Davis Polk advised Hughes Media LLC in connection with the acquisition of a 67% equity stake in the parent company of The New Republic. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed (more…)

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Sheppard Mullin represented Pasquier S.A. and its affiliates in the Brioche Pasquier Group in connection with its purchase of capital stock of Galaxy Desserts, a privately-held bakery (more…)

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Fenwick & West LLP represented Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking, in its acquisition of NDS Group Ltd., a leading provider of video software and content security solutions (more…)

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Kenneth R. Whiting has joined Schiff Hardin LLP as a Partner in the Real Estate Group from Bryan Cave in San Francisco (more…)

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Clyde & Co is delighted to announce the appointment of David Gabianelli as a partner in San Francisco (more…)

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Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Michael O’Hara Duff has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Mr. Duff is a tax lawyer with extensive experience structuring complex partnerships and limited liability companies used to acquire a variety of renewable and clean energy assets (more…)

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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Barry E. Mallen has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the IP and Entertainment Litigation Practice (more…)

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Dewey & LeBoeuf is representing Dell Inc., one of the world’s best-known computer manufacturers, in its pending acquisition of SonicWALL Inc., an international IT network security and data protection business (more…)

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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Chelsea A. Grayson has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Corporate Department (more…)

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Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added Mark J. Grushkin and Samuel H. Stein to the firm’s Employee Benefits Practice in Century City (more…)

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Hogan Lovells announced today that it represented biopharmaceutical company VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) on its US$200 million follow-on public stock offering, which closed on 6 March (more…)

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Bingham has expanded its Southern California presence and its corporate practice with the addition of Joshua Dean as a partner in the firm’s Orange County office (more…)

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