Venable LLP announced today that Greg Sater, one the nation’s leading advertising attorneys, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation group (more…)

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Epstein Becker Green is pleased to announce its Labor and Employment and Employee Benefits Practices have added three new Members of the Firm in the Los Angeles office. They are Regina A. Musolino, a Member of the Firm in the Labor and Employment Practice, and Samuel W. Krause and David McFarlane, both Members of the Firm in the Employee Benefits Practice (more…)

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Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to welcome two new partners to its ranks, Robert A. McFarlane and William E. Adams. Rob is a registered patent attorney whose practice will focus on patent litigation and intellectual property disputes, and Bill’s practice will focus on complex business disputes. Rob will be based in San Francisco and Bill in the firm’s recently opened Walnut Creek office (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Neighborhood Parks Council, an advocate for sustainable parks, in its merger with San Francisco Park Trust, an organization to enhance and protect parks (more…)

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A team of attorneys at Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Orange County’s largest full-service law firm, are representing 10 Southland cities and their redevelopment agencies in a landmark lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of two bills adopted by the California State Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown this past June (more…)

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Responding to client requests for a greater Silicon Valley presence, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP opened a new office in Cupertino, Calif., on October 1st. The new office will focus on Intellectual Property and Patent law pertaining to the tech industry (more…)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced today that former U.S. magistrate judge Chad Everingham has joined as a partner in its intellectual property practice in the firm’s newly established office in Longview, Texas. His arrival coincides with that of partner David M. Stein, who joined the firm’s intellectual property practice today in its Downtown Los Angeles office (more…)

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Ms. Bitseff is an experienced ERISA lawyer regarded as a leading authority on HIPAA, COBRA, and health plan compliance. She provides representation and counsel on health benefits, pension plans, and other forms of compensation and employee benefits (more…)

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Morgan Lewis today announced the addition of Rod Donnelly—a leading international tax practitioner—to the firm’s Tax Practice, resident in Palo Alto. Mr. Donnelly brings to Morgan Lewis more than a decade of experience advising clients throughout the Silicon Valley on transfer pricing and cross-border structural issues, in both the planning and tax controversy areas (more…)

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