Harrisburg-based law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC launched a new public relations agency headed by a local PR veteran.

Industry leaders said the M&A marketplace has become even more a matter of “survival of the fittest” in the COVID era. Industries with built-in virtual solutions such as e-commerce, fintech and broadband, have become an essential part of virtual work, while smaller, family-owned businesses have been forced to implement years’ worth of innovation in a matter of months to stay alive.

Harrisburg-based attorney Crystal Clark is resigning from McNees Wallace and Nurick to serve the Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus as general counsel.