Gina Passarella

November 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia jury awarded $10.1 million to the mother of an 11-month-old whose bacterial meningitis was allegedly not promptly diagnosed during repeated emergency room visits to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the family's lawyer said.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Wayne-based specialty pharmaceutical company Egalet Corp. has hired its first general counsel, pulling from the in-house legal department of GlaxoSmithKline.

By Gina Passarella

3 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Wayne-based specialty pharmaceutical company Egalet Corp. has hired its first general counsel, pulling from the in-house legal department of GlaxoSmithKline.

By Gina Passarella

3 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed the dismissal of the 12 remaining dental cream adhesive products-liability suits in Philadelphia's mass tort system, finding the lower court was correct in finding the plaintiffs' experts' opinions did not meet Frye standards for admissibility.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

November 15, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed the dismissal of the 12 remaining dental cream adhesive products-liability suits in Philadelphia's mass tort system, finding the lower court was correct in finding the plaintiffs' experts' opinions did not meet Frye standards for admissibility.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

November 12, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The judge overseeing convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky's post-conviction appeal has ordered the Office of Attorney General to disclose, under seal, any documents in its possession detailing any financial incentive Sandusky's victims may have had to falsely testify in his criminal trial.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

November 12, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The judge overseeing convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky's post-conviction appeal has ordered the Office of Attorney General to disclose, under seal, any documents in its possession detailing any financial incentive Sandusky's victims may have had to falsely testify in his criminal trial.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

November 11, 2015 | Law.com

If in-house legal departments are holding tighter to their company's legal work and going to fewer law firms when they do send out work, the best time to get an "in" with a legal department may be when they switch general counsel. And that is also when existing firms need to fight to keep their relationships.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

November 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

If in-house legal departments are holding tighter to their company's legal work and going to fewer law firms when they do send out work, the best time to get an "in" with a legal department may be when they switch general counsel. And that is also when existing firms need to fight to keep their relationships.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

November 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania law firms are trailing nearly every other region in some key financial metrics through the first nine months of the year, with bright spots coming in the form of improved collection cycles and an increase in attorney demand.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read