Gina Passarella

May 03, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's largest law firms had above-average financial performances in 2015, often driven by blockbuster years for their real estate practices. While real estate lawyers are still largely bullish through at least 2016, there are signs of a slowdown on the horizon, and the question now becomes how to replicate what was at times double-digit growth.

By Gina Passarella

8 minute read

April 30, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A man who injured his knee as he rushed to his car in his employer's parking lot responding to a family emergency is not entitled to workers' compensation benefits, the Commonwealth Court has ruled, finding the man wasn't acting within the scope of his employment.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

April 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

John Estey, an ex-chief of staff to former Gov. Ed Rendell and former Ballard Spahr partner, has been charged with using a lobbying firm as a pass-through for campaign donations to state politicians, the result of an undercover FBI investigation into lobbying of the Pennsylvania legislature.

By P.J. D'Annunzio and Gina Passarella

5 minute read

April 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia judge has denied Morgan, Lewis & Bockius' bid to obtain documents from Dilworth Paxson to aid in the former firm's defense of a suit filed against it by the publishers of Philadelphia's major daily newspapers.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

April 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads has agreed to pay $980,000 to settle claims brought by a class of employee benefit plans that claimed the law firm received fees misappropriated from their plans by disbarred attorney and the operator of their trusts, John Koresko, according to a motion to approve the settlement.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

April 28, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has once again thwarted a proposed class action lawsuit against two health plans over the loss of a flash drive with nearly 300,000 patients' data, in part relying on a ruling that came down between the plaintiffs' first and ­second attempts to certify the class.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

April 27, 2016 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A company based in Washington state being sued by Segway Inc. for patent infringement couldn't escape outright Delaware's jurisdictional reach because the company marketed itself nationally, a federal judge has ruled.

By Gina Passarella

9 minute read

April 26, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pepper Hamilton and Reed Smith's merger discussions, though still in the early stages, were moving along in a positive direction until, for reasons that remain unclear, they hit an abrupt speed bump the afternoon of April 22, sources familiar with the talks said.

By Gina Passarella

48 minute read

April 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Expenses incurred in opening an office in Frankfurt are among the reasons for the decline.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

April 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Expecting a tough year, many of the state's biggest firms were pleasantly surprised.

By Gina Passarella and Lizzy McLellan

25 minute read