Max Mitchell

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

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