Gina Passarella

April 22, 2016 | Law.com

Pepper Hamilton and Reed Smith have ended merger discussions less than two weeks after the firms confirmed they were eyeing the possibility of joining forces.

By Gina Passarella

47 minute read

April 22, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Amid the slowest rate of revenue growth the Am Law 100 has seen in two decades save the Great Recession, Pennsylvania firms made strong gains in core financial metrics and great waves on this year's Am Law 100 rankings by Legal affiliate The American Lawyer.

By Gina Passarella

46 minute read

April 22, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has put out for public comment proposed amendments to ethics rules aimed at protecting lawyers who represent those in the state's newly legalized medical marijuana industry.

By Gina Passarella

9 minute read

April 21, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

For the second year in a row, Fox Rothschild has grown gross revenue close to or above the 10 percent mark, thanks in large part to significant expansion that has seen the firm's head count grow nearly 16 percent since 2013.

By Gina Passarella

23 minute read

April 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor has appointed five judges to serve as temporary justices on the state Supreme Court for the purpose of hearing just one case, the appeal of labor union leader John Dougherty in his defamation suit against a former newspaper columnist.

By Gina Passarella

9 minute read

April 19, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius urged a Philadelphia judge Tuesday to reject "Hail Mary" attempts by Dilworth Paxson and Philadelphia Media Network to explain why documents Dilworth has related to the sale of the media company are protected by attorney-client privilege.

By Gina Passarella

55 minute read

April 19, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge overseeing the Tylenol multidistrict litigation in Pennsylvania has awarded the plaintiff a number of ­evidentiary wins leading up to the first ­bellwether trial in September.

By Gina Passarella

13 minute read

April 19, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

While labor union leader John Dougherty won his bid to have the Pennsylvania Supreme Court revive an appeal in his ­defamation suit against a former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist, recusals have left only two justices available to hear the case and have left all parties at odds over how to fill the empty slots.

By Gina Passarella

14 minute read

April 18, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Reed Smith has hired the former deputy general counsel of Comcast Corp., adding privacy and data security capabilities as it relates to matters before the Federal Communications Commission.

By Gina Passarella

13 minute read

April 15, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pepper Hamilton has ended all official ties to former FBI director Louis Freeh with the spinoff of the law firm's subsidiary, Freeh Group International Solutions.

By Gina Passarella

30 minute read