Max Mitchell

September 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

State Attorney General Kathleen Kane has offered two defendants in the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission corruption case accelerated rehabilitative disposition in exchange for a dismissal of charges.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

September 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania court system is taking aim at reducing the backlog of civil cases across the state.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

September 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

References to a newly born grandchild that a decedent made in his 1930 will indicated that the proceeds from his trust must be distributed sometime in the future, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the energy industry in Pennsylvania has begun to mature, so has the legal industry supporting it, with more of the activity now centered on "midstream" work and litigation.

By Max Mitchell

7 minute read

September 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

New rules that the state Supreme Court adopted governing the conduct of magisterial district judges should bring greater clarity regarding their conduct on and off the bench, and will bring the regulations more in line with the newly enacted Code of Judicial Conduct.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 26, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney General Kathleen Kane has allowed reporters to view emails containing reportedly pornographic photos and videos that her office uncovered during the investigation into how the state Attorney General's Office handled the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse case.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 25, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney General Kathleen Kane has denied requests from several media outlets to release purportedly pornographic emails that were uncovered during the investigation into how the state Attorney General's Office handled the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse case, despite a supervising grand jury judge's decision last week to lift a stay on the requests.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Allegheny County jury has awarded nearly $16 million to a woman who sustained a severe brain injury in an auto accident while on her way to the rehearsal dinner for her daughter's wedding.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Employment wage-and-hour and FLSA litigation have been booming on all three coasts of the United States, and Pennsylvania has not been immune to the uptick.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

New rules ramping up the training and education requirements of masters in juvenile courts should help to bring some much-needed uniformity to the juvenile justice system, members of the legal community told the Law Weekly.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read