Zack Needles

July 12, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to consider how much leeway judges have to make corrections to their judgments of sentence once they've been issued.

By Zack Needles

5 minute read

August 08, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the question of whether the Philadelphia Parking Authority has the power to create its own taxicab regulations without public input awaits argument before the state Supreme Court, the Commonwealth Court has ruled that agency-issued citations based on those regulations remain unenforceable in the meantime.

By Zack Needles

7 minute read

March 23, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, the Delaware Valley Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, or DELVACCA, has been named 2008 Large Chapter of the Year by the ACC.

By Zack Needles

5 minute read

September 17, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former City Council candidate David Oh and his firm have merged with Philadelphia general practice firm Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy, and they've brought some new practices with them.

By Zack Needles

5 minute read

April 28, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Hiring women and minority lawyers is the first step toward diversifying a firm or legal department, but it's superficial if those lawyers are then denied the opportunity to advance their careers. At the 20th annual Pennsylvania Bar Association Minority Attorney Conference, Carl "Tobey" Oxholm III, executive vice president and chief of staff at Drexel University, urged hiring partners in law firms and corporate legal departments to make a commitment to diversifying their new hires.

By Zack Needles

4 minute read

February 18, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Jan. 6, Bucks County Common Pleas Judge Susan Devlin Scott assumed a prestigious position and an unenviable situation.

By Zack Needles

6 minute read

January 09, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the economic vise continues to tighten, more and more small firms and solo practitioners may be seeking shelter in mergers.

By Zack Needles

5 minute read

October 01, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Spector Roseman & Kodroff has made room for another name and another office. The Philadelphia-based class action firm was rechristened Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis with the addition of international securities litigator Mark S. Willis, who has opened and will head up the firm's new Washington, D.C., office, as well as its securities and international business development group.

By Zack Needles

4 minute read

October 02, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia judge, granting summary judgment in a coverage dispute, said this week that a U.S. Postal Service employee's automobile insurance policy did not provide UIM benefits for an accident involving a mail truck driven by the policyholder while on the job.

By Zack Needles

4 minute read

January 14, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Conshohocken-based plaintiffs law firm Pogust & Braslow is now officially Pogust Braslow & Millrood.

By Zack Needles

5 minute read