Amanda O'brien

July 24, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former income partner Jo Bennett's putative class action survived a motion to dismiss.

By Amanda O'Brien

3 minute read

July 23, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The firm first entered Philadelphia with a cohort of 11 partners from Reed Smith in 2018, and a number of these attorneys are likely now establishing Polsinelli's presence in the city.

By Amanda O'Brien | Alexander Lugo

5 minute read

July 22, 2024 | Law.com

Law firms are investigating potential lawsuits to come out of CloudStrike's global tech outage, but there may be limits on who can recover damages.

By Amanda Bronstad | Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

July 19, 2024 | The American Lawyer

"I'm hearing of more West Coast latencies than on the East Coast," said one Am Law 100 executive. "It really depends where [the office] is regionally, whether they're experiencing the same symptoms even within the same firm."

By Amanda O'Brien | Samson Amore

5 minute read

July 18, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The three-partner team includes former energy and natural resources practice co-chair Ryan Purpura.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

July 17, 2024 | The American Lawyer

While the firms had hoped to hold partnership votes in July for an October merger, sources said, the plan is now to formalize the combination before the start of 2025.

By Amanda O'Brien | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

July 16, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Jeffrey Fickes, who co-chaired Ballard's private equity practice, and Christopher DePizzo join the firm in New York as partners.

By Amanda O'Brien

3 minute read

July 16, 2024 | The American Lawyer

In a conversation about his new book, Douglas Wood pushes firms to help support aging attorneys as they come to "embrace irrelevancy."

By Amanda O'Brien

6 minute read

July 15, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"The Supreme Court in Harrington made it clear that federal courts can no longer 'look the other way' and issue such free passes to mass tortfeasors such as Eckert who refuse to place their assets on the settlement negotiation table," argued attorney George Bochetto.

By Amanda O'Brien

6 minute read

July 12, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney Kevin Berry says Vaughan McLean owes him over $350,000 that he contributed to help the firm pay off a $2 million loan. Founder Joseph Vaughan responded that Berry's misrepresentations over his book of business caused the firm to incur $10 million in litigation funding loans.

By Amanda O'Brien

5 minute read