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].
September 07, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Justices Reinstate Turnpike Whistleblower SuitA 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 07, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Centre County Judge Won't Seek RetentionA 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
September 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Title Attorneys Face Layoffs, Furloughs After Low Gas PricesWith 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 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Lawyer Spars With Judge Over Alleged BiasJeffrey Downs, the attorney who recently lost a civil suit over his scuttled lateral move, may have wanted to focus on allegedly improper jury instructions during a post-trial motion hearing Thursday, but the judge handling the case wanted to discuss Downs' allegations that the judge had played favorites during the trial.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
September 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Lawyer Spars With Judge Over Alleged BiasJeffrey Downs, the attorney who recently lost a civil suit over his scuttled lateral move, may have wanted to focus on allegedly improper jury instructions during a post-trial motion hearing Thursday, but the judge handling the case wanted to discuss Downs' allegations that the judge had played favorites during the trial.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
September 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Suit Against Amazon Over Student Suicide Won't Be ArbitratedThe suit against Amazon stemming from a University of Pennsylvania student who killed herself using chemicals allegedly bought through the online retailer is not headed for arbitration under a stipulation agreed upon by both sides.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
September 02, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Suit Against Amazon Over Student Suicide Won't Be ArbitratedThe suit against Amazon stemming from a University of Pennsylvania student who killed herself using chemicals allegedly bought through the online retailer is not headed for arbitration under a stipulation agreed upon by both sides.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
September 02, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Court Reverses $3M Legal Malpractice VerdictThe state Superior Court has tossed a more than $3 million legal malpractice verdict against two Philadelphia attorneys, finding the suit had not been initiated within the statute of limitations.
By Max Mitchell
6 minute read
September 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Court Reverses $3M Legal Malpractice VerdictThe state Superior Court has tossed a more than $3 million legal malpractice verdict against two Philadelphia attorneys, finding the suit had not been initiated within the statute of limitations.
By Max Mitchell
6 minute read
September 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Houston Harbaugh's Hands-On Approach to SuccessFacebook's purchase of voice-recognition technology firm and Houston Harbaugh client Mobile Technologies in September 2013 was "anything but luck," according to attorney James R. Carlisle II.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
