Max Mitchell

July 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has declined to hear argument in a case that raised the issue of whether a firm's reference on its website to accommodating clients in Philadelphia and the surrounding area showed that the firm had enough business in the city to keep a legal malpractice case in Philadelphia courts.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Trial courts may not require criminal defendants to pay for their use of a public defender as part of their sentence, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has held that pictures obtained through a warrantless search of a smartphone are inadmissible under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Misconduct charges that the Judicial Conduct Board brought against an Erie County judge last week highlight a growing trend of judges facing increasing scrutiny for demeanor- and behavior-based offenses, lawyers familiar with the disciplinary system said.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A doctor's claim that sections of Act 13 regarding the confidentiality of chemical compositions of fluids used in hydraulic fracturing hindered his ability to treat patients has been dismissed.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has taken up the issue of whether a defendant should be sentenced under guidelines in place when a victim was attacked or when the victim died from the injuries nearly 15 years later.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A multimillion-dollar verdict has been reversed after the state Superior Court reaffirmed that the statute of repose applies to asbestos claims stemming from real property improvements.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Erie County Court of Common Pleas judge has been charged by the Judicial Conduct Board with misconduct in connection with several heated exchanges and off-the-bench incidents involving attorneys, witnesses, litigants and court staff.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

July 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Educating state senators about the possible impact of slashing state judgeships was a key factor in persuading legislators to reject making the cuts, lawyers and state Senate officials said.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A deed that conveyed "surface" and "surface soil" and explicitly reserved the rights to any coal found on the property still conveyed the subsurface oil and gas rights to the deed holder, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read