Max Mitchell

June 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judge has dismissed a class action suit against UPMC over a data breach, ruling Pennsylvania law does not recognize a civil cause of action against companies for failing to keep confidential information secure.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

June 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A panel of national data-security attorneys agreed at a cybersecurity conference Tuesday that data breach litigation is expanding in almost every way, and big changes are coming soon.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

June 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A panel of national data-security attorneys agreed at a cybersecurity conference Tuesday that data breach litigation is expanding in almost every way, and big changes are coming soon.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

June 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judge has dismissed a class action suit against UPMC over a data breach, ruling Pennsylvania law does not recognize a civil cause of action against companies for failing to keep confidential information secure.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

June 02, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Michael R. Nelson, the last remaining name partner of Nelson Brown Hamilton & Krekstein, has left the firm to join Sutherland Asbill & Brennan.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

June 02, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

With several national law firms recently adding attorneys focused on advocating with state attorneys general on behalf of their clients, AG-based practices appear on the rise. But this might not be the case in Pennsylvania.

By Max Mitchell

7 minute read

June 02, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has remanded a sex-crime victim's Fraudulent Transfer Act suit for further consideration about whether the perpetrator and the businessman who purchased the perpetrator's small business are indispensable parties in the case.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

June 02, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In clarifying the application of a nearly 50-year-old case, the state Supreme Court has rejected an insurance carrier's argument that property owners, who were additional named insureds under a restaurant's commercial umbrella policy, were precluded from coverage under the policy's employer's liability exclusion.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

June 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Michael R. Nelson, the last remaining name partner of Nelson Brown Hamilton & Krekstein, has left the firm to join Sutherland Asbill & Brennan.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

June 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In clarifying the application of a nearly 50-year-old case, the state Supreme Court has rejected an insurance carrier's argument that property owners, who were additional named insureds under a restaurant's commercial umbrella policy, were precluded from coverage under the policy's employer's liability exclusion.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read