Gina Passarella

March 22, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lateral movement in 2015 showed there is strength in numbers, whether it be a group departure to another law firm, the formation of an entirely new firm or the combined effect a number of lateral defections has in causing the collapse of a firm.

By Gina Passarella

20 minute read

March 21, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has set a quick timetable in the appeal of a ruling allowing Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to remain on the state's presidential primary ballot.

By Gina Passarella

7 minute read

March 21, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

McGuireWoods is set to hire a team of lawyers from Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office led by partner Mary Hackett, a former head of Reed Smith's financial services litigation group, Reed Smith has confirmed.

By Gina Passarella

50 minute read

March 20, 2016 | Delaware Law Weekly

The head of the Delaware office of disbanding Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg is set to join the Wilmington office of RatnerPrestia next month.

By Gina Passarella

10 minute read

March 18, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Most area law schools had positive momentum in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, with one joining the top 50 for the first time.

By Gina Passarella

9 minute read

March 17, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has thrown out a noncompete case against an Indian technology company that allegedly improperly hired away contractors when it took over a software installation project for Time Warner Cable.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

March 17, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Cozen O'Connor saw a 9 percent bump in gross revenue in 2015, bolstered by the midyear addition of Chicago litigation boutique Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson and an overall rise in demand, firm leadership said.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

March 16, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

President Obama has nominated an ­assistant U.S. attorney from the Western District of Pennsylvania to a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

By Gina Passarella 
and Ben Seal

2 minute read

March 14, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Blank Rome wants a dispute with one of its former partners sent to mandatory arbitration, arguing the partner added claims to his suit as an "end-run" around the partnership agreement's arbitration provisions.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

March 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Demand for legal services has ­remained tight in the past few years and consultants predicted law firms would see an average of less than 5 percent growth in revenue for 2015. But many firms have far outpaced that figure, including a number of Pennsylvania firms that had record years last year.

By Gina Passarella 
and Lizzy McLellan

7 minute read