Gina Passarella

January 30, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Financial performance in 2015 coupled with indicators for 2016 show law firms will most likely have to add new attorneys to bolster revenue while cutting staff and other lawyers to protect profits, according to a Wells Fargo Legal Specialty Group year-end survey.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

January 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A month after a trial judge explained why Reed Smith's mandatory arbitration agreement in a client engagement letter was unenforceable, the law firm withdrew its appeal, dashing the chance for the first-impression issue to reach the state's appellate courts.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

January 27, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former appeals unit chief suing Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane over his termination said her bid to stay the suit is just another attempt to avoid discovery in the case.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

January 26, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

For Blank Rome, a firm that has long eyed continued growth in Washington, D.C., a combination of some form with ailing Dickstein Shapiro would make sense, if, of course, the price was right, legal observers said.

By Gina Passarella 
and Katelyn Polantz

7 minute read

January 22, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Fox Rothschild has taken what appears to be an unusual step for law firms with the naming of a HIPAA privacy officer.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

January 22, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Littler Mendelson will earn $495 an hour for its work representing Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane and others in her office in civil suits filed by former Office of Attorney General prosecutors.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

January 22, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Jefferson Health System general counsel and current Elliott Greenleaf executive board co-chairman David Simon has been hired as the first in-house attorney for the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

By Gina Passarella

4 minute read

January 15, 2016 | The American Lawyer

More layoffs may be coming to Big Law as firms again hit the reset button.

By Gina Passarella and Christine Simmons

6 minute read

January 15, 2016 | The American Lawyer

More layoffs may be coming to Big Law as firms again hit the reset button.

By Gina Passarella and Christine Simmons

6 minute read

January 14, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Reed Smith has laid off 45 lawyers across its offices in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, along with an unidentified number of staff.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read