Max Mitchell

September 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Gov. Tom Wolf's decision to grant a reprieve to a death row inmate—and announcement that he would grant more while a study of death penalty procedures was ongoing—should be set aside as an unconstitutional open-ended suspension of his duty to enforce the law, prosecutors argued to the state Supreme Court on Thursday.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

September 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The federal suit against Anapol Schwartz and Raynes McCarty brought by a gay attorney over his scuttled lateral move has been dismissed.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The federal suit against Anapol Schwartz and Raynes McCarty brought by a gay attorney over his scuttled lateral move has been dismissed.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams' decision not to fire three employees involved in pornographic and racist email chains while working for the state Attorney General's Office will likely lead to some political backlash, according to political observers and consultants.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams' decision not to fire three employees involved in pornographic and racist email chains while working for the state Attorney General's Office will likely lead to some political backlash, according to political observers and consultants.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether service of process in a quiet title action can be made by publication.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether service of process in a quiet title action can be made by publication.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission employee's whistleblower suit has been reinstated now that the state Supreme Court has determined that a Commonwealth Court judge failed to properly consider the evidence.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

With the height of the initial Marcellus Shale bonanza several years out and gas prices remaining low, oil-and-gas-related title work has dropped off significantly, leaving some firms and companies facing cutbacks, furloughs and layoffs.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A judge at the center of a text-message-related controversy in Centre County will not seek to remain on the bench in the upcoming election.

By Max Mitchell and Lizzy McLellan

5 minute read