Gina Passarella

May 18, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel associate has sued the firm based on allegations it had a system of reallocating rates to the benefit of partners, thereby reducing associates' chances at obtaining bonuses.

By Gina Passarella

16 minute read

May 18, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two transgender people have sued the Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records and Department of Health over a policy that denies gender assignment changes on birth certificates unless the person has undergone gender confirmation surgery. The case provides at least a ­second shot in Pennsylvania to challenge the Americans With Disabilities Act's nearly 30-year ban on its protections covering the transgender community.

By Gina Passarella

10 minute read

May 17, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Rather than accept Sunoco's offer to ­relocate to Dallas along with a portion of its corporate headquarters, the company's chief counsel of litigation decided to stay in Philadelphia and return to law firm life.

By Gina Passarella

18 minute read

May 16, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Both sides in the corruption trial of U.S Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pennsylvania, and his alleged co-conspirators agreed the case was about "theft, fraud and corruption," but the parties diverged when it came to just who was involved in the scheme.

By Gina Passarella

19 minute read

May 16, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A significant shortening of Pennsylvania firms' collection cycles last quarter meant a big boost in revenue for the start of the year, but flat demand and below-average inventory could mean less impressive showings throughout the rest of the year, a Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group survey shows.

By Gina Passarella

8 minute read

May 13, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The former head of a Philadelphia law firm has anonymously sued the firm's disability benefits provider for failing to pay for career-ending neurological injuries the partner suffered from taking antibiotics.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

May 09, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

With the Third Circuit reversing an order on piercing the corporate veil, retailer QVC is poised to get a second chance at more than $200,000 in refunds it says a cleaning supply company owes it for returned goods.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

May 06, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

In throwing out a rural Pennsylvania lodge's bid to have the court revise an eight-year-old oil-and-gas lease, a federal judge said the court can't make up for the dwindling natural gas market in the state or the plaintiff's outsized expectations for gas royalties.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

May 04, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Emphasizing the tenet that antitrust laws are enacted to protect ­competition—and not competitors—the Third Circuit has rejected one competitor's claim that Sanofi-Aventis had an unfair advantage in the anti-coagulant drug market.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

May 03, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge in Pittsburgh has conditionally certified a collective action raising Fair Labor Standards Act claims against RBS Citizens for allegedly failing to pay mortgage loan officers overtime wages.

By Gina Passarella

9 minute read