Firm Profiles

Early Rain Doesn't Deter Big Winners at Bar Assn. 5K

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Manny D. PokoTilow : The Legal Intelligencer : May 24, 2013

Before the 34th annual Philadelphia Bar Association 5K Charity Run, held on May 19, it had been raining all morning and started to pour at approximately 8 a.m., 30 minutes before the race was scheduled to start.

The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

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Diane Jeantet : The Am Law Daily : May 10, 2013

Alston & Bird adds four partners to its capital markets department on the East Coast; the vice-chair of Greenberg Traurig's pharmaceutical, medical device, and health care litigation practice has left for Jones Day; and Locke Lord expands its Hong Kong office with five new attorneys. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com.

Caperton Saga Leaves 15-Year Imprint On Duo

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Gina Passarella : The Legal Intelligencer : May 8, 2013

Consol Energy Settles Mining Damage Claim

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: The Legal Intelligencer : May 7, 2013

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has reached a $36 million settlement with Consol Energy over claims the company's coal mining caused structural damage that required a lake to be drained at a nearby state park.

Caperton Saga Leaves 15-Year Imprint on Reed Smith Duo

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Gina Passarella : The Legal Intelligencer : May 6, 2013

It's the kind of case that has an attorney up at 3 a.m. pondering the next play or just the seeming injustice of it all. And for two Reed Smith attorneys, the case has been going on for upward of 15 years.

Child Endangerment Law Doesn't Apply, Attorneys for Lynn Argue

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Amaris Elliott-Engel : The Legal Intelligencer : May 1, 2013

The lawyers for the first Catholic Church official charged with endangering the welfare of children abused by other priests argued in court papers that the trial judge refused to address the defense argument that Pennsylvania's law criminalizing endangerment of the welfare of children did not apply in the case.

In the Fast Lane With the Patent Prosecution Highway

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Ralph Fischer : The Legal Intelligencer : April 30, 2013

The prosecution of patent applications can be a long, slow road, often taking well more than three years before a patent application can be found allowable (assuming an allowance is able to be obtained).

Pa. Justices Rule Shale, Natural Gas Are Not Minerals

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Zack Needles : The Legal Intelligencer : April 26, 2013

The state Supreme Court has decided there is no need for a scientific debate over whether shale and the natural gas contained within it fall under the definition of "minerals" for the purposes of deed reservations.

Consol Energy Agrees to Pay $36 Mil. to Pa. to Settle Mining Damage Claim

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Gina Passarella : The Legal Intelligencer : April 25, 2013

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has reached a $36 million settlement with Consol Energy over claims the company's coal mining caused structural damage that required a lake to be drained at a nearby state park.

Stevens & Lee Grows Revenue 1.3 Percent, PPP 1 Percent

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Gina Passarella : The Legal Intelligencer : April 12, 2013

Small increases in gross revenue and profits per equity partner (PPP) brought Stevens & Lee to all-time highs in those categories for 2012. The Reading, Pa.-based firm grew its gross revenue 1.3 percent from $113 million in 2011 to $114.5 million in 2012.