Max Mitchell

July 29, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Despite a contract that fails to comply with a consumer protection law, a contractor will still be able to pursue a claim under the quasi-contract theories of quantum meruit, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 29, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

When the U.S. housing market began to crash more than five years ago, Reed Smith's insurance recovery group was in a unique position to tackle the first wave of mortgage insurance litigation.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 29, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Location might be the key to success for some firms, but for Cozen O'Connor's insurance litigation groups, the key is: communication, communication, communication.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 28, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Although legal marketers occasionally work with sensitive materials, law firms have done little to protect marketing schemes and strategies when it comes to chief marketing officers and staffers jumping ship, according to several marketers.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 28, 2014 | Law.com

A federal judge has dismissed ex-Penn State University President Graham Spanier's suit seeking to have the prosecution against him dropped.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 24, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

As part of an effort to add muscle to the firm, Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton has hired a longtime Harleysville Insurance senior official as the new executive vice president and chief operations and strategic officer.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

July 22, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument on whether a defective notice of enactment of a zoning and land development ordinance triggered a 30-day window for filing appeals regarding defects that occurred when the ordinances were initially passed by the zoning board.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 22, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Money a county paid its solicitor for acting as interest arbitrator in a labor dispute will have to be repaid to the county, despite a resolution the county adopted agreeing to pay the attorney for the work, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 22, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A common pleas court judge will allow a plaintiff in a dog-bite case to pursue punitive damages based on alleged notice of vicious propensity, even though the dogs had not bitten anyone before the incident.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 21, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney John W. Zotter of Zimmer Kunz in Pittsburgh represented two trucking companies that were involved in separate multivehicle accidents in the summer of 2011.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read