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States, experts say EPA role on chemicals crucial
April 1, 2019
Echo PilotStates and legal experts say EPA regulations on PFAS chemicals are crucial to protect public health and compel the cleanup…
Duke Star Zion Williamson May Have Slam-Dunk Case Against Nike, but Some Lawyers Doubt He’ll Just Do It
March 6, 2019
The Legal IntelligencerDuke basketball star Zion Williamson’s shoe ripping apart during the first minute of one of the most highly anticipated college games of…
Court Silences Woman Who Spoke Out About Grandchild’s Abuse in Philadelphia Foster Care
November 28, 2018
The Legal IntelligencerVirginia McKale, who was featured in an October Legal Intelligencer article about systemic problems in Philadelphia’s child welfare system in…
What Betsy DeVos’ new sexual misconduct regulations mean for victims, the accused, and schools
November 16, 2018
The Philadelphia InquirerThe Trump administration on Friday announced an overhaul to how schools deal with allegations of sexual misconduct, drastically narrowing the…
Pa. Firms Active in Industrywide IP Hiring Spree
October 8, 2018
The Legal IntelligencerIt’s been an active year for intellectual property hiring across the country, and Pennsylvania firms are no exception to the…
Montgomery McCracken Adds Kramer Levin IP Atty In Philly
September 25, 2018
Law360Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP has expanded its new Philadelphia-based intellectual property department with the addition of one of…
NY Lawyer Decries ‘Anything Goes’ Atmosphere at Title IX Hearings
September 13, 2018
The New York Law JournalLawyers are in two minds about potential implications of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ move to draft changes to…
Young Lawyers Division honors 40 up-and-coming attorneys
September 6, 2018
American Bar AssociationFor the third year, the ABA Young Lawyers Division is highlighting some of the best and brightest of its members…
Montgomery McCracken Snags 4 Buchanan Attys For IP Unit
August 9, 2018
Law360The Philadelphia office of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP says it has added a powerful intellectual property team that includes a…
LGBT Trailblazers Join Law Firm Montgomery McCracken
August 7, 2018
Philadelphia InquirerMontgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, the multistate law firm based in Center City, has added two LGBT trailblazers to its…
Montgomery McCracken Launches IP Department With Buchanan Attorneys
August 7, 2018
The Legal IntelligencerWith its latest lateral move, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads has also added a practice area and a head of…
‘Hope Is Not a Strategy’ for Midsize Law Firms in NY. Here’s What Works
July 3, 2018
The Legal IntelligencerThe New York Legal market throws up two big obstacles for midsize law firms: great expense and intense competition. But…
Settlement Issues May Force 9th Circ. Rethink Of Hyundai Kia
June 29, 2018
Law360Consumer class action settlements are hitting snags after the Ninth Circuit ruled in January that courts must weigh whether varying…
Funds Prop Up Merger Price Case Filings Despite Risks
June 22, 2018
Bloomberg LawA handful of investment funds is keeping alive what once was an uber-popular strategy of using the courts to challenge…
New Study Undercuts EPA Safety Limit for Chemicals
June 21, 2018
The IntelligencerSafety limits proposed in a new draft study are lower than those behind the EPA’s recommended limits for chemicals in…
Podcast: Lessons from the bid-rigging trial
June 12, 2018
The Bond BuyerPartner Lathrop B. Nelson discusses the United States v. Carollo, Grimm and Goldberg municipal bond case, and its overturn on…
Partner, Founder’s Grandson Returns to Montgomery McCracken
June 6, 2018
The Legal IntelligencerA lawyer with deep ties to Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads has re-joined the firm as a partner after nearly…
Hertz Investor Sues Board, CEO In Del. Over Restatements
May 31, 2018
Law360A Hertz Global Holdings Inc. investor has sued the rental company’s directors, CEO and former CEO in Delaware’s Chancery Court, seeking…
3rd Circ. Won’t Revisit Citgo’s $100M Oil Spill Liability
May 31, 2018
Law360The Third Circuit declined Wednesday to revisit a decision that made three Citgo units liable for most of a $100 million-plus oil…
Big Fox shareholder urges Rupert Murdoch to overlook his self interest and consider Comcast cash deal
May 25, 2018
The Philadelphia InquirerWarning of conflicts of interest within the Murdoch family, a U.K. hedge fund with $5.3 billion in 21st Century Fox…