Maynard Cooper & Gale PC today announced the firm will open a new office in San Francisco. Existing clients and related opportunities have led to this decision to expand the firm’s presence on the West Coast. This new office will initially focus on three practice areas: insurance and financial services litigation, complex ERISA litigation (including class actions), and sports and entertainment law. (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented global CRM leader Teleperformance USA in the successful completion of the $610 million acquisition of Aegis USA, Inc., a major outsourcing and technology company in the United States, the Philippines and Costa Rica. (more…)
Pepper Hamilton LLP announced today that Ted R. Gropman has joined the firm as a partner in the Construction Practice Group, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Gropman is Pepper Hamilton’s first construction attorney in its LA office. His hiring furthers Pepper’s strategic initiative to build out its well-regarded Construction Practice, as well as its newly formed Los Angeles office.
For more than 33 years, Gropman has devoted his practice exclusively to construction law, focusing on the representation of contractors, subcontractors, design professionals and institutional owners on both private and public works projects. His practice focuses on litigation and arbitration of disputes involving delay and impact claims, scope of work disputes, mechanic’s liens and stop notices, bid protests, construction defects and contract drafting and review. (more…)
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP announces the addition of Diana Hastings to the firm’s Corporate practice in California. Based in San Francisco, Hastings focuses on international, domestic and cross-border estate planning, estate and trust administration and related tax matters.
Hastings is a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and is certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization as a legal specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. (more…)
Robyn Polashuk has joined Covington & Burling as a partner in the firm’s communications and media practice, focusing on video content distribution.
Ms. Polashuk’s practice focuses on the licensing and distribution of video content across a variety of platforms and business models – from cable, satellite and IPTV to broadband and mobile applications, video-on-demand and electronic sell-through. She also negotiates retransmission consent agreements on behalf of broadcast stations. (more…)
