Welcome to your Monday morning round-up of stories in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer. All of the links below will take you directly to today’s stories, or you can head straight over to The Legal’s homepage. (Some stories may require registration or a paid subscription.)
The top story this morning is a look at Pennsylvania firms and how they fared in the latest Am Law 100 rankings. As reporter Gina Passarella writes, the same nine firms appeared as did last year, and none were able to move up the list. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Reed Smith were the only Pa. firms to maintain their rankings, while the other seven slipped down the charts.
Also above the fold on Page 1, reporter Ben Present writes that a request for proposal is schedule to go online today giving lawyers the opportunity to bid on a deal potentially worth $1.85 billion that would privatize Philadelphia Gas Works. PGW is one of the last municipally owned utilities in the country and the largest of its kind, with more than half a million customers.
Below the fold on Page 1, Gina Passarella writes that a federal judge has denied a motion for sanctions a former Elliott Greenleaf partner filed against the firm for alleging in a complaint that he misused escrow funds. This is the latest chapter in the ongoing battle between Elliott Greenleaf and Stevens & Lee, the firm the partner, William R. Balaban, moved to.
Also below the fold on Page 1, reporter Amaris Elliott-Engel writes that the Nutter administration has agreed to pay counsel fees directly, as per the First Judicial District’s request.
In more Regional News on Page 3, reporter Zack Needles writes that a West Virginia firm, Jackson Kelly, has merged with Western Pennsylvania energy boutique Gormly Gormly & Yuhas.
Also on Page 3, a judge has trimmed the claims in an egg price-fixing class action suit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
As always, our People in the News section is on Page 2, and the top stories from our sister publications across the country make up the Page 4 National News section.
In the Law Technology page, social media can give firms an inside voice and LexisNexis has debuted e-book software for law libraries.
In a Family Law column on Page 7, Andrew D. Taylor writes about the relocation provision of the new Child Custody Act and how it will be handled going forward.
If you have questions or comments about any of today's stories, or our coverage as a whole, we invite you to e-mail any of the reporters directly. We hope you'll enjoy today's Legal.
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