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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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November 05, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Hearing Officer Can't Order Zurich to Pay $1M Hospital Bill

A Bureau of Workers' Compensation fee review hearing officer, in Pennsylvania, should not have ordered Zurich American Insurance Co. to pay a more than $1 million hospital bill.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Elephant in the Room: Pa. Judicial Race a GOP Failure?

In Tuesday's statewide judicial elections, the three Democratic candidates for Supreme Court won handily, leading several political observers to scrutinize a seeming lack of effort and poor strategy on the part of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania.

By Lizzy McLellan, Ben Seal and Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

$1.7M Award Against Wyeth Over Defunct Factory Reversed

In ruling that Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will not need to perpetually pay operation and maintenance costs for a wastewater treatment plant in Chester County, the Commonwealth Court has reversed a $1.7 million breach of contract award to the borough of West Chester.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 05, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Hearing Officer Can't Order Zurich to Pay $1M Hospital Bill

A Bureau of Workers' Compensation fee review hearing officer, in Pennsylvania, should not have ordered Zurich American Insurance Co. to pay a more than $1 million hospital bill.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Elephant in the Room: Pa. Judicial Race a GOP Failure?

In Tuesday's statewide judicial elections, the three Democratic candidates for Supreme Court won handily, leading several political observers to scrutinize a seeming lack of effort and poor strategy on the part of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania.

By Lizzy McLellan, Ben Seal and Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

$1.7M Award Against Wyeth Over Defunct Factory Reversed

In ruling that Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will not need to perpetually pay operation and maintenance costs for a wastewater treatment plant in Chester County, the Commonwealth Court has reversed a $1.7 million breach of contract award to the borough of West Chester.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Shifting Demographics Key in Montco DA Race

Attention-grabbing ads wrapping embattled comedian Bill Cosby into the Montgomery County District Attorney race may have garnered national notice, but, according to court watchers, the race mostly came down to the county's shifting political demographics.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Shifting Demographics Key in Montco DA Race

Attention-grabbing ads wrapping embattled comedian Bill Cosby into the Montgomery County District Attorney race may have garnered national notice, but, according to court watchers, the race mostly came down to the county's shifting political demographics.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Claims Axed Under MCARE Statute of Repose

The MCARE Act's statute of repose will bar claims in four cases against a doctor who allegedly placed unnecessary stents in patients, a common pleas judge has ruled. The decision came despite the plaintiffs being unaware of the alleged misconduct until years after it took place.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Voter Turnout Key In Pivotal Race for Supreme Court

Voters are set to go to the polls Tuesday in an historic and contentious race for the state Supreme Court, one that will likely decide the political makeup of the court for years to come.

By Max Mitchell and Lizzy McLellan

8 minute read