Gina Passarella

January 03, 2017 | Delaware Law Weekly

In what at first may appear to be an oversight, there isn't a single mention of intellectual property law on the website bio of Stephanie Parker, the lawyer who led the team that achieved last week's record-breaking $2.54 billion patent infringement verdict for client Idenix Pharmaceuticals.

By Gina Passarella

20 minute read

January 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

No president is above the law, Conway wrote in 1994 in challenging Bill Clinton's push to dodge litigation involving sexual misconduct claims.

By Gina Passarella

15 minute read

December 31, 2016 | National Law Journal

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz litigation partner George T. Conway III is being considered to serve as U.S. solicitor general in President-elect Donald Trump's administration, according to media reports. Conway's represented major corporate clients at Wachtell, where he's been a partner since 1994, and argued one case in the Supreme Court. On his thinking about presidential power: "In a case involving his private conduct, a president should be treated like any private citizen," Conway wrote in a 1994 op-ed challenging Bill Clinton's push to evade litigation of sexual misconduct claims. "The rule of law requires no more—and no less." Conway is married to Kellyanne Conway, who's set to become counselor to Donald Trump.

By By GINA PASSARELLA

10 minute read

December 30, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

For Pennsylvania's largest law firms, 2016 waffled like an indecisive kid in a candy store, with news of mergers that almost were, finances that looked bad to start but perked up by year's end, unexpected choices to be had on salaries and bonuses, and layoffs coupled with streams of large acquisitions.

By Gina Passarella

32 minute read

December 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Several months ago, Felipe Berer's longtime plastics manufacturing client came to him with a rough draft of a marketing plan for what turned out to be the most fascinating—and geographically far-flung—deal Berer has worked on in his 15-year career.

By Gina Passarella

8 minute read

December 22, 2016 | Litigation Daily

Don't hate her -- but Jones Day partner Stephanie Parker had never tried an IP case before she convinced a jury to award her client, a Merck subsidiary, $2.54 billion in a patent infringement suit against Gilead Sciences.

By Gina Passarella

21 minute read

December 21, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Fisher & Phillips Partner Claud “Tex” McIver will retire from his firm in the wake of his wife's shooting death and news Wednesday that warrants were issued against him for his role in her death, the firm said.

By Gina Passarella

10 minute read

December 20, 2016 | Daily Report Online

In what at first may appear to be an oversight, there isn't a single mention of intellectual property law on the website bio of Stephanie Parker, the lawyer who led the team that achieved last week's record-breaking $2.54 billion patent infringement settlement for client Idenix Pharmaceuticals.

By Gina Passarella

20 minute read

December 19, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pittsburgh law firm has been disqualified from representing a company suing a former employee for allegedly violating a noncompete because that law firm represented the employee and company in a similar challenge when he joined years prior.

By Gina Passarella

12 minute read

December 15, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Attorney General-elect Josh Shapiro has named veteran prosecutor Michelle Henry as his first deputy attorney general, marking the first time a woman has held the spot.

By Gina Passarella

9 minute read