Zack Needles

June 15, 2011 | Law.com

In May 2008, some law firm leaders were expressing an interest in growing their practices in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley -- but three years and one of the worst economic downturns in American history later, some say the hoped-for renaissance in that area never fully came to fruition.

By Zack Needles

6 minute read

August 25, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia common pleas court has ordered that a slip-and-fall case brought by a patron of the Philadelphia Park Casino and Racetrack in Bensalem, Pa., be transferred to the Bucks County courts.

By Zack Needles

4 minute read

November 10, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Chartwell Law Offices has opened in Medford, N.J., marking its third new office in five months.

By Zack Needles

5 minute read

June 24, 2010 | Law.com

Pittsburgh-based Thorp Reed & Armstrong confirmed Wednesday that it has laid off several attorneys and support staff, without being more specific. Sources said seven litigators were cut from the 108-lawyer firm. Managing partner Jeffrey J. Conn insisted the cuts were not due to an underperforming practice.

By Zack Needles

4 minute read

August 04, 2011 | Legaltech News

Pennsylvania IP boutique Ratner Prestia has opened a Washington, D.C., office to make stateside meetings more convenient for its international clients. The first shareholder, Thomas G. Southard, from Maryland firm Shulman Rogers, said the firm's attorneys are "well-versed in the technology my clients are being sued on or are suing on."

By Zack Needles

4 minute read

August 11, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

For now, the whitewater rafts will remain ashore at one summer camp in Somerset County.

By Zack Needles

6 minute read

April 25, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pittsburgh firm Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti has welcomed a former associate back into the fold as a partner in an effort to expand its business group.

By Zack Needles

5 minute read

May 05, 2008 | Law.com

A divided Commonwealth Court in Philadelphia has ruled in favor of old-fashioned dining etiquette, ruling that sexual activity is not an accessory use to a restaurant. The split seven-judge panel upheld a trial court?s ruling against Club Kama Sutra in Philadelphia.

By Zack Needles

7 minute read

October 15, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

According to his friends and colleagues, Philadelphia civil rights attorney Alan M. Lerner was one of those rare individuals people could truly look up to.

By Zack Needles

6 minute read

September 20, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court has ruled in a case of first impression that the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has sole discretion to block a party that failed to appeal the denial of its own application for a gaming license from intervening in the subsequent administrative proceedings of a licensee.

By Zack Needles

7 minute read