Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, today announced that Tracy Warren has joined the firm’s San Diego office as a shareholder and Kathryn Quarles Gray has joined as an associate. Warren and Quarles Gray, who join Ogletree Deakins from Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, will bolster the firm’s Sports & Entertainment, Employment Law, and Higher Education practice groups. Warren represents employers in a range of industries including collegiate and amateur athletics, entertainment, financial services, telecommunications, medicine, non-profit, and education. She is the third shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins’ San Diego office which opened earlier this year (more…)
Pillsbury today welcomed Steven Moore, an accomplished patent litigator with a client base of leading companies in the electronics and wireless communications space. He joins the firm from Goodwin Proctor as a partner in the San Diego Intellectual Property practice and anticipates bringing a seasoned team of three IP litigation attorneys (more…)
Procopio announced the additions of Bob Sloss, Chris Jackzo and Mindy Morton to the firms already significant Intellectual Property Litigation practice. The firm houses one of the largest groups in the region (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it represented Trius Therapeutics in its acquisition by Cubist Pharmaceuticals. The total transaction is valued at up to $818 million (more…)
Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that special counsel Jason M. Ohta, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, has joined the firm to bolster its existing white-collar criminal defense capabilities in San Diego. He will work closely with partner and fellow former Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael L. Lipman. Ohta joins the firm from Latham & Watkins LLP (more…)
Foley announced today that Marc T. Morley has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Department and Chemical, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Practice as a partner in the San Diego/Del Mar office (more…)
Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Scott E. McPherson has joined the firm, Of Counsel. McPherson will serve clients from his San Diego, California, office, practicing in all areas of intellectual property, with an emphasis on managing IP portfolios, negotiating complex intellectual property transactions and agreements, and drafting and prosecuting patent applications. Prior to attending law school, Scott gained significant field experience as a patent specialist and contract administrator at Nanogen, Inc., and as a scientist at the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Sciences (TPIMS) and at Trega Biosociences (more…)
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing Shuanghui International Holdings Limited, the owner of China’s largest publicly-traded meat processing enterprise, in a US$7.1 billion agreement to acquire Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD), the largest U.S. publicly-traded pork processor and hog producer. The combination will create one of the largest global pork production, processing and packaged meat companies in the world (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it represented Websense, Inc. in its approximately $1 billion acquisition by Vista Equity Partners. Websense is a global leader in protecting organizations from the latest cyber attacks and data theft, and Vista is a leading private equity firm focused on investments in software, data and technology-enabled businesses (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it has further bolstered its national litigation practice with the admission of Ray Hartman. Hartman, who will be based in Cooley’s San Diego office, joins the firm from DLA Piper. Hartman brings to Cooley considerable experience in the areas of environmental, toxic tort, product liability and real estate litigation (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it represented Ambit Biosciences on its initial public offering (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it advised the underwriters on Receptos, Inc.’s recent IPO. Receptos, now trading on the NASDAQ Global Stock Market under the symbol “RCPT,” is a California-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics for immune disorders (more…)
