Max Mitchell

April 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas judge has attempted to strike a balance between finding a delinquent father in contempt for willfully violating a child support order and being lenient because the payments exceeded the father's earnings.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

April 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The viability of a class action suit on behalf of attorneys alleging that they were being overcharged for pharmacy records by Rite Aid is one of several key cases set to be argued during the state Supreme Court oral argument session scheduled to begin today in Pittsburgh.

By Max Mitchell

7 minute read

April 03, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

April 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Yesterday's ruling from the Commonwealth Court calling into question the $60 million fine that Penn State University agreed to pay the NCAA under a consent decree was "entirely without basis," an official with the NCAA said.

By Max Mitchell

2 minute read

April 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The federal suit ex-Penn State President Graham Spanier filed earlier this week seeking to have the prosecution against him dropped is barred by the abstention doctrine, state Attorney General Kathleen Kane said in court papers yesterday.

By Max Mitchell

2 minute read

April 01, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Penn State President Graham Spanier has taken to the federal courts to continue battling criminal charges of covering up sex abuse committed by Jerry Sandusky.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

April 01, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court has deemed unconstitutional state regulations barring estates from collecting tax rebates under the Senior Citizens Property Tax and Rent Rebate Assistance Act if the senior citizens paid taxes for the year but died before they could collect the rebates.

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6 minute read

April 01, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A White and Williams attorney has filed an appeal of nearly $35,000 in sanctions leveled against him by a Northampton County Court of Common Pleas judge.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

April 01, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A noncompete and nonsolicit agreement will be enforceable against three independent contractors who were trained by and worked for a public adjustment company but began operating their own business, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

April 01, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A trial court's decision to ask a jury whether an injured carpenter, who was both an employee and the sole owner of his carpentry business, was an independent contractor or an employee of the general contractor was flawed and went against nearly a century of precedent, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read