Max Mitchell

March 12, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

During the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's argument session Wednesday in Philadelphia over whether a supervising grand jury judge had the power to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate alleged leaks of grand jury secrets by state Attorney General Kathleen Kane, several justices peppered the special prosecutor with questions on the specifics of how he'd been appointed and how his investigation was handled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

March 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

During the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's argument session Wednesday in Philadelphia over whether a supervising grand jury judge had the power to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate alleged leaks of grand jury secrets by state Attorney General Kathleen Kane, several justices peppered the special prosecutor with questions on the specifics of how he'd been appointed and how his investigation was handled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

March 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

When determining whether to apply judicial privilege to statements a former student made about a sexual relationship with a teacher prior to the start of a quasi-judicial proceeding, does the age of the parties or whom the statement was made to matter?

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

March 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

When determining whether to apply judicial privilege to statements a former student made about a sexual relationship with a teacher prior to the start of a quasi-judicial proceeding, does the age of the parties or whom the statement was made to matter?

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

March 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the pressures of an increasingly competitive legal market have forced firms to play with alternative rate structures and business models, firms have also increasingly begun challenging the traditional notion of needing a single firm leader, according to some legal consultants.

By Max mitchell

6 minute read

March 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The lawyers in the North Carolina branch of Nelson Brown Hamilton & Krekstein are leaving the firm to open an office for Goldberg Segalla.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

March 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident will not need to undergo additional medical testing that the defendants' expert claimed is necessary to render a more accurate examination of the plaintiff's claimed post-traumatic stress disorder, a Lackawanna County judge has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

March 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The family of a woman killed in a multiple-vehicle collision has received an award of nearly $1.5 million from a Monroe County jury.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

March 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The family members of two Kraft factory workers who were fatally gunned down by a disgruntled employee have received an award of more than $8 million from a Philadelphia jury.

By Max Mitchell

3 minute read

March 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The family members of two Kraft factory workers who were fatally gunned down by a disgruntled employee have received an award of more than $8 million from a Philadelphia jury.

By Max Mitchell

3 minute read