Max Mitchell
Max Mitchell is ALM's Regional Managing Editor for The Legal Intelligencer, New Jersey Law Journal, Delaware Business Court Insider and Delaware Law Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @MMitchellTLI. His email is [email protected].
August 19, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer
Health Insurer's 'Quality of Care' Review DiscoverableA quality-of-care review conducted by a plaintiff's health insurance carrier to evaluate an orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice action will not be barred from discovery under the Peer Review Protection Act, a trial court judge has ruled.
By Max Mitchell
7 minute read
August 19, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer
State Agencies Grapple With E-Discovery ProcessWhen the state Supreme Court ordered the attorney general to produce discoverable documents in the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission corruption cases earlier this month, Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille said that office still needs to review approximately 30 million subpoenaed electronic documents for privilege purposes before turning them over to the defendants.
By Max Mitchell
6 minute read
August 18, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer
Duane Morris Gains Government OK, Opens China OfficeEight months after Duane Morris announced plans to create a Shanghai office, the office has formally opened for business, the firm has announced.
By Max Mitchell
2 minute read
August 18, 2014 | Law.com
Freeh Asked to Show Cause to Move Suit by Spanier to U.S. Ct.The federal judge presiding over Louis J. Freeh's attempts to remove a possible defamation case against him from state to federal court has ordered Freeh to show why the federal court has jurisdiction to take the case.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer
Spanier Asks to Look into Freeh's Pa. CitizenshipGraham Spanier would like to be able to look into the state citizenship of Louis B. Freeh and his former firm to see if attempts to remove Spanier's possible defamation case to federal court pass the diversity test.
By Max Mitchell
2 minute read
August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer
Limited-Tort Filings Down in Pennsylvania, Attorneys SayThe tough economic decisions associated with taking limited-tort cases have led to a drop in the number of limited-tort filings, attorneys from around the state have told the Law Weekly.
By Max Mitchell
6 minute read
August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer
Employer Not Liable for Assault on Restrained ScofflawA cab company will not be liable for a driver punching and kicking a passenger who was being restrained after trying to skip out on paying the fare, the state Superior Court has ruled.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer
Parties Spar Over Tossed $14.5 Mil. Asbestos VerdictWhether the jury that awarded a $14.5 million asbestos verdict had been told to award a specific number for noneconomic damages was the focus of arguments before the state Superior Court last week.
By Max Mitchell
4 minute read
August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer
U.S. Justices Refer Death Row Case to Disciplinary BoardThe U.S. Supreme Court has forwarded letters in a Pennsylvania death-row case, in which the defendant claimed "federal defenders" were attempting to get involved in his case against his wishes, to the Disciplinary Board of Pennsylvania.
By Hank Grezlak and Max Mitchell
5 minute read
August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer
Limited-Tort Filings Down in Pennsylvania, Attorneys SayThe tough economic decisions associated with taking limited-tort cases have led to a drop in the number of limited-tort filings, attorneys from around the state have told the Law Weekly.
By Max Mitchell
6 minute read
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