Amanda O'brien

October 19, 2023 | The American Lawyer

The conservative legal activist's American Alliance for Equal Rights has now targeted a total of seven law firms.

By Amanda O'Brien

3 minute read

October 18, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Philadelphia labor and employment firm will pay as much as $800,000 to a class of clients impacted by a May 2021 data breach as well as $266,666 in attorney fees.

By Amanda O'Brien

3 minute read

October 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"It's major for the commonwealth to have announced they will not be an early adopter," said Duquesne Thomas R. Kline School of Law director of bar studies Ashley London. "The NextGen bar exam should be a complete sea change from the memorization-heavy bar exam as it exists today."

By Amanda O'Brien

3 minute read

October 16, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

This summer marked the third time the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners administered the new Universal Bar Examination.

By Amanda O'Brien

3 minute read

October 16, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Gina Stowe sued the firm earlier this month, seeking the return of her $50,000 capital contribution.

By Amanda O'Brien

2 minute read

October 13, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Gina Stowe said the firm and managing partner Walter Weir did not respond to her request to return the funds nor to an American Arbitration Association offer to arbitrate the dispute.

By Amanda O'Brien

2 minute read

October 12, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"We have some really long-standing relationships with Philly firms," said Diversity Lab chief inclusion and equity officer Lisa Kirby. "[They were] some of our earliest adopters."

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

October 12, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Legacy firms Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton both had similar capabilities in the area, according to partner Will Taylor, one of the two founders of the group.

By Amanda O'Brien

6 minute read

October 11, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

With its lease at 1500 Market St. expiring in the next year, the firm is looking to shrink from 80,000 square feet over four floors to 50,000 square feet spread over two.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

October 09, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Tess Blair retired from the firm at the start of October. At Temple University's Tyler School of Art, she's exploring painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics and glassblowing.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read