Max Mitchell

February 06, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Berks County judge who levied a $21 million award against Nationwide in an insurance dispute involving a $295 judgment had not been acting fairly, but had been on a "mission," counsel for the insurer told the Superior Court.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

February 06, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia judge has struck down the bid to establish a mass tort program for numerous cases claiming the antibiotics Levaquin, Avelox and Cipro led to nerve damage.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

February 05, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Office of Attorney General has asked the state Superior Court to reconsider its decision to toss numerous charges against the three ex-Penn State administrators accused of covering up sex abuse at the hands of serial child molester Jerry Sandusky.

By Max Mitchell

2 minute read

February 04, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

With two judges named this week to new leadership duties, Philadelphia's First Judicial District has women in four of its most powerful administrative posts.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

February 03, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The trial judge overseeing the ongoing pelvic-mesh trial in Philadelphia had harsh words for a defense attorney during a sanctions hearing, after the attorney was accused of asking a key witness "poisoning" questions in an alleged attempt to sway the ­witness' testimony.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

February 03, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Berks County judge who levied a $21 million award against Nationwide in an insurance dispute involving a $295 judgment had not been acting fairly, but had been on a "mission," counsel for the insurer told the Superior Court.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

February 02, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

If the Freeh report had been issued under any other name, would it have provided a greater degree of privilege for the underlying documents?

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

January 30, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court's recent decision to eliminate the liaison justice role is a sign that the administrative problems that once clogged Philadelphia's judicial system are long gone, according to court watchers and judicial officials.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

January 28, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Numerous recorded phone calls allegedly showing case-fixing between former Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Joseph Waters and Municipal Court Judge Dawn Segal were played for the Court of Judicial Discipline during Segal's disciplinary trial Thursday.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

January 28, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Jacqueline F. Allen has been appointed as the new administrative judge of the First Judicial District.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read