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Max Mitchell

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].

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December 28, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In Phila. Common Pleas, It Was the Year of Mass Torts

From multimillion-dollar verdicts to the creation of a new mass tort program and novel cases going before juries, mass tort litigation dominated the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 2015.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 25, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In Phila. Common Pleas, It Was the Year of Mass Torts

From multimillion-dollar verdicts to the creation of a new mass tort program and novel cases going before juries, mass tort litigation dominated the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 2015.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 24, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Justices End Pa. Bid to Reinstate $80M Drug Case

Likely ending the Pennsylvania state government's bid to reinstate nearly $80 million in damages against two pharmaceutical giants, the state Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court's holding that, while the companies “willfully violated” consumer protection laws, the state is not entitled to damages.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 24, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Justices End Pa. Bid to Reinstate $80M Drug Case

Likely ending the Pennsylvania state government's bid to reinstate nearly $80 million in damages against two pharmaceutical giants, the state Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court's holding that, while the companies “willfully violated” consumer protection laws, the state is not entitled to damages.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 24, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bayer, J&J Challenge Levaquin Mass Tort Petition

Makers of the antibiotics Levaquin, Avelox and Cipro are challenging a request from numerous plaintiffs to consolidate their cases into a mass tort program.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bayer, J&J Challenge Levaquin Mass Tort Petition

Makers of the antibiotics Levaquin, Avelox and Cipro are challenging a request from numerous plaintiffs to consolidate their cases into a mass tort program.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judicial Races, Email Row Engaged Leaders of Phila. Bar Association

From the ongoing scandal over public officials' emails, to a record number of judicial candidate reviews and development of new rules on marijuana, 2015 was a busy year for the Philadelphia Bar Association.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Janssen, Plaintiffs Sparring Over Risperdal Verdicts

In the wake of several Risperdal trials going to verdict this year, parties on both sides of the litigation are contesting the amounts juries awarded.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

December 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judicial Races, Email Row Engaged Leaders of Phila. Bar Association

From the ongoing scandal over public officials' emails, to a record number of judicial candidate reviews and development of new rules on marijuana, 2015 was a busy year for the Philadelphia Bar Association.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Janssen, Plaintiffs Sparring Over Risperdal Verdicts

In the wake of several Risperdal trials going to verdict this year, parties on both sides of the litigation are contesting the amounts juries awarded.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read