centre County Can't Release Judges' Phone RecordsThe Centre County government's decision to release a color-coded spreadsheet showing calls between common pleas judges and the district attorney violated the separation of powers doctrine, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
By Max Mitchell
10 minute read
April 13, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer
Judge Rejects J&J's Bid to Re-Depose Risperdal ExpertAs the next wave of Risperdal-related cases come up for trial, a Philadelphia judge has ruled that Janssen Pharmaceuticals will not be able to re-depose a key witness in the mass tort regarding a hotly contested reanalysis of data purportedly linking the drug to the development of excess breast tissue in males.
By Max Mitchell
8 minute read
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