The law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Ted Cominos, a private equity lawyer who focuses on emerging markets, is joining the firm as a partner (more…)

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Alston & Bird today announced that it is continuing the expansion of its corporate practice in California with the addition of Ted Hollifield as a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Hollifield has practiced for 15 years in Silicon Valley, and he was recently recognized as one of the leading attorneys in the emerging growth arena (more…)

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Hogan Lovells announced today that it has further expanded its presence in Silicon Valley with the addition of insurance litigator Vanessa Wells as a partner in the Litigation, Arbitration and Employment practice (more…)

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Hogan Lovells announced today that Dean Hansell has joined its Los Angeles office as a partner in the Litigation, Arbitration and Employment practice, further building the practice on the West Coast (more…)

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Michael J. Lotito, a nationally-recognized labor and employment attorney and former Jackson Lewis partner, has joined Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, as a shareholder in its San Francisco office (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling is advising Symphony Technology Group in its acquisition of Source Healthcare Analytics from Wolters Kluwer N.V. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed (more…)

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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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