Gina Passarella

April 05, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia judge has sent the majority of a former partner's claims against Blank Rome to arbitration, closing the blinds on a suit both sides sought to handle privately, albeit at different times.

By Gina Passarella

43 minute read

March 31, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Federal Trade Commission has taken its fight against reverse-payment settlements in the pharmaceutical industry to two deals with no direct cash payment.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

March 31, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will be on the April 26 primary ballot in Pennsylvania now that the state's Supreme Court has affirmed a ruling deeming Cruz a "natural-born citizen."

By Gina Passarella

8 minute read

March 30, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court has upheld the forfeiture of a former magisterial district judge's pension, rejecting the argument that because he was an inactive senior judge at the time of his involvement in the Philadelphia Traffic Court corruption ­scandal, he was not a judge or public official whose pension could be at risk.

By Gina Passarella

9 minute read

March 30, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

McGuireWoods has continued the national expansion of its financial services litigation practice with the addition of two more partners and an associate from Reed Smith.

By Gina Passarella

8 minute read

March 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed that a chief of staff to former House Majority Leader John Perzel should be disbarred for his role in the so-called "Computergate" scandal.

By Gina Passarella

10 minute read

March 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

While convergence is far from new, general counsel have expressed a growing willingness to experiment with smaller firms and a skepticism of some of the techniques used by larger firms to address costs.

By Gina Passarella

14 minute read

March 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kohl's and Capital One have successfully winnowed the claims against them in a putative class action alleging the companies charged excessive fees for add-on programs associated with the department store's credit cards.

By Gina Passarella

11 minute read

March 24, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania federal judge has certified a class of plaintiffs who allege the claims administrator for the In re BankAmerica Securities Litigation settlement fund caused the plaintiffs to receive reduced payouts by allowing fraudulent claims.

By Gina Passarella

9 minute read

March 24, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

An increase in demand coupled with improved billing realization resulted in a 4.2 percent increase in gross revenue for Blank Rome in 2015, firm leadership said.

By Gina Passarella

28 minute read