Amanda O'Brien
Amanda O'Brien covers how law businesses are conducted throughout the state of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at [email protected].
October 24, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Lowenstein Sandler Taps Ex-Shearman Partner as Funds Co-ChairMichael Saarinen left Shearman weeks after partners overwhelmingly voted in favor of the merger with Allen & Overy.
By Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
October 23, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Buchanan Adds Ex-Paul Hastings CFO, New Business Development OfficerKathleen Deuschle joined the firm's Pittsburgh office as chief financial officer in July and Elizabeth Lockett joined the firm's Washington, D.C., outpost roughly a month ago as chief business development officer.
By Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
October 23, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
McNees Wallace to Sell Harrisburg HQ Following Layoffs for Longtime HR LeadersThe firm is looking for nearly $11 million for the building at 100 Pine St., which is occupied by roughly 125 attorneys and staff.
By Justin Henry | Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
October 23, 2023 | Pro Mid Market
Training Next Gen Of Lawyer-Leaders Is Give And TakeAfter three years of operating remotely, younger lawyers looking to occupy a place in law firm management are interested in a collaborative environment…
By Justin Henry | Jessie Yount | Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
October 20, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Ballard Adds Strength to Bankruptcy Department With 2 Greenberg Traurig AttorneysDiane Vuocolo and Kevin Ray have been working together for several decades.
By Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
October 20, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Buchanan, McNees Wallace Accused of Helping Prolong Pa. School Athletics DisputeThe suit centers around a prolonged dispute over a Western Pennsylvania student's eligibility to participate in high school basketball following his transfer to a new high school. The firms represented the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League.
By Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
October 19, 2023 | The American Lawyer
Fox Rothschild, Susman Godfrey Draw Warnings From Blum on Diversity FellowshipsThe 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
Spear Wilderman Inks $1M Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Class ActionsThe 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
Pennsylvania to Delay NextGen Bar Exam Rollout"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
Pa. Bar Passage Rates Increase for July 2023 TestThis summer marked the third time the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners administered the new Universal Bar Examination.
By Amanda O'Brien
3 minute read
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