Max Mitchell

November 19, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the wake of mounting calls by politicos and court watchers to appoint a special investigator to scrutinize offensive and potentially ex parte communications between judges and prosecutors, one state Supreme Court justice currently ensnared in the scandal has asked his disciplinary case to be taken up by the Court of Judicial Discipline.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 18, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania may not compel single-state arbitration to resolve a dispute over the nationwide 1998 settlement with several tobacco companies, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

What conduct might constitute "reasonable cause" to remove state Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office remains in a legal gray area, ethics attorneys testified Tuesday before a Senate special committee investigating Kane's job functions in the wake of the loss of her law license.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

What conduct might constitute "reasonable cause" to remove state Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office remains in a legal gray area, ethics attorneys testified Tuesday before a Senate special committee investigating Kane's job functions in the wake of the loss of her law license.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

With an especially expensive state judicial election in the books, and three new justices set to join the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in January, voters have yet to see how campaign contributions will affect justices' recusal decisions.

By Lizzy McLellan 
and Max Mitchell

8 minute read

November 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A tort claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress—which arose from a perceived threat of disclosing childhood sexual abuse during a workers' compensation dispute—should not be barred under the workers' compensation exclusion in the Pennsylvania workplace injury statute, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

At a contempt hearing Monday during a Risperdal-related trial, a Janssen Pharmaceuticals employee testified it is unlikely the company would be able to produce "any and all" documents related to a "reanalysis" of data that has become a point of contention in the litigation.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

With an especially expensive state judicial election in the books, and three new justices set to join the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in January, voters have yet to see how campaign contributions will affect justices' recusal decisions.

By Lizzy McLellan 
and Max Mitchell

8 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

At a contempt hearing Monday during a Risperdal-related trial, a Janssen Pharmaceuticals employee testified it is unlikely the company would be able to produce "any and all" documents related to a "reanalysis" of data that has become a point of contention in the litigation.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A tort claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress—which arose from a perceived threat of disclosing childhood sexual abuse during a workers' compensation dispute—should not be barred under the workers' compensation exclusion in the Pennsylvania workplace injury statute, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read