Gina Passarella

December 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a win for the estate of a staff sergeant electrocuted while showering at a military base in Iraq in 2008, a federal judge ruled Pennsylvania law will apply to the apportionment and liability issues in the long-running case.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

December 15, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has defeated a long-running malpractice suit filed by former client Santander Bank, which claimed the firm failed to protect the bank's security interest in $95 million it was owed by a bankrupt mortgage servicer.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

December 15, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has defeated a long-running malpractice suit filed by former client Santander Bank, which claimed the firm failed to protect the bank's security interest in $95 million it was owed by a bankrupt mortgage servicer.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

December 14, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

For Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who is facing both criminal charges and civil lawsuits, politics may play into her trial approach in both legal settings.

By Lizzy McLellan 
and Gina Passarella

7 minute read

December 14, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

For Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who is facing both criminal charges and civil lawsuits, politics may play into her trial approach in both legal settings.

By Lizzy McLellan 
and Gina Passarella

7 minute read

December 14, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

More than ever before, in-house counsel are focused on and willing to devote resources to cybersecurity, a comprehensive survey from the Association of Corporate Counsel found, but many have yet to take the necessary steps to ensure their data is protected. As the survey and anecdotes from Pennsylvania general counsel show, for many companies, it isn't until after a data incident that they address what areas need shoring up.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

December 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

More than ever before, in-house counsel are focused on and willing to devote resources to cybersecurity, a comprehensive survey from the Association of Corporate Counsel found, but many have yet to take the necessary steps to ensure their data is protected. As the survey and anecdotes from Pennsylvania general counsel show, for many companies, it isn't until after a data incident that they address what areas need shoring up.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

December 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A group of three male lawyers who serve as the sole employees of a nonreligious, anti-abortion organization failed in a bid to have their company fall under an exemption of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

December 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A group of three male lawyers who serve as the sole employees of a nonreligious, anti-abortion organization failed in a bid to have their company fall under an exemption of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

December 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has denied an argument by plaintiffs who alleged their former counsel at Feldman Shepherd were "grossly negligent" in fighting defendant Ritz-Carlton's bid to have a negligence action heard in the Cayman Islands.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read