Max Mitchell

January 28, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A lawsuit alleging Penn State allowed extreme hazing practices on its campus has been ordered to be transferred from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

January 27, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

In its bid to toss a $3 million verdict, Janssen Pharmaceuticals has asked the state Superior Court to find that federal law pre-empts a plaintiff's negligent failure-to-warn claims over the name-brand anti-seizure medication Topamax.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

January 25, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The device at the center of the second pelvic-mesh trial in Philadelphia was the "worldwide gold standard" in treating the stress-related incontinence that the plaintiff had suffered, an attorney defending its design told jurors during her opening ­statement Monday.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

January 22, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Mass torts may have dominated the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 2015, but the number of new cases being filed in the Complex Litigation Center dipped substantially.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

January 22, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has tossed numerous charges against the three former Penn State administrators facing prosecution over their alleged roles in covering up the crimes of convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

January 21, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has tossed a Pittsburgh woman's civil suit against Bill Cosby, finding that statements the comedian made refuting rape allegations against him fell short of defamation.

By Max Mitchell

3 minute read

January 21, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

It appears that two more current Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices were recipients of questionable emails that circulated between state officials, but ethics attorneys have said it is unlikely to affect the outcome of suspended Justice J. Michael Eakin's ongoing disciplinary case over his participation in the exchange of inappropriate emails.

By Lizzy McLellan 
And Max Mitchell

6 minute read

January 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

It appears that two more current Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices were recipients of questionable emails that circulated between state officials, but ethics attorneys have said it is unlikely to affect the outcome of suspended Justice J. Michael Eakin's ongoing disciplinary case over his participation in the exchange of inappropriate emails.

By Lizzy McLellan 
And Max Mitchell

6 minute read

January 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

An attorney alleging a counterclaim was brought against him to intimidate and prevent his brother from testifying in a criminal case against another attorney will not be able to proceed with abuse of process claims, a judge has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

January 19, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

An attorney alleging a counterclaim was brought against him to intimidate and prevent his brother from testifying in a criminal case against another attorney will not be able to proceed with abuse of process claims, a judge has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read