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].
July 28, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Superior Court Declines to Expand Collective-Knowledge DoctrineA police officer executing a search warrant at a man's home did not have probable cause to arrest another man on the premises, despite the fact that another police officer saw the defendant take part in a drug transaction days before, the state Superior Court has ruled.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
July 27, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
AG Charges Two Attorneys With Wiretap ViolationsThe state attorney general has filed charges against two western Pennsylvania defense attorneys over alleged violations of the Wiretap Act. The charges stem from separate incidents where the attorneys allegedly used illegally made recordings in legal proceedings.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
July 27, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Injured Landscaper Settles Workers' Compensation ClaimA man who suffered a traumatic brain injury while working as a landscaper has agreed to a $4.6 million settlement to cover his ongoing care.
By Max Mitchell
3 minute read
July 27, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Superior Court Declines to Expand Collective-Knowledge DoctrineA police officer executing a search warrant at a man's home did not have probable cause to arrest another man on the premises, despite the fact that another police officer saw the defendant take part in a drug transaction days before, the state Superior Court has ruled.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
July 27, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
HRT Release Bars Med Mal Claims Over Lost SpongeA woman's settlement with a hormone replacement therapy drug manufacturer will bar a suit she filed against a doctor who allegedly left a sponge in her during a mastectomy, the state Superior Court has ruled.
By Max Mitchell
6 minute read
July 25, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
HRT Release Bars Med Mal Claims Over Lost SpongeA woman's settlement with a hormone replacement therapy drug manufacturer will bar a suit she filed against a doctor who allegedly left a sponge in her during a mastectomy, the state Superior Court has ruled.
By Max Mitchell
6 minute read
July 24, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Magisterial District Judge Charged With ExtortionThe suspended Dauphin County magisterial district judge who was charged by the state Judicial Conduct Board last year is now facing criminal charges for allegedly demanding campaign contributions from the constables who worked for him.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
July 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Magisterial District Judge Charged With ExtortionThe suspended Dauphin County magisterial district judge who was charged by the state Judicial Conduct Board last year is now facing criminal charges for allegedly demanding campaign contributions from the constables who worked for him.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
July 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Ex-Judge Found Guilty of Theft, Conflict of InterestA jury has found retired Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Willis W. Berry Jr. guilty on charges of theft of services and conflict of interest related to his running a real estate business out of his judicial chambers.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
July 22, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Ex-Judge Found Guilty of Theft, Conflict of InterestA jury has found retired Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Willis W. Berry Jr. guilty on charges of theft of services and conflict of interest related to his running a real estate business out of his judicial chambers.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read