Max Mitchell

November 19, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

For at least one state Supreme Court justice, the issue of whether informed consent forms should be barred from strict medical malpractice suits comes down to the idea that a plaintiff cannot consent to negligent treatment.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 18, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A trial court's decision to exclude from evidence an email attachment containing anti-gay material that a defendant did not read or open was not a sufficient basis to grant a new trial for the plaintiff, the state Superior Court has said.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 18, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A founding member of the former Booth & Tucker law firm has been sentenced to two years of probation with a stayed suspension for hiding expenses and sanction penalties from a client and his former partner.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 13, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The current fiscal year may have gotten off to a slow start in terms of legal work, but many midsized firms are reporting steady year-over-year growth as fiscal year 2014 begins to wrap up.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 13, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Newly released emails show the NCAA collaborated with the Freeh Group in the lead-up to the release of the Freeh report, according to state officials involved in the dispute over the $60 million consent decree the athletic body levied against Penn State University.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Geographic expansion has been an oft executed strategy of late among law firms looking for ways to capture new market share, but three recent moves demonstrate just how differently firms can approach that growth.

By Gina Passarella 
And Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has reaffirmed that attorneys in Pennsylvania cannot seek recovery under a theory of quantum meruit against a lawyer who took over a case initiated by a different attorney.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 11, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Retired Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Thomasine Tynes has agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of conflict of interest in the bribery probe that was previously shuttered by Attorney General Kathleen Kane, according to a court filing over Tynes' sentencing in an unrelated federal case.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 11, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Filing a complaint that could raise questions about the mental health of a plaintiff can be an implied waiver to the protections under the Mental Health Procedures Act, a divided state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 11, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An insurance carrier will not have to be financially responsible for the suicide of a 16-year-old living with her mother and her mother's gun-owning boyfriend, a common pleas judge has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read