Max Mitchell

January 12, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case over whether an insurance carrier's reliance on a peer review's recommendation to deny claims shields the carrier from liability for attorney fees if the peer review is found to have been invalid.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

January 12, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Criminal charges Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane reportedly may be facing for allegedly leaking secret grand jury information to the press are politically motivated, Kane has said in a statement to the press.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

January 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Criminal charges Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane reportedly may be facing for allegedly leaking secret grand jury information to the press are politically motivated, Kane has said in a statement to the press.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

January 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A statewide grand jury is recommending that state Attorney General Kathleen Kane be charged with perjury and contempt of court in connection with allegations that she leaked confidential grand jury information, The Philadelphia Inquirer has reported.

By Max Mitchell and P.J. D'Annunzio

5 minute read

January 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A statewide grand jury is recommending that state Attorney General Kathleen Kane be charged with perjury and contempt of court in connection with allegations that she leaked confidential grand jury information, The Philadelphia Inquirer has reported.

By Max Mitchell and P.J. D'Annunzio

5 minute read

January 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

An environmental advocacy group has failed in its constitutional challenge to the state government's use of funds from leasing state land for oil and gas development. However, a split en banc Commonwealth Court panel ultimately determined that, going forward, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and not the governor, should have direct authority to execute those leases.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

January 07, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

An environmental advocacy group has failed in its constitutional challenge to the state government's use of funds from leasing state land for oil and gas development. However, a split en banc Commonwealth Court panel ultimately determined that, going forward, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and not the governor, should have direct authority to execute those leases.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

January 07, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

About six months after being hired by Nelson Brown Hamilton & Krekstein as executive vice president and chief operations and strategic officer, attorney Kevin Toth has left the firm.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

January 06, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

About six months after being hired by Nelson Brown Hamilton & Krekstein as executive vice president and chief operations and strategic officer, attorney Kevin Toth has left the firm.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

January 06, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The grant of summary judgment in a licensing dispute between a hunting and fishing television show and a snack and beverages marketing company has opened the door to a possible award of more than $6 million in the case.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read