Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that former California Attorney General John Van de Kamp, a long-time luminary in the state’s legal and political arenas, has joined the Los Angeles office as counsel in the Government & Global Trade practice. Previously, he was of counsel with Dewey & LeBoeuf in Los Angeles (more…)

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The international law firm of Vinson & Elkins is opening a new office in San Francisco, expanding its footprint in Northern California slightly more than two years after entering the market with an office in Palo Alto (more…)

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Pillsbury today announced that Sarah Good, a well-known securities and consumer class action litigator in San Francisco, has joined the firm’s Litigation practice (more…)

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Todd L. Padnos has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Business Trial and Finance and Bankruptcy practice groups, based in the firm’s 90-attorney San Francisco office. Padnos joins from Dewey & LeBoeuf in Silicon Valley (more…)

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The Firm advised USJ Co., Ltd. on its negotiation of a long term license to construct and operate the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” theme park within Universal Studios Japan from Warner Bros. Consumer Products Inc (more…)

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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Casey Fleck has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Corporate Department (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, in connection with an agreement to purchase Composite Engineering, Inc., a manufacturer and developer of unmanned aerial target systems and composite structures used for National Security programs (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, in the Company’s underwritten public offering of 20,000,000 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $5.00 per share (more…)

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Winston & Strawn LLP announced today it is being joined by 22 litigation partners from Dewey & LeBoeuf, one energy partner, and a number of associates and of counsel. The well-respected group will complement Winston’s rapidly expanding global litigation and transactional footprint (more…)

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Responding to the growing intellectual property and trademark needs of U.S. and foreign clients, Haynes and Boone, LLP has added three experienced intellectual property partners – two in Washington, D.C. and one based in California who also practices in Washington, D.C (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling represented the initial purchasers led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in connection with Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc.’s offering of $325 million of its 8.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (more…)

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Richard E. Climan, Keith A. Flaum, Jane Ross, John P. Brockland and James R. Griffin have joined Weil’s Silicon Valley office as partners in the Firm’s more than 600 lawyer Corporate Department (more…)

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