The firm is proud to announce the addition of 3 attorneys to their San Diego and Del Mar Heights offices. Amy S. Cannon joins the firm as Of Counsel, while Michael R. Kiesling joins as Senior Counsel, and Ryan M. Dietz joins as an associate (more…)

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DLA Piper advised Business Intelligence Systems Solutions Holdings B.V. with the sale and transfer of most of the assets of Business Intelligence Systems Solutions Holdings B.V. to a new incorporated subsidiary of William Morris Endeavour, WME BI (more…)

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Foley announced today that Jose L. Patiño and Nicola A. Pisano have joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice as partners in the San Diego/Del Mar office. Both attorneys were previously partners at Jones Day (more…)

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A team of lawyers including Jordan Altura (SF), Susan Meyer (SD), and Benni Amato (SD), successfully defended a lawsuit filed by two actresses in Contra Costa Superior Court against our client, a large consignment company which hired those actresses for a television commercial (more…)

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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that Stephen Reiter, Ph.D. has joined the firm’s leading Intellectual Property Department as Counsel and is a member of the Health & Life Sciences team. Mr. Reiter will practice from Kilpatrick Townsend’s San Diego office (more…)

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Cooley LLP announced that it represented Switzerland-based Molecular Partners as the company expanded its existing collaboration relationship with Allergan.  The companies entered into two separate agreements to discover, develop and commercialize proprietary therapeutic DARPin® products for the treatment of serious ophthalmic diseases (more…)

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Cooley LLP announced today that it advised JSM Acquisition, the 49% owner of the San Diego Padres, in its $800 million sale to an investor group led by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley’s four grandsons, Kevin and Peter O’Malley and Tom and Peter Seidler (the “O’Malley/Seidler Group”) (more…)

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Duane Morris is pleased to announce that Marianne F. Adriatico has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in its San Diego office. Adriatico further strengthens Duane Morris’ real estate practice, particularly its expanding capabilities in California. She joins Duane Morris from HechtSolberg LLP (more…)

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Jeffrey N. Labovitch has joined the San Diego office as a partner in the Insurance Coverage, Commercial Litigation and Professional Liability practice groups. Mr. Labovitch’s practice specializes in handling complex insurance coverage matters (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Gevo, Inc., a leading renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company, in two public offerings with gross proceeds of over $100 million (more…)

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing ABC-Mart, Inc., a Tokyo, Japan-based publicly-traded shoe retailer, in its US$138 million cash tender offer for all of the outstanding equity of LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOOT), a Portland, Oregon-based provider of premium, branded footwear (more…)

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John J. Rice, a former federal prosecutor and an experienced white collar and securities litigator, has joined Ballard Spahr’s San Diego office as of counsel (more…)

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