Gina Passarella

February 11, 2016 | Law.com

Blank Rome has acquired more than 100 lawyers from Washington, D.C.-based Dickstein Shapiro, including more than 90 in the nation's capital and 13 lawyers in New York.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

February 10, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

As law firms grew in size and complexity, there was a well-adopted school of thought over the past decade that the firms' leaders should focus 100 percent of their time on managing what had become large-scale businesses. But in Pennsylvania alone, there are a number of firms, including the largest by head count and the most profitable, respectively, whose leaders have some of the largest books of business in the state.

By Gina Passarella

7 minute read

February 09, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pepper Hamilton has resolved ADA claims levied by a former project attorney who claimed the firm failed to accommodate his sleep disorder that made it difficult for him to arrive at work before 2 p.m.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

February 06, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a rare lateral move for Dechert in Philadelphia, the firm has hired an antitrust partner who has served as a member of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's six-person leadership team.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

February 05, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Dechert grew gross revenue 6 percent in 2015 and bumped up partner profits by 8.5 percent in a year in which the firm's litigation practice saw double-digit increases.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

February 04, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former intellectual property partner at Blank Rome has sued the firm for terminating his partnership, alleging in the complaint that it was done to "steal" his practice and because the firm's chairman didn't like the partner's LGBT advocacy.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

February 04, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Third Circuit has rejected an insurer's appeal of a ruling determining it was too late in filing a legal malpractice action against Margolis Edelstein.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

February 04, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Robert A. Zauzmer, the chief of the appeals unit for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, has been named acting pardon attorney by the U.S. Department of Justice.

By Gina Passarella

3 minute read

February 03, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has reinstated a legal malpractice claim by labor union leader John Dougherty against Pepper Hamilton, hinging its ruling on the unanswered question of just how public an ­inadvertently unsealed Pacer document really is.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

February 01, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

While Pepper Hamilton overcame the majority of discrimination and retaliation claims levied by a former project attorney, a federal judge said it is up to a jury to determine whether working a normal schedule is an essential job function of a contract lawyer.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read