By Rebecca Cohen | August 25, 2017
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips' consulting arm is no more. Monarch Global Strategies LLC opened on Aug. 1 with offices in four cities after Manatt Global Strategies closed its doors. The new venture is comprised of several Manatt Global executives, including the latter's former president Michael Camuñez and ex-chairman James Jones.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 25, 2017
A. Harold Datz, 69, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, died Aug. 25 of complications from cancer at Abington Hospice at Warminster.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 25, 2017
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads added Erin A. Novak to its litigation department.
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By Katelyn Polantz | August 25, 2017
Kevin Downing, a tax partner at Miller & Chevalier in Washington, D.C., left the firm Thursday. He will continue to advise President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who reportedly received subpoenas Friday from a federal grand jury probing a public relations firm that did work for Ukraine.
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By Lizzy McLellan | August 25, 2017
Firms in lower-rate markets, such as those in central Pennsylvania, have long touted the cost savings they can offer clients. But with the growing demand for alternative fee arrangements, they've found another attraction to draw clients away from the big city.
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By Timothy W. Callahan II and Megan E. Albright | August 25, 2017
In July, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Valley Forge Towers Apartments v. Upper Merion Area School District and Keystone Realty Advisors, No. 49 NAP 2016, (July 5), holding that a taxing authority's practice of filing assessment appeals for commercial properties, but not other types of properties, violated the uniformity clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution.
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By Carl W. Hittinger and Tyson Y. Herrold | August 25, 2017
Last month we discussed the role of the presidency in formulating antitrust policy, pointing out the fallacy of the view that the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice has historically been (or should be) completely independent of the White House. We posited that history shows that the Antitrust Division's enforcement decisions have been (and should be) a product of informed presidential policy and that past presidents have attempted to apply the Sherman Act in a way that balances the panoply of challenges, both foreign and domestic, that every president elected by the people invariably faces.
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By Meghan Tribe | August 25, 2017
During the day, Brian Potts is an energy and environment partner at Perkins Coie. On the side, he is the founder and creator of LegalBoard, a keyboard for lawyers, as well as a co-founder of Goods Unite Us, an online marketplace that tracks companies based on campaign contributions to Republican candidates.
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By Vivia Chen, The Careerist | August 25, 2017
Who wants to read serious, long-winded pieces about the legal profession in late August? No one. Certainly, not moi. So here's the beach edition of the latest news
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By Roy Strom | August 25, 2017
Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals stepped into a minefield in a viral custody battle over the so-called Rally Cat. How could the team know that the lawyer on the other side of its feline fight would have a history garnering outsize media attention for trivial cases?
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