Max Mitchell

January 14, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An undisputed clerical error will send a medical malpractice defense verdict back to the trial court, the Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

January 14, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A recent ruling in the state Superior Court could narrow the chances of conviction for three former Penn State administrators accused of covering up sexual abuse perpetrated by Jerry Sandusky, according to several attorneys who spoke with the Law Weekly.

By Max Mitchell

9 minute read

January 14, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A man under house arrest will be eligible for unemployment benefits after the Commonwealth Court ruled that house arrest does not qualify as "incarceration" under the Unemployment Compensation Law.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

January 14, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An attorney with a background of fighting for diversity and civil rights has been tapped to head diversity and inclusion initiatives for the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

January 07, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided to follow a federal court's example and will allow a car company to argue a controversial theory of injury during roll-over accidents that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration disavowed in 2009.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

January 07, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawfully immobilizing a vehicle on a finding its driver is unlicensed does not provide reason to perform an inventory search, a divided state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

8 minute read

January 07, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Prohibiting a Pennsylvania State Police officer who had been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility from possessing a firearm when he is off duty does not violate the officer's Second or Fifth Amendment rights, the Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

January 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Same-sex marriage and the contested parameters of sovereign and governmental immunity topped the agenda for Commonwealth Court.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

December 31, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The ever-expanding area of technology-GPS tracking devices and threats via Facebook-was the subject of several of the Pennsylvania Superior Court's most controversial and important decisions of the year.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 31, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

If three ex-Penn State administrators facing charges stemming from failing to properly deal with reports of child sexual abuse by Jerry Sandusky are found to have appeared before a grand jury without proper advice of counsel, their testimony could be incurably affected and even tossed, several white-collar defense attorneys have said.

By Max Mitchell

7 minute read