Gina Passarella

March 14, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Blank Rome wants a dispute with one of its former partners sent to mandatory arbitration, arguing the partner added claims to his suit as an "end-run" around the partnership agreement's arbitration provisions.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

March 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Demand for legal services has ­remained tight in the past few years and consultants predicted law firms would see an average of less than 5 percent growth in revenue for 2015. But many firms have far outpaced that figure, including a number of Pennsylvania firms that had record years last year.

By Gina Passarella 
and Lizzy McLellan

7 minute read

March 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has hired a new chief administrative officer with a ­background in project and pricing management.

By Gina Passarella

2 minute read

March 10, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the year leading up to 45 lawyers and additional staff being cut at Reed Smith, the firm saw gross revenue drop 2.5 percent and profits per equity partner (PPP) fall 8.3 percent.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

March 10, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, can remain on Pennsylvania's ballot as a candidate for president, a Commonwealth Court judge ruled in denying a challenge to Cruz's citizenship.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

March 09, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Drinker Biddle & Reath boosted gross revenue 7.5 percent and profits per equity partner more than 11 percent in the first year under new leadership.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

March 05, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads has elected Louis A. Petroni as its new chairman.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

March 05, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

As bookends to a defense verdict in what started as an $82 million breach of contract claim against Hotwire Communications, a federal judge first granted spoliation sanctions and later doled out $110,000 to Hotwire under the newly amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

March 04, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Personal injury firm Messa & Associates denied on Friday wage-and-hour claims levied by a former paralegal, instead saying she was fired because she posted negative things about the firm in public forums.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

March 03, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has brought on a four-partner team from K&L Gates, adding to its Washington, D.C., office and spurring the opening of a Chicago location.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read